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Where to download Thinkpad software ?

Last post by GomJabbar « Fri Jun 22, 2007 6:49 pm
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by Jason404 » Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:50 am

After reinstalling a fresh Windows installation, where can I get the IBM software from?

Like at this page:

I can find drivers and some software,...

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Last post by GomJabbar
Fri Jun 22, 2007 6:49 pm
Good wide TFT needed for docking station

Last post by sokos « Fri Jun 22, 2007 5:58 pm
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by sokos » Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:31 pm

Getting my T61 is great, but for office work i m getting an Advanced Mini docking station. What would be a good TFT (wide) monitor to combine it...

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Fri Jun 22, 2007 5:58 pm
uninstalling Lenovo ThinkVantage software

Last post by Marin85 « Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:45 pm

by Marin85 » Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:45 pm

Hi,
slowly but surely the amount of software on my laptop increases, so I want to uninstall some components of Lenovo ThinkVantage software as I...

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Last post by Marin85
Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:45 pm
Limit on recovery disks???

Last post by Eric Giles « Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:32 pm
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by Reo51St » Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:44 pm

Is there a limit on how many times that you can use recovery disks?

Trying to recover T23 and it just loads a basic version of XP and only uses one...

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Last post by Eric Giles
Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:32 pm
no-1802.com hack functionality

Last post by bill bolton « Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:33 pm
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by Jason404 » Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:18 pm

I am trying to upgrade an X30 to wifi.

After fitting a mini-PCI wifi card (Phillips) and the antennas in the screen, I was very disappointed to...

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Last post by bill bolton
Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:33 pm
Booting from USB Writer

Last post by Chispad60 « Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:20 pm

by Chispad60 » Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:20 pm

I'm trying a clean windows Vista install in my x60s, is the first time i try to run a setup from Bios. My USB device is an external LG writer (DVD...

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Last post by Chispad60
Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:20 pm
Which Acronis version should I buy?

Last post by schen « Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:01 pm
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by schen » Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:57 pm

I'm about to buy a full copy of Acronis, but not sure which version to get. Wanted to see if anybody had some thoughts on the 8, 9 or 10 versions.

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Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:01 pm
LG-Philips Screen Only Able To Show 262k Colors!

Last post by sapibobo « Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:18 am
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by sapibobo » Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:18 am

I really just dont know whether someone has brought up this issue before or not.

I red an article about Apple customer rage about how their screen...

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Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:18 am
Question on fixing cracked plastic on x30 palmrest

Last post by GomJabbar « Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:36 am
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by dorronto » Sat Jun 09, 2007 8:15 am

I just picked up a nice x30. The left front palmrest, above the battery has a 2 crack. Can I use a special glue underneath it, above the battery...

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Last post by GomJabbar
Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:36 am
Noob Battery Question - Why set a stop on charge %?

Last post by unrortit « Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:24 pm
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by rcrooks » Wed Mar 15, 2006 10:09 am
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Im sure everyone but me knows this, but what are the advantages of telling a battery to stop charging at say... 95% as opposed to charging it up the...
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Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:24 pm
USB Hard drive password protector?

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by Stevesoura » Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:15 pm

I got my new haddrive for my T42 a couple of days ago. So the Oem hard drive was a back-up. I bought a external exclosure for the 40gb hdd. I was...

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Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:15 pm
Lenovo Warranty Questions

Last post by whizkid « Tue Jun 19, 2007 4:45 pm
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by Harryc » Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:25 am

I've seen several threads in the forums where the OP or member is talking about their machines warranty running out shortly and that they may get...

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Tue Jun 19, 2007 4:45 pm
Safe to delete Config.msi ?

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by ozqadir » Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:16 am

Hi Guys,

I'm tidying up my XP R51 and have come across a config.msi file.

This file contains 2 files which are both .rbf and both >1GB!

I heard...

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Last post by ozqadir
Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:16 am
maintenance disk on CD (part 2)

Last post by Jason404 « Tue Jun 19, 2007 12:03 am
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by richk » Fri Jan 12, 2007 10:15 pm

I have tried to copy the maintenance disk to a CD and it was suggested (correctly by rkawakami) that the problem in running was related to the fact...

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Last post by Jason404
Tue Jun 19, 2007 12:03 am
Repairing Power Cable?

Last post by gtphill « Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:42 pm
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by gtphill » Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:36 pm

Hello all,

After years of being unkindly folded, the travel charger for my X40 has gone intermittent. To be clear, this is portion of the cable from...

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Last post by gtphill
Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:42 pm
Windows Thinklight plugin for gaim

Last post by Turbo Audi « Sun Jun 17, 2007 1:45 pm
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by kulivontot » Sun Jun 03, 2007 12:12 pm

Linux has this wonderful plugin for gaim that makes the thinklight on your notebook flash a couple times whenever you get an IM, giving you a nice...

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Last post by Turbo Audi
Sun Jun 17, 2007 1:45 pm
Free HDD Copy Utility/Program???

Last post by JHaislet « Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:39 am
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by JHaislet » Sat Jun 16, 2007 1:58 am

I'd like to upgrade a HDD in a notebook that is probably about to go bad.

Does anyone know of any free programs/utilities that will do a sector to...

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Last post by JHaislet
Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:39 am
win98se sys C: not booting on newer thinkpadas

Last post by teetee « Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:07 am
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by teetee » Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:50 pm

I think I might miss something but I just can't figure it out myself.
I was trying to make a hard drive bootable by using win98se so that I can...

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Last post by teetee
Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:07 am
R50 qxga screens! In an r60e ?

Last post by AHuan « Fri Jun 15, 2007 4:52 pm
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by AHuan » Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:51 pm

After reading I'm all excited about the possibility of getting a qxga screen. I have to upgrade my screen at some point, it's just a matter of when...

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Last post by AHuan
Fri Jun 15, 2007 4:52 pm
Bootable PC Doctor Problems

Last post by rkawakami « Fri Jun 15, 2007 3:20 pm
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by ArtShapiro » Fri Jun 15, 2007 3:00 pm

I was pleased to see in a thread in the T4X Forum that PC Doctor was available as an .ISO image. As none of my Thinkpads have floppy drives, I hadn't...

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Last post by rkawakami
Fri Jun 15, 2007 3:20 pm
Is there any linux live CD to modify the PCI-ID of the WLAN?

Last post by copperboy « Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:59 am

by copperboy » Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:59 am

Since there is a linux live CD that is to modify the Atheros EEPROM so that the card correctly identifies itself as an other instead of an ethernet...

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Last post by copperboy
Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:59 am
please help - logging on to websites with fingerprint reader

Last post by USSS « Fri Jun 15, 2007 2:08 am
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by aamadi » Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:03 am

The IBM tech guys told me that with the new version of the fingerprint reader you can no longer log on to websites using it. I thought one of the...

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Last post by USSS
Fri Jun 15, 2007 2:08 am
S-Video problem, R60

Last post by GomJabbar « Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:06 pm
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by GasPipe » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:21 am

Hi again!

I bougth S-Video -> RCA adapter, and picture is good, expect it's black-grey. So no colours. I selected PAL-B, which is correct because I...

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Last post by GomJabbar
Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:06 pm
DVD Drive Won't Open

Last post by GomJabbar « Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:01 pm
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by kduniverse » Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:51 am

it will blink a few times then nothing. If I use the paperclip method, it will open, but when I put a disk in, still nothing. What's up?

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Last post by GomJabbar
Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:01 pm
BIOS password recovery

Last post by BillMorrow « Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:15 am
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by think.t23 » Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:57 am

Wondering if anyone had tried this ?

For recoverying a lost BIOS password.

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Last post by BillMorrow
Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:15 am
Power supply plug for UK - can I simply attach an adapter?

Last post by wilsonhs « Thu Jun 14, 2007 3:21 am
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by pkiff » Sun Jun 10, 2007 9:59 pm

A quick question about power supplies from someone in Canada who's never travelled to the UK.

I've got a 600X and I think the recommended approach...

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Last post by wilsonhs
Thu Jun 14, 2007 3:21 am
Possible to remap the backwards/forwards keys?

Last post by Bruce443 « Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:39 am
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by Pyroraptor » Fri Jun 08, 2007 3:46 pm

Is it possible to remap the backwards/forwards keys on a T40 in windows 2000? I'd really like to be able to use them for switching workspaces....

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Last post by Bruce443
Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:39 am
Password Manager on specific sites only

Last post by crashnet « Wed Jun 13, 2007 3:30 am
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by kay.one » Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:52 am

Hi,

I have T60 with vista installed on it,
I love the idea of being able to enter my uber secure logins using my fingerprint suck as banks and...

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Last post by crashnet
Wed Jun 13, 2007 3:30 am
RR formatting C:\

Last post by Kyocera « Tue Jun 12, 2007 6:53 pm
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by Marin85 » Mon Jun 11, 2007 4:29 pm

Hi,
after having different problems with my laptop I decided to use RR work area to format C:\ and reinstall XP. I´ve already made a copy of my...

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Last post by Kyocera
Tue Jun 12, 2007 6:53 pm
System Update 3

Last post by kevinL « Tue Jun 12, 2007 6:49 pm

by kevinL » Tue Jun 12, 2007 6:49 pm

Hi,

I am trying to get some ThinkPads to get their updates from the local repository. However, the system update is still trying to get the updates...

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Last post by kevinL
Tue Jun 12, 2007 6:49 pm
Any Logic behind thinkpad model numbers?

Last post by ragefury32 « Tue Jun 12, 2007 1:11 am
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by gator » Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:36 am

I was wondering if anyone knows the logic behind the model numbers of thinkpads ... I can't see any sort of a pattern between different lines of...

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Last post by ragefury32
Tue Jun 12, 2007 1:11 am
100% cpu usage by IE

Last post by Marin85 « Mon Jun 11, 2007 3:57 pm
Replies: 25
by Marin85 » Tue May 29, 2007 10:55 am

Hi,
I posted about this problem in the Z series section a day ago, now I think it´s not a Z series specific problem. I have an issue with IE...

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Last post by Marin85
Mon Jun 11, 2007 3:57 pm
another laptop freeze problem R51 and RAM

Last post by grm « Sat Jun 09, 2007 12:34 pm
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by grm » Sat Jun 09, 2007 3:12 am

R51 freezes when I add 1 gig Kingston SODIMM to the existing 256. But it seems to work OK if installed alone with one empty slot. This seems to be a...

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Last post by grm
Sat Jun 09, 2007 12:34 pm
Can't Enroll in CSS

Last post by BudC « Sat Jun 09, 2007 12:29 pm

by BudC » Sat Jun 09, 2007 12:29 pm

I've tried with the last several versions of CSS to get past the enrollment phase. The message says to wait until Enrollment completes but the task...

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Last post by BudC
Sat Jun 09, 2007 12:29 pm
fn-keys

Last post by Purcy « Sat Jun 09, 2007 11:02 am
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by brikeh » Fri Jun 08, 2007 5:28 pm

So everything works except for the fn+home and fn+end for display brightness.

What am I doing wrong?

Oh...Im running Vista and all the other fn+...

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Last post by Purcy
Sat Jun 09, 2007 11:02 am
sound card in a dock - can it be hotswapped?

Last post by jkahng « Sat Jun 09, 2007 7:31 am
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by qviri » Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:28 am

Hi guys,

I'm thinking of giving my desktop computer the boot. However, I am not willing to trade the PCI sound card I have for my X31's onboard...

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Last post by jkahng
Sat Jun 09, 2007 7:31 am
Has anybody been able to fix a stuck pixel?

Last post by elite-elitist « Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:17 pm
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by elite-elitist » Sun Jun 03, 2007 8:16 pm

Has anybody been able to fix a stuck pixel? If so, how? I got one that's stuck in green on my T22. I've heard a variety of solutions but I don't know...

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Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:17 pm
Buffer Overrun???

Last post by Mobile_Mike « Fri Jun 08, 2007 11:35 am
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by creative2go » Mon Nov 13, 2006 10:26 am

Hi, recently I'm having this buffer overrun error alert when i start my TP, I've already saw this message 5 times now, every time this message show,...

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Last post by Mobile_Mike
Fri Jun 08, 2007 11:35 am
Help! How-to - remove IBM pre-load partition from HDD

Last post by shalliday « Fri Jun 08, 2007 11:14 am
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by jamess » Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:08 am

I have a 40 GB disk which I've mounted into an external housing to serve me as external disk via usb/firewire. I have formatted the disk but once I...

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Last post by shalliday
Fri Jun 08, 2007 11:14 am
Vehicle Mount

Last post by saywhat « Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:02 pm

by saywhat » Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:02 pm

I am planning on purchasing a X61 tablet in the next week or so. Once that arrives, I would like to purchase a vehicle mount as I plan on using it in...

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Last post by saywhat
Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:02 pm
Mouse-settings resets on reboot

Last post by GomJabbar « Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:52 pm
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by olef » Thu Jun 07, 2007 5:48 pm

Have just got a R60 with XP-pro.
XP is Updated, and all updates from Lenovo.

When I change the mouse-settings (ie mouse-speed) it runs at the...

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Last post by GomJabbar
Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:52 pm
T60 won't boot

Last post by wiiarena « Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:46 pm

by wiiarena » Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:46 pm

Hi everyone,

Until recently, I had a dual boot system on T60 laptop with windows xp and ubuntu (I installed Ubuntu myself). That worked fine.

A few...

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Last post by wiiarena
Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:46 pm
Something Rattling Inside The AC Adapter

Last post by junglemike « Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:29 am
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by elite-elitist » Wed Jun 06, 2007 8:08 pm

I've got something rattling inside the AC adapter. Should I be concerned about it? Too bad they make these things so you can't open then.

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Last post by junglemike
Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:29 am
Finger Print Reader - How important?

Last post by nauht « Wed Jun 06, 2007 5:41 pm
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by zahir » Wed May 02, 2007 11:30 am

I have to go collect my new t60 tomorrow but my vendor called me today saying he'd goofed up and the piece he ordered doesnt have a biometric...

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Last post by nauht
Wed Jun 06, 2007 5:41 pm
Audio Line-In T41?

Last post by zone « Wed Jun 06, 2007 3:24 pm
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by haelen » Tue Jun 05, 2007 6:04 am

Hi,

This is my first post and I didn't want to cram too much into the Subject line, so I only put in one of my two or questions:

I'm about to...

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Last post by zone
Wed Jun 06, 2007 3:24 pm
On Screen Display

Last post by brikeh « Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:02 am
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by brikeh » Wed Jun 06, 2007 3:41 am

Since reinstalling Vista when I press my volume buttons they change the volume but the green indicators on the screen dont appear, where do I change...

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Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:02 am
Resize or change resolution of Thinkpad Boot Splash?

Last post by rebop « Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:33 am

by rebop » Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:33 am

I just got a new T60. The boot screen looks horrible. I have read where you can replace it, but I would just like to center it or change the size or...

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Last post by rebop
Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:33 am
tvt_reg_monitor_svc with high CPU

Last post by GomJabbar « Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:19 pm
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by j_leonov » Tue Jun 05, 2007 2:41 pm

Hi

Does anyone knows what is the role of tvt_reg_monitor_svc ?
I know it stand for ThinkVantage Registry Monitor Service , but what is it doing and...

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Last post by GomJabbar
Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:19 pm
SD Card stuck in Digital Media Reader in Z60m

Last post by GomJabbar « Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:20 am
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by Davidhs » Mon Jun 04, 2007 4:56 pm

I have a TP Z60m with a Digital Media Card Reader (on the right front corner).
An SD card has now become stuck in the reader.

I was doing some...

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Last post by GomJabbar
Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:20 am
ATI 5200 old drivers

Last post by tebore « Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:23 am
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by ennma » Mon May 28, 2007 10:15 am

Hi Guys/Gals,
I have just updated my 5200 ATI to the latest driver, and not really happy with the result, mainly the heat issue. I want to go back to...

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Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:23 am

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