Hello, I have installed Fedora 8 on my T61. Although I also installed the tpb package that comes with it, the volume keys don't work and no indicator appears on the screen. Something similar happens with the brightness of the screen. The indicator appears and shows that brightness changes, but it ac...

My laptop finally arrived, I created all my backup DVDs and made a clean install of Windows Vista Home Premium (and Fedora 8 ). Everything went smoothly, due to the many helpful replies I had and the excellent information I found on this site. The laptop has a 2.20GHz Core 2 Duo with 4MB L2 cache, 2...

Oh, there is probably a misunderstanding. The CD I am talking about is this one: http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=52591952&pfp=XSELLPROD which is only $5 and according to an answer above, it is possible to make a clean install of Windows Vista. But it does not include an...

Hello, Thank you all for the help you provide. From the answers above, I deduce that the only way to get a clean installation of Windows Vista (i.e., without the pre-installed software from Lenovo) is the "Windows Vista Anytime Upgrade" CD from CompUSA. I think that this is what I will do and immedi...

Hello, I recently ordered a new T60 and I am eagerly waiting for it. My Lab bought one for me about 1.5 year ago and I am so pleased, that I ordered myself one. However, as I will soon leave the US to go back to my own country, I want to be sure that I will be able to reinstall my laptop, in case so...

Hello, I finally managed to find some time and make a fresh install of Windows on my T60 laptop. Overall, I didn't encounter any major problems, mainly due to the excellent advise that many of you offered in this thread. I will elaborate a little bit on what I have done, in case this is useful to so...

Hello Hushpuppy, I am following closely the thread and I assure you that all this information is really helpful to me! I hope that I can find some time tomorrow to make the fresh install on the laptop. Thank you all for your help on this! Ioannis P.S: I hope that I will not need to return here with ...

Hello mhca, Thank you for providing these details on the installation procedure. They are really helpful. I hope that I will find some time during the weekend to attempt the clean install. By the way, I created a CD using the slipstreamer tool that I mentioned in my original post. It seems to create...

Hello! I sent yesterday the following message to the "ThinkPad T60 series" category. No one answered, which made me realize that I had sent it to the wrong place. I apologize for this silly new-member error and I hope that someone will help me with my questions. Best regards, Ioannis ---------------...

Hello! I am a new owner of a ThinkPad T60. Although I am a computer engineer, I had never before a laptop. Don't ask why, I just chose not to buy one. But now the University that I am working at decided to buy me a laptop, so I had no choice :-) I was amased by the number of applications that come p...