ACER ONE A150 AB £129.99 + P&P @ Currys, PC World, Dixons (refurbished)

seatzie

may I yet again recommend aspireoneuser.com/forum, this is the bluetooth section

http://www.aspireoneuser.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=36&sid=42472296a032e0ef22a09ef9872a8ae3

alphazulu

I agree about the aspire forum being really useful. Another good site is http://macles.blogspot.com/

I notice a lot of people are just installing Windows without even trying Linpus. I've found it can handle everything I want it to (even scientific applications).

Has anybody else noticed that Linpus appears to be using about 9Gb of HD space? Is this right or can it be trimmed down?

seatzie wrote: »

may I yet again recommend aspireoneuser.com/forum, this is the bluetooth section

http://www.aspireoneuser.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=36&sid=42472296a032e0ef22a09ef9872a8ae3

Spikey_2

alphazulu wrote: »

I agree about the aspire forum being really useful. Another good site is http://macles.blogspot.com/

I notice a lot of people are just installing Windows without even trying Linpus. I've found it can handle everything I want it to (even scientific applications).

Has anybody else noticed that Linpus appears to be using about 9Gb of HD space? Is this right or can it be trimmed down?

is linpus and linux the same thing? :o:o:o:o

seatzie

Linpus is Acer's cut down version of Linus, Diet Linux if you will

alphazulu, I just can't be !!!!!d learning the command line syntax now, it was fine 15-20 years ago when dos command line and xenix were in my everyday use, but I've acquired my mid life crisis so windows is the easy choice :-)
but I do see the attraction

Spikey_2

http://www.linuxquestions.org/

http://www.wiili.org/index.php/

Spikey_2

Donnie wrote: »

oh...Linux. I haven't the foggiest. I have Windows XP installed. Some online research is called for..

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/bluetooth-guide.xml

tried it with vista..... worked upto an extent.... keeps saying needs disk .... if i try to get windows to find the drivers then it comes back and says can't find drivers?????????????

Donnie

Spikey wrote: »

tried it with vista..... worked upto an extent.... keeps saying needs disk .... if i try to get windows to find the drivers then it comes back and says can't find drivers?????????????

Tried the Bluetooth dongle on a machine with Vista installed?

Spikey_2

Donnie wrote: »

Tried the Bluetooth dongle on a machine with Vista installed?

yes mate......... can't find drivers????????????

will work if you try to send files manually....:(

Donnie

When trying to install a new device (like a USB mouse, printer, video card, etc.), Windows Vista might report that there is “no driver found for you device [sic]” and/or will not display the pre-installed Vista OEM drivers. Even by manually selecting the driver, you will still get the “no driver found…” error. This also tends to happen with HP printers (as we know their drivers are bulky and complex). You will get a red X at the end or it won’t find the drivers - again.


This is caused by a corrupted INFCACHE.1 file. This file is hidden, has restricted access, and can be found in “c:\windows\inf”. This file stores the location of drivers and their INF files.

Delete this file and it will force Windows to rebuild the INFCACHE.1 file the next time Windows searches for drivers.
To delete this file, you have to set the security permissions of it to allow Full Control for the User Group Administrators or full control for your account. Here’s the complete how-to:

1. Open a Windows Explorer window (right click Start> Explore)

2. In the address bar, type c:\windows\inf and press Enter

3. Right click on the file INFCACHE.1

4. Select Properties

5. Click on the “Security” tab

6. Click “Edit” to edit permissions

7. Click “Add” to add User Groups


8. Type “Administrators” in the User Groups field and click ok

9. Set Administrators to “Full Control” and click ok

10. Move or delete the file “INFCACHE.1″

11. Reinstall a device to force Windows to rebuild the “INFCACHE.1″ file (not the one you were having problems with)

And try again. This can happen several times in a row, but repeat the steps needed to delete the file and try again.

Spikey_2

Donnie wrote: »

When trying to install a new device (like a USB mouse, printer, video card, etc.), Windows Vista might report that there is “no driver found for you device [sic]” and/or will not display the pre-installed Vista OEM drivers. Even by manually selecting the driver, you will still get the “no driver found…” error. This also tends to happen with HP printers (as we know their drivers are bulky and complex). You will get a red X at the end or it won’t find the drivers - again.


This is caused by a corrupted INFCACHE.1 file. This file is hidden, has restricted access, and can be found in “c:\windows\inf”. This file stores the location of drivers and their INF files.

Delete this file and it will force Windows to rebuild the INFCACHE.1 file the next time Windows searches for drivers.
To delete this file, you have to set the security permissions of it to allow Full Control for the User Group Administrators or full control for your account. Here’s the complete how-to:

1. Open a Windows Explorer window (right click Start> Explore)

2. In the address bar, type c:\windows\inf and press Enter

3. Right click on the file INFCACHE.1

4. Select Properties

5. Click on the “Security” tab

6. Click “Edit” to edit permissions

7. Click “Add” to add User Groups


8. Type “Administrators” in the User Groups field and click ok

9. Set Administrators to “Full Control” and click ok

10. Move or delete the file “INFCACHE.1″

11. Reinstall a device to force Windows to rebuild the “INFCACHE.1″ file (not the one you were having problems with)

And try again. This can happen several times in a row, but repeat the steps needed to delete the file and try again.

thanks mate.... you def have alot of faith in my abilities to do the above and not make a complete F**K UP of it all :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: