dodgy XP problem and Linux

[Guest Jan V]

Newt, so why does my supposed valid copy of MS Office XP Pro give me this:

 

 

 

Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003The product(s) listed above completed validation. However, as a result of the failed or incomplete validation(s) listed below, this computer is not eligible for the benefits of genuine Office. Remove the application(s) that failed or could not complete validation and run the validation tool again.

 

 

 

[0x8018114]Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003: Validation FailedThe product key used to install Office has been blocked by Microsoft.

 

[Guest NickInTheNorth]

Tell you what I have been looking for nick..

 

Have you heard of any photo software that automatically re-names a load of photos at the click of the button? Fujifilm software doesn't work on linux

 

GNOME Commander

 

would do the job, a file manager which incudes some good rename options. It ain't a photo tool, but that's what gimp is for

 

 

What about Windows designated programmes ?? Photoshop/Camera Software/ Printer Progs ?

 

Can these be run in Linux ????

 

Photoshop - use GIMP in linux (there are probably others I haven't even looked yet!)

Camera software - many cameras will connect without additional software - what camera you got?

Printer progs - mostly no problem what printer?

[Guest NickInTheNorth]

and for folks that really want to run familiar windows apps on a 'nix distro there is always WINE which allows just that.

 

Just been reading that photoshop is now running on linux - http://www.mirabilis.ca/archives/000958.html

[MrWiggly]

Hi Nick ...

 

Camera ... Canon EOS 20D Digital.

 

Printer ... Epson Stylus Photo RX520.

 

Wiggly.

[Guest NickInTheNorth]

Hi Nick ...

 

Camera ... Canon EOS 20D Digital.

 

Printer ... Epson Stylus Photo RX520.

 

Wiggly.

 

stuff here about the Canon EOS 20D using dcDraw v6.2

 

Epson Stylus Photo RX520 driver avaiable from here just one word of caution, it would only appear to work with 32bit systems

 

Hope this helps

[Guest NickInTheNorth]

just thought I'd share this site which is a very good resource:

 

http://www.linux.org/

 

and for a list of applications

 

http://www.linux.org/apps/index.html

[Emz]

GNOME Commander

 

would do the job, a file manager which incudes some good rename options. It ain't a photo tool, but that's what gimp is for

 

That's brillaint! Cheers nick that'll do just the job. Will boot up the lappy and install that.

[Guest NickInTheNorth]

for anyone that would use linux but can't because they need photoshop and it's plugins there's an interesting article here:

 

http://librenix.com/?inode=8661

 

on using GIMP with photoshop plugins!

[Guest Jan V]

for anyone that would use linux but can't because they need photoshop and it's plugins there's an interesting article here:

 

http://librenix.com/?inode=8661

 

on using GIMP with photoshop plugins!

Paid a fortune on some apps that run on Windows so don't see changes any time soon. Oh, and Newt is a diehard MS fan so that would impact the decision making process.

 

As to the "bad" version of Office XP on my PC, hisself didn't realize he loaded a copy with a bad license when I got my new PC. To be corrected soon.

Edited May 6, 2006 by Jan V

[Emz]

For anybody using GNOME Commander > it does do a lot, but it didn't really do what I wanted it to do (rename a load of files and put them in number order with an event). But using a shell (like bach files on Windows) you can make a code up that will do it all for you. Needs a bit of experience using shell & bach, but its not hard once you've set it up, then you can just type a command and it'll do it all for ya