The only difference between a retail WinXP CD and a "generic" OEM one (or a volume licence one) is in the setupp.ini file. You can convert a retail CD into an OEM one by changing the data in that file - a google for setupp.ini will turn up some sites with the values needed for the different types of...

Just had a look at the non-IBM antennas I tried and on the back it says "Sansei KP-2". They would have fitted under the keyboard but I tried them along the sides of the screen. The IBM antennas will only fit at the sides of the screen. The 1802 error won't affect an X23, the BIOS restriction only ca...

I can't say for sure but I think you'll find the Dell-branded Intel cards are identical to non-Dell-branded ones. Should work fine in an X23. I bought some cheap no-name antennas on ebay, ones that were made from small, thin printed circuit boards. They worked but I found the range was poor. I repla...

X24 2662-MQG Battery FRU: 02K6760 (design capacity: 43.20Wh) Main battery: Manufactured date: 2002-05-28 Cycle count: 54 Full charge capacity: 38.18Wh Spare battery: Manufactured date: 2002-03-04 Cycle count: 4 Full charge capacity: 43.20Wh (great for a battery that sat on the shelf for more than 3 ...

Right, but it will say "reserve not met" next to the current bid. Often sellers will start out low and not put a reserve on at all, just because they're confident the item will reach a decent price. For a lot of things there seems to be a "market value" that most auctions finish close to.

Have you tried disabling the trackpoint? I don't think a wheel on a PS/2 mouse will work if the trackpoint is also enabled (certainly the case on my X24 anyway). A USB wheel mouse works OK.

I suspect that the Windows installer wouldn't let you do this. I'm pretty sure it will - if it detects an existing installation of the same OS on the drive it will prompt you to install in a different directory. Then when you boot up you'll get a menu asking which one you want to use. Actually I li...

Interesting that the links GomJabbar posted both contradict one detail in the FAQ. The FAQ says screen cleaning fluid is a mixture of water and ethanol, but those links specifically say not to use ethanol.

What about getting another 6-cell battery, and taking both batteries with you? When the first battery gets low, just hibernate and switch batteries. If your current 6-cell battery is almost giving you enough lifetime now, maybe you'd only need to recharge the reserve battery once a week or so.

My hunch is that what you described will work - even just with Win2k's own dual-boot option, no 3rd party product. Only way to know for sure is to try it though. I think I might be inclined to test it first on an old hard drive if you have one. Applications could be a bit tricky - you will definitel...

I stand corrected - that's an S30 which does indeed have a 10.4" screen. The chief advantage of mobile P3's vs. normal ones is lower power consumption - meaning longer battery life and less heat to get rid of. The 600MHz and faster ones have "speedstep," which allows the CPU speed to be varied dynam...

You can configure it to act as a mouse-click when you tap it if you want to. A handy feature on some Dells I use at work, as their trackpoint buttons are so horrible... but I don't use it on my X24 because I find its buttons much more ergonomic.

I think I'm right in saying the only Pentium 3 Thinkpads with a 10" screen were the 240X and Transnote. Neither of which are model 2349. If I were you I'd ask the seller what model it is.

It's the '06 Honda Goldwing. That thing's practically a car anyway. Still it seems like a bit of a gimmick to me.

davidspalding wrote:Vive le penguin! Vive la difference!

"Le penguin" is not immune from security holes either
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/bulletins/SB2005.html

But definitely vive la difference - a monoculture is bound to be more vulnerable to disease epidemics.

The wi-fi alliance web site is a good place to check product certifications:
http://certifications.wi-fi.org/wbcs_ce ... .php?TID=2

The pre-n products are 802.11g compliant. If you want better performance than 802.11g performance right now, you can buy something that has a non-standard faster mode, or wait at least a year. You pays your money and you takes your choice. And to be fair to the vendors, none of them are currently cl...

I have a Belkin pre-n router, a pre-n card in my desktop PC and also one for the X24. I rarely use the one I bought for the X24 - I thought I would want the extra throughput, but it turns out the internal 2200BG is adequate for my purposes most of the time. On the whole I'm quite happy with the Belk...

I bet the new laptops are quite usable and sturdy, perhaps the best there are. However, the screenshots do not look appealing to me, but no Thinkpad has ever looked appealing. It is still a black box. For nice design, Apple is the way to go, but I like the Thinkpads as well, because of its reliabil...

I think I'd read that the patch was expected to be released 1/10. So if they upped the schedule due to public demand, the Win9x patches may be yet released in the near future. I think Win98 support is still active ... I know Win95 support was discontinued a while back. Little chance of a Win 98 pat...

I think a patch for Win98 is likely, MS have said they will continue patching critical vulns until the middle of this year. They released a Win98 patch for MS05-054 in December, and that was of a similar severity. Well it looks like I was wrong (as per GomJabbar's CNET link). Thanks a bunch Microso...

I think a patch for Win98 is likely, MS have said they will continue patching critical vulns until the middle of this year. They released a Win98 patch for MS05-054 in December, and that was of a similar severity.

Nothing.. I HATE icons on my Desktop.. (Which is why I could go back to Windows 3.1 if it were powerful enough lol) If you go back to Windows 2000 you can still use the Windows 3.1 program manager (start/run progman.exe), you can even make it the shell in place of Windows Explorer :) The Windows 3....

The original "user opinion" on Cnet: http://reviews.cnet.com/ThinkPad_Z60t_2_GHz_Intel_M_760/4864-3121_7-31517979.html?ctype=msgid&messageSiteID=7&messageID=1525632&cval=1525632&tag=uolst Sounds pretty unlikely... for starters all the Iraqi insurgents I've seen on the news have been toting AK47's no...

Is this MS knowledge base article any help?
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314057

Probably the hosting site prevents hot-linking to images. If you copy and paste the image URL into the address bar you can see the picture: http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4650/742/1600/1209051146.0.jpg Looks like the weather outside is a bit more pleasant than it is here... of course who would w...

...there's an insane person (IIRC, he's on cpu-museum.de) who runs a stripped-down Win2K SP0 install, running Opera and Photoshop, on a 486DX2 @ 66MHz with 16MB RAM. :shock: :shock: :shock: Holy moly. I once had Windows NT 4.0 on a machine of exactly that spec, used as a print server. It was desper...

P70, that's the one! Thanks!

The biggest limitation of the Libretto 100CT/110CT is the RAM, I think. 64MB max is just not enough these days.

Oh boy, how can I possibly resist a computer nostalgia thread... :lol: My first Thinkpad was the small 240. 300mHz cel/128mb RAM/Win98 with the external DVD-plaýer that almost could handle decent DVD-playback ;) The first Thinkpad I used was also a 240. It was a company laptop that was carried aroun...

The X20 and X22 have different part numbers for the LCD cover so I'd say the odds are it won't fit. As for removing the superglue, have you tried one of the proprietary "superglue remover" solvents? Or acetone (nail polish remover)? Either could damage the plastic though so best to try on an inconsp...