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Why are some saved pages 'corrupted' when accessed in windows?

Ive been learning and using ubuntu alongside windows 10 to learn Linux, slowly back away from windows and also to keep windows offline as much as possible. That also means i save pages and do my downloads/research in Ubuntu. Both OSs have their own…
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Configure Folder Sharing

I am trying to share a folder in Ubuntu 16.04 so I can access it on a Windows XP machine. I am receiving this error message: 'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare add: cannot share path /media/rpiggott/Users/Users/Ron…
Ron Piggott
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What is the right way to connect to Reliance Netconnect+ and share the connection via Wireless?

Thanks for this great initiative. I have a reliance netconnect datacard (in India) which I am trying to setup in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid). I have tried it with the Network manager to create a new Wireless Broadband connection. I have tried all the…
magesha
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Sharing files from windows

I use windows phone. I want to share files from it with my ubuntu laptop. How to do it? I tried to connect it using bluetooth but bluetooth is also not getting connected. Moreover it will be pretty time consuming to share big files over bluetooth.
Aman Goel
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Sharing file between Ubuntu & Window

I had problem with sharing file between Window & Ubuntu I have 12 PC use window connect to 1 PC using win 7 as a server (call SERVER). And I have 1 laptop use Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, also connect to that SERVER PC. Everything is OK, perfect. I can connect…
HenryKim
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Trying to share desktop on ubuntu 18

When i go to sharing and try to enable desktop sharing by sliding the switch to on, it just reverts back. I'm guessing this is because there are no networks listed, how is this fixed?
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How to connect to QNAP NAS from Ubuntu 16.04 TLS with SMB 3.0 encryption enabled?

Context: Enabled SMB Encryption which only allows SMB 3 clients to access the affected shares. Issue: Cannot connect from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS to share which is QNAP NAS, SMB 3 enabled, and encrypted. Debugging: Since I am new to the whole Linux and NAS…
Backspace Mild
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File sharing with virtual directories

I´m sorry if this is not the right place to ask this... I´m trying to create some kind of server where I wan't to store all the software that is used in my school organized by the different classrooms so that when I´m preparing a new computer I can…
Carlos Joaquim
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Can I safely delete Desktop Sharing?

have Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Can I safely delete Desktop Sharing? I am concerned that I might not get the updates I need from Ubuntu. Thanks
Karina
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Configuring Ubuntu to share a folder with read-only access for guests and write for authenticated users

I'm configuring a file server at work. It's an Ubuntu server where I've mounted and shared a hard disk. i.e. Via "Local Network Share" - samba under the hood. This works fine. Users can browse to the machine from Windows. There is no need to provide…
Shane Gannon
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Need help creating a share folder in Ubuntu 12.04 desktop

I'm a new Linux user. I want to create two sharing folders in my Ubuntu 12.04 desktop. One should be network password protected, another one should be non-password protected. Help with screenshots and videos would be useful..
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folder sharing error in ubuntu 20.04

net usershare' returned error 255: [2024/03/31 13:47:04, 0] ../../lib/util/debug.c:1100(reopen_one_log) reopen_one_log: Unable to open new log file 'PUBLIC/log.net': No such file or directory net usershare add: share name /media/user/e/public…
JALEEL P
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Screen sharing difficultys

From my computer enabled sharing and enter vnc://chungus.local The link it gave me into vnc viewer on my phone and it doesn't connect it says Invalid endpoint: port not correctly specified. I do not understand what I've done for it to not…
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