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I've ordered a copy of W8.1 retail and will install that. I thought about trying to rescue stuff but really the only nuisance is the hours of saved game progress that are now lost. I...

I have managed to wipe my Windows partition while installing the latest release of Ubuntu (v14.04). I've had my HDD split in two with both Windows 8 (updated to 8.1 Update) and Ubuntu and dual-booted...

The touchpad isn't listed in settings. Common problem as I've discovered. Several hours of faffing about with this, that or the other solutions listed online and I got nowhere.

As for the...

I'm dual booting between Win8 and Ub13.04 and, despite myself, I prefer Win8.

I play games on it a lot. I listen to music via it too as I just can't get Ubuntu to remember to use the subwoofer...

I've just come back to Ubuntu after a period away and now dual-boot with Win 8. I have to say that I'm not impressed. Win 8 boots faster, loads applications faster and everything works. Ubuntu is...

Thanks again Oldfred.

I've got both OSes running although there's a few Ubuntu issues to sort. Tinny sound, touchpad, no additional Nvidia drivers etc etc. I'll leave it all for now and just...

Solved it. It was me all along! Using the Dell link above I set up a boot option for the DVD drive. What I didn't realise is that I needed a DVD in place at the time for the BIOS to add a third...

Thanks but again no luck. I thought I might be onto something when I found this link:
http://www.dell.com/support/troubleshooting/us/en/555/KCS/KcsArticles/ArticleView?c=us&l=en&s=biz&docid=603195
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That's just it. In the General/restart/advanced settings 'page' I don't have the UEFI button.

Also, when in the BIOS I have no options for fast boot, the intel thing and faststartup. Are they all...

Thanks all. Oldfred, I'd seen your help on other threads and tried most of the advice. I still can't get my laptop to see the DVD at boot. I've got too much on to waste any more time on it. I'll come...

Hi,

I upgraded to a Dell Inspiron 17R SE (7720) a few months back and recently decided that I was missing Ubuntu.

I've download 13.04 and done all the necessary. The DVD didn't load but I was...

Actually found another cure. Simply uncheck the Enable Steam Community option.

Launcher worked a treat after that.

Using 12.04

In trying to get a game working with Steam I messed around with all sorts of commands for PPAs and wound up with an issue affecting Jockey.

Basically, the list of drivers has been...

When I launch Amnesia from the Steam beta I get a blank/see-through window called Amnesia: The Dark Descent Launcher but there is nothing in it and nothing further happens.

I tried updating my...

Any idea what that might be?

Thanks for that. Is this a new thing? I never had to do it before unless mounting my windows partition.

HI,

How can I stop 10.4 from asking for my pw whenever I first insert a cd, dvd or connect my phone?

Is it something to do with Authorisations which now appears to have vanished?

Many thanks.

Sorry to bump this one but I'm having a similar issue. Mine differs in that I occasionally get two network manager icons instead of one plus the volume applet.

Any ideas?

Me too please.

There's nothing all that wrong with my 9.04 that'll make me upgrade any sooner than Xmas.

Sure I'd like Firefox to be a lot faster and I'd love to know what cause the 'egg-timer' mouse pointer to...

Right. I've tried safe mode, Epiphany, Swiftfox and updating to FF3.5

Still much slower than FF3.5 in Vista! I'm stumped.

Any more suggestions?

I've tried it and it's also subject to slowness with my current problems. As Swiftfox suffers too I'm guess that the 'dodgy' add-on route may be a dead end.

You're spot on about how it was faster. I've not added anything to Firefox for months. I'll give the safe-mode a try though.

For approximately the last two months my browsing experience has been very slow. Pages take ages to load and stuff like Youtube clips are unwatchable.

I've tried all sorts until the other day when...

That didn't do anything. There are no wireless connections for it to find. I just want to be able to turn the damn card off permanently.

I tried another hdd with 8.10 on it. It booted and the...