How do I enable sound in Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft)?
From the desktop, right-click the volume icon (located in the upper-right corner) and select Open Volume Control. The Volume Control window is displayed.
In the Volume Control window, se...
How can I increase the performance of my Ubuntu installation?
Use a solid background color instead of wallpaper
From the desktop, select System > Preferences > Desktop Background. The Desktop and Background Preferences window will display.
Under D...
How do I use my iPod with Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake)?
From the desktop, select: Applications > Accessories > Terminal to open a terminal session.
In the terminal window, type:sudo apt-get install gtkpod then press Enter. When prompted, type...
How can I auto-arrange all the files and folders in Finder?
...From the Finder menu, click View > Show View Options.
From View Options window, select This window only to apply the settings to the current open folder in Finder or select All win...
How do I enable the Nautilus address bar in Ubuntu 6.06?
From the desktop menu bar, select Places > Home Folder to launch the Nautilus File Browser. Nautilus will open at your home directory.
Select Edit > Preferences. File Management Preferences will...
How do I start the Terminal application - Fedora?
From the Applications menu, select Accessories > Terminal.
How do I change the desktop background picture on my Mac?
...pen the System Preferences window. Locate and click Desktop & Screen Saver. From the Desktop tab, select the desired background folder (left panel) then select the desired background image.
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How do I burn an ISO image in Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake)?
... CD-ROM drive. When the Choose Disc Type prompt appears click Ignore.
From the desktop menu bar, select Places > Home Folder to launch File Browser. Navigate to the location of the ISO that you ...
How do I defragment (optimize) my hard disk - Windows XP?
...program then click Start > My Computer.
Right-click the desired hard disk to defragment then select Properties.
From the Tools tab, click on Defragment Now.
Select the desired disk then...
How do I determine if my hard disk needs to be defragmented (optimized) - Windows XP?
...program then click Start > My Computer.
Right-click the desired hard disk to defragment then select Properties.
From the Tools tab, click on Defragment Now.
Select the desired disk then...
How do I prevent an application from automatically starting when my Mac boots up?
...nd click Accounts. Select the desired account from the My Account panel. From the Login Items, tab select the desired appliction then click the "-" button (located to the right of the "+" button). T...
How do I concatenate two columns in Microsoft SQL Server 2005?
Use + to concatenate two columns. For example:
SELECT DeviceMgf.MfgName + ' ' + DeviceModel.ModelName AS Device, DeviceModel.ModelID FROM DeviceMfg INNER JOIN DeviceModel ON DeviceMfg.MfgID = Devi...
How do I configure a new custom Virtual Machine in Parallels Desktop for Mac?
...ollowing the steps outlined below. Launch the Parallels application. From the Parallels menu bar, select File > New VM. Click Next. Select Create a customer VM configuration then click Next. ...
How do I change the Apache Document Root folder in MAMP
... From the MAMP main screen, click Preferences. From the Apache tab, click Select. Navigate to and select the desired Document Root folder then click Open. Click OK. MAMP will automatically restart...
How do I configure WiFi (via 2Wire HomePortal 1000HW) on my Mac PowerBook?
...alid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
From the desktop, select System > Administration > Networking. The Network settings window is displayed.
Select Wire...
How do I install applications using EasyUbuntu on Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake)?
...tectures. For additional information, please refer to the EasyUbuntu website.
From the desktop, select Applications > Accessories > Terminal to open the Gnome Terminal application.
At the ...
How do I install XAMPP on Microsoft Windows XP?
Many people know from their own experience that it's not easy to install an Apache web server and it gets harder if you want to add MySQL, PHP and Perl.
XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distributio...
How do I set Thunderbird as the default email client in Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake)?
...This article requires that the Mozilla Thunderbird email client be installed.
From the desktop, select System > Preferences > Preferred Applications. The Preferred Applications window will d...
How do I add custom templates to the right-click Create Document context menu?
...reates an empty HTML document called html_doc.html.
Right-click an empty area of your desktop and select Create Document > html_doc. A new HTML file will magically appear.
Repeat this process t...
How do I install Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) as the only OS?
...ame (hostname) for your computer. Click Forward when done. Ensure that Erase entire disk option is selected then click Forward. Confirm your set settings then click Install. Ubuntu Linux is now bei...