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Which cable do I need to connect printer to Port Replicator2

Last post by whizkid « Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:39 am
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by Michael1980 » Fri Oct 14, 2005 5:37 pm

Hi,
I was wondering on how to connect my printer to Port Replicator II.
The printer has that standard (not to me!) long connector, but I don't know...

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Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:39 am
what series do i have?

Last post by bhtooefr « Mon Oct 17, 2005 7:54 am
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by biggied » Mon Oct 17, 2005 7:21 am

I have an IBM Thinkpad that I am fixing for a friend. I reinstalled XP everything was working fine... until I restarted and now there is a...

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Mon Oct 17, 2005 7:54 am
ThinkVantage ?

Last post by jparrot427 « Sat Oct 15, 2005 8:55 am
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by jparrot427 » Thu Oct 06, 2005 7:35 am

I have D/L'd R&R v 3.0 a while back and I still have not found out what the small window on booting does. The one with the red ball going left and...

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Sat Oct 15, 2005 8:55 am
Where is my HPA?

Last post by Kyocera « Fri Oct 14, 2005 9:27 pm
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by bluejamul » Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:27 pm

I bought my t42 used and since I had been unable to install R&R3, I tried to look at my HPA. I unhid it in the Bios and tried to see it with the...

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Last post by Kyocera
Fri Oct 14, 2005 9:27 pm
CD Drive won't open

Last post by mikey « Fri Oct 14, 2005 9:47 am
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by mikey » Thu Oct 06, 2005 8:54 pm

The CD drive won't open,it makes noise but just will not open.I don't know if there is a disk in it or not.My sister mailed it to me and said I could...

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Last post by mikey
Fri Oct 14, 2005 9:47 am
HDD good price?

Last post by BillMorrow « Fri Oct 14, 2005 9:03 am
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by Guest » Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:55 am

Is this a good hard drive for the money? Cause i think this is a deal. but is there any cheaper. cause i only have 75 left to spend on my paypal...

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Fri Oct 14, 2005 9:03 am
2611 I Series TrackPoint Driver 4 XP?

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by llesman » Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:12 pm

I recently upgraded my ole I Series 2611-410 to XP home edition sp2 and all is well save XP doesn't have drivers for the TrackPoint which I love and...

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Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:12 pm
Rescue and Recovery 3 Installation Error!

Last post by GomJabbar « Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:10 pm
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by bluejamul » Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:05 pm

I don't know what I did but I am getting the following error when trying to install R&R 3.

Error 1402 Could not open key.
(something about...

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Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:10 pm
Can the CD drive Eject button function be canceled?

Last post by jhonyl « Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:42 am
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by jhonyl » Wed Oct 12, 2005 2:25 pm

Can the CD drive Eject button function be canceled?

It clicks when I don't want to open it, when I hold the laptop side.

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Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:42 am
Client Security Solution

Last post by padpad « Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:36 am
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by deviousalex » Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:36 pm

I have Client Security Solution 6.00.0027.00 installed. But no other program seems to recognize it. When I go to ThinkPad Configuration then click on...

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Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:36 am
Thinkpad ECDT (or EDCT) ACPI, Linux & Windows

Last post by rnfolsom « Wed Oct 12, 2005 6:08 pm

by rnfolsom » Wed Oct 12, 2005 6:08 pm

I have a very recently acquired Thinkpad A31 running Windows 2000.

In the ThinkPad R, A and G Series forum, I have posted a message Thinkpad ECDT...

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Wed Oct 12, 2005 6:08 pm
Anyone experienced cracked LCD bezel?

Last post by jdhurst « Wed Oct 12, 2005 11:37 am
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by tbu3 » Wed Oct 12, 2005 6:59 am

I'm just curious if anyone had experienced the LCD bezel cracking on their TPs, especially around the hinges? I once had two Compaq Presarios both of...

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Wed Oct 12, 2005 11:37 am
Wireless channel

Last post by r50cheapskate « Tue Oct 11, 2005 9:20 pm
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by r50cheapskate » Sat Sep 17, 2005 4:21 pm

I'm curious about the reasoning behind wireless channel selections. It appears 6 and 11 are the ones we're supposed to choose, but what if you live...

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Tue Oct 11, 2005 9:20 pm
Packing ?

Last post by mrdeucie « Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:50 pm
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by johnal » Tue Oct 11, 2005 5:58 pm

Hello, I just noticed my order status changed to packing . How long did it take to get your notebook from this point? Also do they normally email a...

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Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:50 pm
Assistance requested please!

Last post by bhtooefr « Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:38 pm
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by badkarma » Sat Oct 01, 2005 7:48 am

L.S,

my name is Tom and I am from the Netherlands. I am trying to make up my mind with respect to the purchase of a thinkpad. Since I do not have a...

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Last post by bhtooefr
Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:38 pm
What if battery goes dead while in standby?

Last post by RBob « Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:04 am
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by RBob » Mon Oct 10, 2005 12:40 pm

What happens if I drop the lid and forget about my machine and the battery dies while it's in standby? I have an R51 running WinXP Pro; would it act...

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Last post by RBob
Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:04 am
Handle 8-character harddisk password

Last post by smugiri « Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:45 pm
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by martin.h » Mon Oct 10, 2005 5:38 pm

Hi Thinkpad-friends,

let me say that upfront: this is NOT a I-want-to-crack-my-harddisk-password-question.

Situation: my old laptop completely...

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Last post by smugiri
Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:45 pm
ThinkPad vs. Inspiron vs. Latitude Model Reference

Last post by bhtooefr « Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:04 am
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by bhtooefr » Sun Oct 09, 2005 10:54 pm

I link you here , as this forum doesn't support HTML :roll:

It's missing a LOT of Dell models, as I couldn't really find many parallels.

I have the...

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Last post by bhtooefr
Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:04 am
USB Travel Keyboard with UltraNav - Like a TP keyboard?

Last post by DavidNZ « Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:14 am
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by dinotopia » Mon Oct 10, 2005 12:25 am

Which Thinkpad keyboard does the USB Travel Keyboard most feel like?
It is made in China, and basically looks just like a T-series Thinkpad...

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Last post by DavidNZ
Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:14 am
Lost Battery Icon + Correct Modem Download Rate

Last post by GomJabbar « Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:35 pm
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by mklaw » Sun Oct 09, 2005 1:44 am

A30 - Somehow I hid the horizontal battery icon on the taskbar, which shows the battery charge in percents. Anyone know how I can get it back?
Also,...

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Last post by GomJabbar
Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:35 pm
one of my keys is askew

Last post by ewthompson « Sun Oct 09, 2005 10:28 am
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by ewthompson » Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:37 pm

how would you hardware gurus recommend I go about realigning a key on my keyboard, which mysteriously is tilted at an angle now. It is fairly slight,...

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Last post by ewthompson
Sun Oct 09, 2005 10:28 am
How the ThinkPad fingerprint reader works

Last post by GomJabbar « Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:32 am
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by beq » Sun Oct 09, 2005 4:55 am

I've been curious about how the fingerprint reader on newer ThinkPads work, if anyone can help:

- Training makes you swipe each finger three times....

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Last post by GomJabbar
Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:32 am
Hi, new user - T22

Last post by Temetka « Sat Oct 08, 2005 6:47 pm
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by briank » Fri Oct 07, 2005 8:14 am

Just wanted to say hi. I was excited to see there was a community for thinkpad users! I just got a good deal on a thinkpad T22 with a 900MHz PIII,...

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Last post by Temetka
Sat Oct 08, 2005 6:47 pm
Learn More About Trackpoint

Last post by BrandonRouth.com « Sat Oct 08, 2005 1:13 pm
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by BrandonRouth.com » Thu Oct 06, 2005 11:56 pm

In that picture, could someone tell me what some components are? They're labeled 1 to 5.

It's for a report for my engineering class. Thanks.

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Last post by BrandonRouth.com
Sat Oct 08, 2005 1:13 pm
Active protection system

Last post by Navck « Sat Oct 08, 2005 11:45 am

by Navck » Sat Oct 08, 2005 11:45 am

You know how harddrives have Operating shock and Non operating shock limits? What would the APS put it at? (Somewhere near non operating since the...

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Sat Oct 08, 2005 11:45 am
Utimaco privatedisk or IBM FFE?

Last post by s0larian « Sat Oct 08, 2005 10:21 am
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by tom2517 » Tue Sep 20, 2005 6:45 am

I am currently using CSS 5.41 and are looking for a program that protect my files. I do not want to upgrade to CSS 6.0. My question is, both...

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Last post by s0larian
Sat Oct 08, 2005 10:21 am
Linksys wireless router & t42p with ibm abg slow perform

Last post by PetraM « Sat Oct 08, 2005 9:36 am
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by PetraM » Fri Sep 16, 2005 2:36 am

I know this has been discussed a million times before. I did read all the older posts addressing this issue. The thing is I'm new to wireless...

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Sat Oct 08, 2005 9:36 am
IBM Java Control Pannel 1.4.2 / Python - What is this?

Last post by yossarian « Fri Oct 07, 2005 11:23 pm
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by jd2020 » Tue Aug 23, 2005 8:09 am

I searched through the forum and can't find an real answer to this: I noticed that I have both Java 1.4.2. and 1.5 installed on my my 2005 T43. There...

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Last post by yossarian
Fri Oct 07, 2005 11:23 pm
LCD default brightness

Last post by ariadgr « Fri Oct 07, 2005 7:02 pm
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by avitron » Fri Oct 07, 2005 2:49 pm

I use my R50e mainly in a low light environment and I set the LCD brightness at 3 regardless if it's on battery or AC. Is there a way to make this as...

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Last post by ariadgr
Fri Oct 07, 2005 7:02 pm
seagate momentus 7200.1 is out

Last post by hoya « Fri Oct 07, 2005 3:38 pm
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by mamamia » Wed Oct 05, 2005 6:24 pm

it's $200 for the 80 gig version.

if anyone wants to try it, let us know how it is

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Last post by hoya
Fri Oct 07, 2005 3:38 pm
Retrospect Backup Question

Last post by GomJabbar « Fri Oct 07, 2005 10:50 am
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by tom2517 » Fri Oct 07, 2005 2:49 am

Hi, besides IBM's own R and R, I am starting to use EMC's Retrospect as well (came with Maxtor's 300G HD). But a friend told me that if I defrag. my...

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Last post by GomJabbar
Fri Oct 07, 2005 10:50 am
R&R3 crashes when I go to exclude files.

Last post by Michael1980 « Fri Oct 07, 2005 7:37 am
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by Michael1980 » Thu Oct 06, 2005 6:13 am

What I need is to exclude a whole D partition from backup since it contains only music and such. I go to exclude files section in R&R3 and it...

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Last post by Michael1980
Fri Oct 07, 2005 7:37 am
R&R incremental backups

Last post by egibbs « Fri Oct 07, 2005 6:13 am
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by adam777 » Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:51 am

Hello all.
I'm currently using R&R 2 but will probably switch to R&R 3 soon - so this question is relevant to both.
Let's say i did a base backup...

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Last post by egibbs
Fri Oct 07, 2005 6:13 am
R&R 3 - All that and a bag of chips

Last post by beq « Fri Oct 07, 2005 1:42 am
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by GomJabbar » Thu Oct 06, 2005 6:40 am

I just booted up into the Rescue and Recovery workspace last night. This was a few days after I installed ThinkVantage Rescue and Recovery version 3....

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Last post by beq
Fri Oct 07, 2005 1:42 am
WBEM (Web-Based Enterprise Management) on the IBM XP image

Last post by XCoalMiner « Thu Oct 06, 2005 10:56 pm

by XCoalMiner » Thu Oct 06, 2005 10:56 pm

My version of SpyBot S&D has been flagging log files in the system32\wbem\logs folder for several months. This is on IBM's supplied XP image on a T41...

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Last post by XCoalMiner
Thu Oct 06, 2005 10:56 pm
Warranty information

Last post by ariadgr « Thu Oct 06, 2005 7:49 pm
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by jerjun » Sun Oct 02, 2005 10:03 pm

Hi all,

Sorry if this has been asked before.

I am looking at buying a t42 and would appreciate it if somebody could explain the difference between...

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Last post by ariadgr
Thu Oct 06, 2005 7:49 pm
Are Thinkpads made by contract manufacturers (ie. Sanmina)?

Last post by mrdeucie « Thu Oct 06, 2005 4:10 pm
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by boilermakerinatl » Thu Jul 21, 2005 7:45 am
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Just curious...are Thinkpads manufactured in IBM/Lenovo factories or by contract manufacturers? I know IBM and Lenovo both use companies like...
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Last post by mrdeucie
Thu Oct 06, 2005 4:10 pm
Shutdown issues

Last post by GomJabbar « Thu Oct 06, 2005 6:19 am
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by laz » Thu Oct 06, 2005 12:23 am

Sorry if this has been discussed before.
Whenever I shut down my TP, windows exits a bunch of programs then gets stuck. To get it to shut down the...

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Last post by GomJabbar
Thu Oct 06, 2005 6:19 am
Security Chip issue

Last post by padpad « Wed Oct 05, 2005 11:47 pm
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by krma-thkpds » Mon Oct 03, 2005 3:02 am

I just installed the latest version of TPM onto my computer and when I rebooted I got message from Clint Security Solution, that the Embedded...

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Wed Oct 05, 2005 11:47 pm
IBM CSS software for USB disk & FPR

Last post by robmack « Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:35 pm

by robmack » Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:35 pm

Hi,

I'm looking for software that can encrypt data on a USB disk and interact with the Thinkpad T42 fingerprint reader (FPR). I currently use Remora...

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Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:35 pm
Best Screenshot Software?

Last post by bhtooefr « Wed Oct 05, 2005 10:07 am
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by cruzlite » Thu Sep 29, 2005 10:42 pm

I am currently using Broderbund 5.0....
Not happy with the quality of sreenshots...
Broderbund has a newer release, I believe to be in the 40$...

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Last post by bhtooefr
Wed Oct 05, 2005 10:07 am
What is Client Security and do I need it?

Last post by trikster2 « Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:15 am
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by schleptop » Fri Sep 30, 2005 12:09 am

After installing a lot of Thinkpad updates and Rescue and Recovery I now have an irritating Client Security widget running every time I start WinXP...

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Last post by trikster2
Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:15 am
Unlabeled thinkpad keyboard

Last post by jonnnny « Wed Oct 05, 2005 12:26 am
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by jonnnny » Mon Oct 03, 2005 2:28 pm

anyone know where I can buy a thinkpad keyboard that is unlabeled? i.e. all black, no letters.

or does anyone know of any safe way to remove the...

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Last post by jonnnny
Wed Oct 05, 2005 12:26 am
DHCP IP failing

Last post by Kyocera « Tue Oct 04, 2005 7:24 pm
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by krma-thkpds » Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:08 am

If I let DHCP to assign IP address to my machine automatically I don't receive any packages. Though the connection is connected, there is just no...

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Last post by Kyocera
Tue Oct 04, 2005 7:24 pm
Thinkpad keyboard problem

Last post by SeanM « Tue Oct 04, 2005 6:00 pm
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by benjaminzsj » Tue Oct 04, 2005 11:27 am

The bottom right part of my keyboard protrudes a little, I think it also makes my laptop not close properly, how come and how to fix?
Thanks in...

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Last post by SeanM
Tue Oct 04, 2005 6:00 pm
Where to get Intel 2200BG miniPCI - IBM branded (EU)

Last post by nolifer « Tue Oct 04, 2005 12:54 pm
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by nolifer » Tue Oct 04, 2005 8:10 am

Where to buy 802.11g miniPCI wlan to IBM X31? I live in EU.

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Last post by nolifer
Tue Oct 04, 2005 12:54 pm
IBM RecorNow! and *.cue *.bin files

Last post by stgreek « Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:13 am
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by krma-thkpds » Mon Oct 03, 2005 7:06 am

Is there a possibility to burn an image to CD from *.cue and *.bin file with RecordNow!?

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Last post by stgreek
Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:13 am
Partition Magic

Last post by Puttagee « Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:48 pm
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by deviousalex » Sun Oct 02, 2005 10:30 pm

I'm thinking about creating a new D: drive using partition magic. Is there any precautions I need to take because of the hidden partition that is...

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Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:48 pm
Windows 98SE- Can't open any folders in control panel

Last post by teamdaddy « Mon Oct 03, 2005 7:24 pm
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by teamdaddy » Sat Oct 01, 2005 7:17 pm

I have just picked up an R31 from an aquaintance that I intend to use as a backup computer. Today I ran the SpyWare Doctor program on it and it found...

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Last post by teamdaddy
Mon Oct 03, 2005 7:24 pm
More Rescue and Recovery

Last post by Kyocera « Sun Oct 02, 2005 7:22 pm
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by Zephyrious » Sun Oct 02, 2005 6:59 pm

Sorry to ask for more help, but after installing R&R, when i push the Access IBM button from POST (the one that takes you into the predesktop area) I...

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Sun Oct 02, 2005 7:22 pm

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