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high and low powered USB ports

Last post by junglemike « Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:54 am
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by savarin » Mon Jan 08, 2007 1:17 pm

I have several Thinkpads and have always problem when I want to buy a peripheral connected via USB.

I do not know USB 2.0, but USB ports 1.1 were...

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Last post by junglemike
Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:54 am
OS-free ThinkPads

Last post by eliu01 « Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:34 am

by eliu01 » Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:34 am

Has anyone been able to order a ThinkPad without an OS recently? Or, is Lenovo still selling the Linux ready T60p models? They are still listed in...

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Last post by eliu01
Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:34 am
Access denied trying to open My Docs on external HD

Last post by dsigma6 « Sun Mar 25, 2007 5:30 pm
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by dsigma6 » Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:24 pm

Simple setup, should work like it always has, but it's not.

I have a usb external 2.5 drive, cloned from my ThinkPad. I frequently use it with my...

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Last post by dsigma6
Sun Mar 25, 2007 5:30 pm
Numberpad?

Last post by krcmd « Sun Mar 25, 2007 5:01 pm
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by Navck » Sat Jun 18, 2005 12:25 pm

I notice that thers Numlk and Scrlk
But I never can enable numberlock to type numbers with. Is there a special keystroke? (FN isn't doing it)
This is...

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Last post by krcmd
Sun Mar 25, 2007 5:01 pm
Suspend mode not recommanded?

Last post by hiyel « Sat Mar 24, 2007 3:50 pm
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by Kel Ghu » Wed Mar 14, 2007 12:00 pm

Hey guys,

I gave my T60p to the repair center and, when I took my laptop out of the bag, the guy there told me that I should not use suspend mode...

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Last post by hiyel
Sat Mar 24, 2007 3:50 pm
Fire GL T2 128 latest drivers

Last post by christoforos86 « Sat Mar 24, 2007 3:06 pm
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by christoforos86 » Sat Mar 24, 2007 2:04 pm

In case some of you had been looking for new official drivers for his Mobility Radeon Fire GL T2 128, i inform you that Lenovo has released a newer...

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Last post by christoforos86
Sat Mar 24, 2007 3:06 pm
Is my paging file really turned off?

Last post by ashleys « Sat Mar 24, 2007 1:07 pm
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by BlueDevilTide » Tue Mar 20, 2007 2:12 pm

I have a gigabyte of RAM on my T23 and am using XP Pro SP2. I wanted to turn off my paging file to increase performance. Through the My...

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Last post by ashleys
Sat Mar 24, 2007 1:07 pm
Differences between T4x series?

Last post by johnson « Fri Mar 23, 2007 12:57 pm
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by johnson » Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:37 pm

I have a T23 and might give it away and upgrade mainly for internal bluetooth, usb2.0, and wireless. Ive had this for two years and it didnt give me...

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Last post by johnson
Fri Mar 23, 2007 12:57 pm
CSS slows startup - alot!

Last post by Leikeze Ajnin « Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:39 am
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by ilarip » Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:47 am

Hi,
Is this a new feature of CSS8 that it slows down login a lot...
Or is there a solution to make it faster? Without CSS8 login and startup goes...

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Last post by Leikeze Ajnin
Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:39 am
What driver?

Last post by thibouille27 « Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:40 am
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by count_olof » Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:36 pm

In my device manager I have an unknown hardware that I dont know what it is for.

Its something with Intel(R) 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface...

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Last post by thibouille27
Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:40 am
Multiple Logins

Last post by NS « Fri Mar 23, 2007 1:08 am
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by r0tto » Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:58 am

Hey everyone,

I have an issue with my newly acquired Thinkpad R60. I help teach an SAP based class. Often times, a students laptop will not be...

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Last post by NS
Fri Mar 23, 2007 1:08 am
R&R and Client solution: shoud I upgrade ?

Last post by thibouille27 « Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:02 pm
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by thibouille27 » Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:12 pm

I know a couple months ago, new version (R&R 4 and CS7 I beleive) came and were quite bogus to say the least.

What is the situation now? Should I...

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Last post by thibouille27
Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:02 pm
Battery monitor?

Last post by hsjC « Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:34 pm

by hsjC » Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:34 pm

I ran across a little program in linux that acutally records the time you system spends on battery. I found it to be quite pleasing. :) Instead of an...

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Last post by hsjC
Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:34 pm
smallest thinkpad??

Last post by pianowizard « Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:57 am
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by kingman99 » Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:42 pm

HI

Today on the train l saw a young girl with a very small thinkpad in fact l never saw one this small.

What series could this be? And are they any...

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Last post by pianowizard
Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:57 am
max ram for a thinkpad 240 and bios version

Last post by pianowizard « Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:47 am
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by sakkara » Sat Mar 17, 2007 6:58 am

hi
what is the latest bios version for this laptop
is anyone running XP on one of these ?
and if so are there any isses ? patches or fixes i ned to...

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Last post by pianowizard
Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:47 am
Access Connections can't override my TCP/IP settings

Last post by barrywohl « Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:59 am
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by jasonxh » Sat Sep 30, 2006 12:10 pm

AC 4.12
API 10.5.0.0
WinXP Pro SP2
T60

Whenever I apply a tcp/ip setting different from windows for a profile, it simply doesn't work. AC says...

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Last post by barrywohl
Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:59 am
Loose AC Adapter?

Last post by sugo « Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:39 am
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by carnagedobalina » Mon Feb 19, 2007 5:55 pm

Hey everyone

So i've been having trouble with my AC adapter, since it's been charging and disconnecting if i move the cord a certain way. I'm pretty...

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Last post by sugo
Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:39 am
Strange battery problem

Last post by gilbertlsf « Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:32 am
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by gilbertlsf » Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:29 am

Dear all:

I am using IBM laptop X41.
Today I found my battery unable to be charged ( ie, no orange lights upon installation of battery ), but the...

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Last post by gilbertlsf
Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:32 am
Deletion of Hidden/Protected Recovery Partition

Last post by Lemmuel « Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:58 pm

by Lemmuel » Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:58 pm

Hello everyone. I thought I'd detail one way to remove the preinstalled recovery partition. There are quite a few posts on this but I couldn't find...

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Last post by Lemmuel
Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:58 pm
Power Manager Schemes Missing

Last post by chadwicktr « Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:20 pm
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by chadwicktr » Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:08 pm

I'm having a problem with my power manager. When I go to power manger the only scheme name in the drop down box is Power Source Optimized. The same...

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Last post by chadwicktr
Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:20 pm
Buying a Thinkpad without getting the supervisor password

Last post by rkawakami « Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:48 pm
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by kingman99 » Wed Mar 21, 2007 9:52 pm

After what l have been reading it seems that it is a waste of money to buy a used thinkpad without knowing the supervisor password.
My 600x came from...

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Last post by rkawakami
Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:48 pm
USB Monitor from Samsumg

Last post by jeffm « Wed Mar 21, 2007 6:52 am
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by RonS » Tue Mar 20, 2007 12:00 pm

I just came across this news article about a USB-connected monitor that has an internal video chip.

This may be an easy solution for thos looking...

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Last post by jeffm
Wed Mar 21, 2007 6:52 am
7200.1 for $109 or 7k100 for $119?

Last post by alanx « Wed Mar 21, 2007 3:20 am
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by laundromatt » Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:48 am

both are 100 GB SATA 7200 RPM, and are on sale on newegg.com. which is the better choice? i know that the consensus on this board is that the 7k100...

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Last post by alanx
Wed Mar 21, 2007 3:20 am
Is it safe to completly delete all contents in C:\RRBackups\

Last post by Ken Fox « Wed Mar 21, 2007 12:27 am
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by triDave79 » Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:05 am

Hi,

I wonder if it's safe to delete all contents in C:\RRBackups\?
I have all backups on an external USB-harddrive, which RR supports. Today I...

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Last post by Ken Fox
Wed Mar 21, 2007 12:27 am
F-secure

Last post by GomJabbar « Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:23 pm
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by murray1 » Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:20 pm

I was wondering if anyone uses f-secure antivirus and firewall.

I am currently running norton antivirus, which came with the laptop, along with...

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Last post by GomJabbar
Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:23 pm
run iso from usb?

Last post by Fusion « Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:05 pm
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by Paul Unger » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:30 pm

Can anyone help me with something? I'd like to use a little program called Partition Logic on a USB flash drive. The program comes as an .iso image....

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Last post by Fusion
Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:05 pm
Creating recovery DVD instead of CD

Last post by carbon_unit « Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:26 pm
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by taob » Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:49 pm

I thought I had it figured out... went to the Create Recovery Media program, asked it to create CD/DVD media. There was no option to specify CD or...

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Last post by carbon_unit
Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:26 pm
Possible to get things like replacement screws from IBM?

Last post by setherd « Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:10 pm
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by setherd » Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:31 am

I have a T43 and noticed when checking my modem card (going to get an bluetooth card to put in) that the 2 screws holding the modem down are missing....

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Last post by setherd
Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:10 pm
Monitor very dim.

Last post by rs « Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:38 am
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by rs » Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:12 pm

Hi

I have a curious problem with my Thinkpad R40. The monitor seems to become very faint at certain angles. If I move it around a little bit...

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Last post by rs
Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:38 am
getting into Safe Mode

Last post by Kyocera « Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:11 pm
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by kingman99 » Mon Mar 19, 2007 8:15 pm

Hi

I have heard this term for awhile but l have no idea how to get there. I have read that when you start up your computer and when you see the...

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Last post by Kyocera
Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:11 pm
ASUS XG Station

Last post by Troels « Mon Mar 19, 2007 1:28 pm
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by Deckard » Sat Mar 17, 2007 7:31 am

This sounds great.

Notebook gamers rejoice! ASUS today announced a first-of-its-kind device that allows PCI-Express graphic cards from a desktop...

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Last post by Troels
Mon Mar 19, 2007 1:28 pm
strange hard drive specification

Last post by killigrew « Mon Mar 19, 2007 3:10 am
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by Smalltalk80 » Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:51 pm

I'm thinking of choosing a 80G (5400rpm) hard disk instead of the default 60G for my T60 purchase, but I don't know the cache sizes, so I look at...

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Last post by killigrew
Mon Mar 19, 2007 3:10 am
IBM a/b/g Wireless Mini PCI Adapter drops connection..HELP!

Last post by Kyocera « Sun Mar 18, 2007 4:12 pm
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by marcster » Sat Mar 17, 2007 5:15 pm

Hello folks,

I have an IBM Thinkpad X31 with a Philips a/b/g Wireless MiniPCI Adapter installed, it has the Atheros Chipset. I'm finding that my...

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Last post by Kyocera
Sun Mar 18, 2007 4:12 pm
Need your opinion's on used Thinkpad's

Last post by kingman99 « Sun Mar 18, 2007 4:11 pm
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by kingman99 » Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:36 am

Hi

I decided to retire my 600x because l have replaced my hard drive twice already and l'm fed up with it.

I bought on ebay a T-40 loaded but l...

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Last post by kingman99
Sun Mar 18, 2007 4:11 pm
Some buying questions

Last post by tomh009 « Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:54 pm
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by Smalltalk80 » Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:18 pm

I appreciate answers to any of these questions. Thanks!

Does a 7200rpm drive give off much more heat than a 5400rpm one?

Which wirless card is...

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Last post by tomh009
Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:54 pm
Drivers, IBMTools, IBMWork folders - removal!

Last post by Hotbrick « Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:23 pm
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by jamess » Wed Aug 23, 2006 10:03 am

These folders seem to include all the patches, updates and drivers installed on my machine. I am wondering if i can delete the contents of these,...

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Last post by Hotbrick
Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:23 pm
Strange unidentified device

Last post by GomJabbar « Sun Mar 18, 2007 7:26 am
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by Zirynx » Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:02 am

Whilst visiting parents, and getting the chance to carry out a bit of maintenance (Spyware, Windows and IBM updates), I noticed that an unidentified...

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Last post by GomJabbar
Sun Mar 18, 2007 7:26 am
A white pixel appears (and disappears) in different areas

Last post by Manuel « Sat Mar 17, 2007 1:20 pm
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by Manuel » Sat Mar 17, 2007 1:06 pm

Hi, my ThinkPad is a T30 2366-RTG. The display has no bad pixels but today something strange happened...

This morning a white bright pixel emerged...

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Last post by Manuel
Sat Mar 17, 2007 1:20 pm
Can't find the "Battery Maintenance" button

Last post by GomJabbar « Sat Mar 17, 2007 8:37 am
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by butchhandy » Fri Mar 16, 2007 2:35 pm

Sorry if this has been covered, but I spent 15 minutes searching for an answer and couldn't find one here....So....

I have a T41 that is running...

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Last post by GomJabbar
Sat Mar 17, 2007 8:37 am
IBMRNRUS.iso

Last post by GomJabbar « Fri Mar 16, 2007 4:56 pm
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by fartonmyear » Fri Mar 16, 2007 4:34 pm

why is this image only 287mb?

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Last post by GomJabbar
Fri Mar 16, 2007 4:56 pm
BIOS ??????

Last post by rkawakami « Fri Mar 16, 2007 1:51 pm
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by kingman99 » Fri Mar 16, 2007 1:24 pm

Hi

While l understand what it means, l don't understand the following;

Make sure, that your BIOS is set to boot from your CD Drive.

How do l do...

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Last post by rkawakami
Fri Mar 16, 2007 1:51 pm
hardware repairs from IBM

Last post by NS « Fri Mar 16, 2007 2:02 am
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by ginoT » Wed Mar 07, 2007 12:43 am

What's anyone's experience with having their thinkpad sent in for any structural hardware issues?

I just bought a secondhand x60 for a bargain price...

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Last post by NS
Fri Mar 16, 2007 2:02 am
ThinkPad Dock I fan noise vs. ThinkPad Dock II fan noise

Last post by beaker « Thu Mar 15, 2007 4:56 pm
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by beaker » Tue Mar 06, 2007 1:53 pm

Is the ThinkPad Dock II fan quieter? I just destroyed the ThinkPad Dock (2631) while trying to disconnect the fan. I would consider buying the Dock...

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Last post by beaker
Thu Mar 15, 2007 4:56 pm
new hard drive: specific brand ?? (shock protection in mind)

Last post by truk « Thu Mar 15, 2007 4:22 pm
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by thibouille27 » Sun Mar 11, 2007 4:44 am

Is there any specifics on this? Will the shock protection stop working if I buy any hard drive not in Thinkpad OEM typical ?

Any height limiting...

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Last post by truk
Thu Mar 15, 2007 4:22 pm
WinXP Legality question

Last post by pianowizard « Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:50 pm
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by Andersonjoe711 » Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:34 pm

I know that the XP discs all say DO NOT MAKE ILLEGAL COPIES OF THIS DISC!!! but, if my teacher has xp already, and has his own windows keys, would it...

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Last post by pianowizard
Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:50 pm
The secrect behind the protected partition?

Last post by pace « Thu Mar 15, 2007 12:12 pm
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by pace » Thu Mar 15, 2007 12:40 am

Aloha Thinkpad mates.

After 10 years I'm a Thinkpad owner again. I bought a new T60, a real nice machine. With some small deficiencies but not...

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Last post by pace
Thu Mar 15, 2007 12:12 pm
ThinkVantage Key and SetWindowsHookEx

Last post by jeffm « Thu Mar 15, 2007 4:53 am
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by jeffm » Wed Mar 14, 2007 4:07 pm

I wrote a small c++ program to trap a ThinkVantage key press, but pressing the key does not generate any keyboard input. Has anyone else tried this?...

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Last post by jeffm
Thu Mar 15, 2007 4:53 am
UltraNav scrolling

Last post by GomJabbar « Wed Mar 14, 2007 11:12 pm
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by murray1 » Sun Mar 11, 2007 3:15 pm

When I acquired my T40 a few months ago I was shown that you can set and use the ultranav for scrolling by applying the setting and then running your...

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Last post by GomJabbar
Wed Mar 14, 2007 11:12 pm
Stupid question

Last post by rkawakami « Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:24 pm
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by trisjung » Wed Mar 14, 2007 3:26 am

Hi,

Probaly a dumb question, but how do I put my Backspace key back to the keyboard? It popped out and I have tried for hours to put it back , but I...

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Last post by rkawakami
Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:24 pm
Viewing/Editing Mac formatted floppy on PC

Last post by dsigma6 « Wed Mar 14, 2007 7:36 am
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by dsigma6 » Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:09 pm

A co-worker is trying to pull important info from a mac formatted floppy disc, but he doesn't have a mac. Actually, he was about to buy a used iMac...

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Wed Mar 14, 2007 7:36 am

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