Hi! I decided to change OS from Linux to Windows 7. I changed boot devise in BIOS, everything as usual, insert CD, but after sometime system lost connection with CD and somehow started to load Linux by itself, Then I had to restart my computer and after that I have only black screen with message "fixed disc: (and its number)". Now I can't install anything, not Windows nor Linux. Please assist.

I have an error in line 3 when running my 'sudo update' command , how can I rectify this? is there a website where I can get all the listed Ubuntu and linux rectory servers? I think my be may be corrupted, i need to start from a fresh. Can someone provide the link please?

I would wish to know how to change the interrupter request and to know if the change of this can affect my computer. Can it make it work faster on the devices listed? What is the implication of making the USB devices listed before most peripherals? Can my printer respond faster if I give it a lower value say IRQ 5?

I have a tgz download for OpenEmm; a mass email server but Im unable to install. How can i make make this file and install.? I have tried to use the command cd/...file name but it does not work in terminal, is there a better ay to make this file and run it in Linux terminal?

I recently read about Google mapping technology in 3D and was fascinated by the idea, can I sue my car GPS to establish a 3d mapping as well or do I need a special GPS device to achieve this? How much can such a device-GPS cost and which is the best available?

I have installed squid on my windows based network through ICS and wanted to find out how I can use Squid to filter out web contents. Can the filter include selective key phrases that I can choose and key into the squid server? How effective is the filter service to help filter out children content in a home based internet?

Hi! I am looking for some application to make good quality video presentation, not Power Point, something more professional but not really difficult to use. Should have special effects, able to work with slides, sound of course, but as I have 2 weeks only to finish the presentation some manual also would be really helpful

I have a zone alarm based firewall and I wanted to configure to block all ports except the smtp ports and browser ports and maybe the essential ports for communication in windows. can i sue it to describe these ports and eliminate all connections through the other ports? How effective is this filter?

Is it possible to create a custom share of the serial port and support link through a TCPIP connection like the USB? how can this be achieved and how effective is connection intems  of response and speed? I have a serial printer that I would like to share over a small network of 3 computers that will enable them to print and when que prints.

Is it possible to connect more than 2 computers in team viewer and establish a VPN that can enable secure sharing of files and data? what is the software equivalent that can match team viewer in terms of network diagnosis remotely? how can I get to install team viwer on a mac machine?