[Hudlug] using linuing more

[michael weaver]

hi anne!
thanks for your email.
my computers are both on my desk but my old unit is stood on top 
of the unit mark gave me and i am only using one keyboard, 
monitor, mouse and speakers as my computer room is more like a 
cupboard so i am not sure if it would help or not.

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com
>To: HudLUG - Huddersfield Linux User Group 
<hudlug at mailman.lug.org.uk
>Date sent: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 10:13:44 +0000
>Subject: Re: [Hudlug] using linuing more

>On Wednesday 02 January 2008 09:47:47 michael weaver wrote:
>> i am having to use linux more as i think windows on my desktop
>> got infected with a trojan and while trying to remove it, the
>> program i tried to use to deal with it caused my internet and
>> email applications to stop working due to some message in spy
>> hunting coming up and causing applications to refuse to run and
>> it refused to be deleted.
>> don't know what firefox under linux is like when transfering
>> money between my accounts but it does seem fairly accessible 
when
>> viewing my accounts also navigating the buttons maybe a little
>> less straight forward which could be a problem when transfering
>> money between accounts

>I have no problem doing that with my bank, Michael.  Some web 
sites make
>paying more of a pain, sometimes failing, in firefox, so I just 
paste the
>page url into konqueror and pay from there when that happens.  
Fortunately
>there aren't many such sites - at least that I use :-)

>> but using the internet applications on my
>> desktop in ubuntu still works although i think my copy of 
windows
>> xp is on its last legs even before my latest problem with it
>> because of times when i have had problems accessing the start
>> menu where i think the screen went funny and i would get the
>> desktop icons being spoken so i would have to press ctrl escape
>> and u or the windows key u and reboot to sort out the problem
>> with the start menu not speaking properly.

>Have you tried the built-in roll-back?  It should be able to go 
back to before
>the problem began.

>If I understand you correctly you have two boxes under your desk, 
and are
>reliant on someone changing leads for you.  If that is so, would 
a KVM help?
>I have a KVM that takes two PS/2 mouse and two PS/2 keyboard 
leads.  You
>switch between machine with keystrokes - I think it is 
Scroll-lock,
>Scroll-lock, 1.  If you want to try it I'll bring it to the 
meeting.
>Obviously I'd check the keys required first.

>Anne