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Chuck
That should have read /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin. If you don’t have /usr/sbin I think your link may need to go in either /bin or /sbin in root (not “root” user)

Hi Chuck
Yes is the simple answer. If you boot from cd one choice is to upgrade rather than full instal but there are some changes – my internet no longer works. If you are on ethernet router you should be ok and I think other changes may be minor, you may just have to tweak.

Chuck
I think if you make that /usr/sbin rather than binit should work.

Chuck
I’m no expert but I’m using Suse alot now and learning. The /usr/ files seem to hold the general programs that everyone can access but sometimes they go into /opt/ or /usr/share. I don’t think there’s a hard and fast rule.
The use of simlinks mean you can put things almost anywhere then create the link so the system picks up the executable. And it picks up these by looking in the bins or sbins. So your desktop just needs to point to the executable file not the full path.
As for logging in as root, this seems to be frowned upon as it compromises the security. If you think in MS anyone can do almost anything but in linux user access is limited by default as opposed to setting up permissions. When you need to make admin changes you sudo it in a console. You can do much more in console scripting in linux than in Windows which can be quick and easy when you get the hang.

the firefox tarball only needs extracting and you can extract it anywhere – I use the /usr/ directory. You end up with “/usr/firefox/etc… The executable is then /usr/firefox/firefox and you need a simlink to this in your /usr/bin/ like this:
ln -s /usr/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox
This creates the necessary link for a taskbar or desktop icon which just needs to refer to “firefox” (no quotes, of course).

Try the OpenOffice forum. Their almost as good as Woody’s and you’ll see lots of help on starbasic and other scripting language you can use.

Right-click the toolbar- ‘Customise’ is on the context menu and clicking this opens the customise window allowing adding or removing of toolbar icons.

Thanks for the pointers Joe.
None of them seem appropraite to my situation. Everything seems ok it just won’t runa scan unless |i do it manually.
I can’t find the event log. I assumed it would be in Admin Tools but all the shortcuts in there have disappeared and I’ve never used it before so I’m not sure how to find it!

Thanks for all of your responses. So far Defender still won’t run the scheduled scan. Does anyone know if there is a command-line function so I could use an external scheduler?

I couldn’t get in all weekend either and I’ve changed nothing on my system. I assumed it was the lounge having problems again.

Thanks for your pointer, Joe. I tried a few of the threads but nothing worked.
I’ve gone back to AntiSpyware for now.

What about the average scores though? And that’s just the people who find the quiz and do it. What about the rest? Pretty scary.

The easiest way to do it yourself is to back up the wholw “Profile” folder. Then if you ever need to use the backup, just put it back where it was.

You could try the GIMP or Pixia both free. I haven’t a link I’m afraid just now but they should show up if you google them.

Sorry, Andrew. I was just being flippant.