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READ the Forum Rules!

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Fri Jun 22, 2018 2:19 pm
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by RealBlackStuff » Fri Jun 22, 2018 2:19 pm » in RULES of the ROAD

Before posting, please read the Forum Rules of the Road . .

And please pay particular attention to Section 5. PICTURES .

Thank you.

For more info...

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PM notifications have changed

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by rkawakami » Wed Apr 22, 2015 2:55 am » in Forum Announcements

Due to the recent upgrade of the forum software (phpBB), the option to display a pop-up window when a member has a Private Message (PM) waiting to be...

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Please report Forum-bugs/errors here (PHPBB)

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by rkawakami » Fri Feb 20, 2015 2:38 pm » in Forum Announcements
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Forum donations for upgrades

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by JaneL » Mon Nov 24, 2008 10:01 am » in Forum Announcements
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If you've noticed the new maintenance outage announcements, you know that Bill is actively working on upgrading the forum software and fixing the...
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Meaning of various forum icons - subsilver2 style

Last post by rkawakami « Sun Jan 03, 2010 4:38 pm

by rkawakami » Sun Jan 03, 2010 4:38 pm

This board runs on the phpBB subsilver2 style and as such, uses some default icons for forums and posts. Here's a quick guide to the icons which you...

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Sun Jan 03, 2010 4:38 pm
Minimum participation quota

Last post by dr_st « Sun Jan 25, 2026 3:28 am
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by khozmos » Sat Jan 24, 2026 11:07 am

Hey there you all, I have a question regarding the minimum participation amount before I can PM someone. I cannot send PMs at this very moment, and...

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Sun Jan 25, 2026 3:28 am
What's the difference between forum.thinkpads.com and thinkpads.com/forum/

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Wed Nov 19, 2025 1:00 am
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by dcfbf » Tue Nov 18, 2025 9:45 pm

My first question is exactly what the heading says
I've just noticed this as I always type forum.thinkpads.com into the url bar but...

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Wed Nov 19, 2025 1:00 am
Login via Fingerprint

Last post by PAL_Thailand « Thu Nov 13, 2025 12:41 am
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by PAL_Thailand » Mon Nov 10, 2025 11:05 pm

Hello Folks, My X41 has been in storage for almost a full year. This morning, I took it to my workdesk, thinking about getting back into my X41 as...

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Last post by PAL_Thailand
Thu Nov 13, 2025 12:41 am
Email notifications not working

Last post by replica9906 « Tue Aug 19, 2025 4:21 am
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by replica9906 » Sun Aug 17, 2025 11:57 pm

Hi,

Do other users have issues with mail notifications coming to their inbox? Apart from the fact that the messages are always marked as spam, which...

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Last post by replica9906
Tue Aug 19, 2025 4:21 am
Domain expiry - what now?

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Sat May 31, 2025 7:38 am
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by syssifus » Tue May 27, 2025 1:13 pm

Hey there,
it seems like the domain for the forum will expire in four days, with renewal and transfer blocked. What's going to happen to this forum?...

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Sat May 31, 2025 7:38 am
[Suggestion] Adding ThinkCentre category

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Thu Mar 20, 2025 1:45 pm
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by mcgiwer » Thu Mar 20, 2025 1:34 pm

Hey. I think that it would be also nice to add a separate ThinkCentre category for this Lenovo computer set's :idea:
ADMIN NOTE: Please correct your...

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Thu Mar 20, 2025 1:45 pm
Thinkpad R51 board trying to program bios chip

Last post by hcooll3 « Wed Feb 19, 2025 8:46 pm

by hcooll3 » Wed Feb 19, 2025 8:46 pm

I have a thinkpad R52 with an R51 board in it and trying to program bios chip with ch341a programmer. Message on as programmer says file is larger...

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Wed Feb 19, 2025 8:46 pm
Forum blocked?

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Thu Feb 13, 2025 8:57 am
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by Everyday_Normal_Engineer » Fri Jan 31, 2025 9:49 am

I am having an issue where I cannot connect to the forum when on my home WiFi. I checked my router and no websites are being filtered or blocked....

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Thu Feb 13, 2025 8:57 am
Any Forum members also running a PHPBB forum?

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Tue Feb 04, 2025 4:24 am

by RealBlackStuff » Tue Feb 04, 2025 4:24 am

Our Forum 'physician' is on extended leave abroad.
So we are just wondering if any of our users are also running a PHPBB forum.
This Forum has a...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Tue Feb 04, 2025 4:24 am
weird problem with user notifications

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Tue Jan 28, 2025 12:43 am
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by replica9906 » Sat Jan 25, 2025 12:28 am

I have this weird problem where in the user control panel, whenever I change settings and re-open them via the UI the options are checked one by one....

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Tue Jan 28, 2025 12:43 am
Thinkpad L580, trackpad buttons not working

Last post by sokol « Tue Dec 03, 2024 2:31 pm

by sokol » Tue Dec 03, 2024 2:31 pm

Hello thinkpad enthusiasts,

I recently bought a refurbished/used Thinkpad L580 (2018). Everything is working fine, just the buttons above the...

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Tue Dec 03, 2024 2:31 pm
Ability to reply to PMs

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Thu Nov 28, 2024 12:30 pm
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by Gweeneth » Tue Nov 26, 2024 5:46 pm

Hello,

I browsed rules sub forums and FAQs to try and get an answer but was not fortunate. I don’t like to post just to post as that is spammy in my...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Thu Nov 28, 2024 12:30 pm
Site's quite slow since this morning. Is it just me?

Last post by solidpro « Mon Sep 09, 2024 2:45 pm
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by axur-delmeria » Mon Sep 09, 2024 7:48 am

As the title says, forum's been slow for the past 12 hours or so. Is anyone else affected?

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Last post by solidpro
Mon Sep 09, 2024 2:45 pm
What does this phrase mean

Last post by el_Capo « Sun May 26, 2024 11:24 pm
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by TheForgottenKing » Sat Jun 09, 2018 12:14 pm

Goodbye Lorita, wherever you've gone...

At the top of the board

What does it mean?

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Last post by el_Capo
Sun May 26, 2024 11:24 pm
How to get into Thinkpads?

Last post by olddog « Sat Nov 25, 2023 4:24 am
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by DabigV » Fri Oct 27, 2023 7:31 am

Hi guys,

First post here so please excuse my lack of computing jargon if you will, i’ve been looking to getting into Thinkpads for a long time now...

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Last post by olddog
Sat Nov 25, 2023 4:24 am
Scammer?

Last post by madicetea « Sat Apr 08, 2023 5:30 am
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by solidpro » Sat Sep 10, 2022 3:19 am

Hi

So, some person on here recommended I contact someone because of a spare part I needed. As soon as I sent the money (a massive $35) they went...

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Last post by madicetea
Sat Apr 08, 2023 5:30 am
Suggestions for Thinkpad purchase?

Last post by bananaheadache « Wed Mar 22, 2023 9:02 pm
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by bananaheadache » Tue Mar 21, 2023 11:24 pm

Looking for some advice on purchasing a new Thinkpad.

A model with these specifications is desired.

* use an internal 2.5 sata drive
* have at...

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Last post by bananaheadache
Wed Mar 22, 2023 9:02 pm
Thinpad P14

Last post by mikemex « Sun Jul 24, 2022 10:11 am
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by manolis kokotsakis » Fri Jul 22, 2022 4:42 pm

The P line , why is not in the forum ?
What about the quality of this line ? Are the same hardworking laptopts as the T line ?

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Last post by mikemex
Sun Jul 24, 2022 10:11 am
ThinkPad X13 subforum problem (large picture)

Last post by Ibthink « Thu Jul 14, 2022 3:47 am
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by Ibthink » Wed Jul 13, 2022 2:14 pm

Something is not right with the X13 subforum.

Notably, it only has 4 topics and 6 posts - that alone could be attributed to a lack of popularity...

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Last post by Ibthink
Thu Jul 14, 2022 3:47 am
Notification emails not working

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Sun May 09, 2021 4:40 am
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by Peter Linu » Fri May 07, 2021 7:13 pm

Hey RBS,
Perhaps you can assist me with another matter.
When I first tried to log in as Peter Linu, I was hampered by the fact that I use a VPN....

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Sun May 09, 2021 4:40 am
Expired Web Certificate Warnings

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Tue Apr 27, 2021 4:17 am
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by Dekks » Mon Apr 26, 2021 6:52 pm

Starting today Firefox is throwing errors that suggest the forum domain cert has expired. Any one else getting these?

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Tue Apr 27, 2021 4:17 am
T43 Upgrade Project for a Student.

Last post by kfzhu1229 « Thu Feb 18, 2021 4:11 pm
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by Mike-G6 » Thu Feb 04, 2021 10:11 am

:help: Hi Guys,

I've acquired an old IBM T43 (CPU 1.86GHz) and want to upgrade it to use for low level programs and Internet.

I know its old. It...

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Last post by kfzhu1229
Thu Feb 18, 2021 4:11 pm
Reason for the recent unpleasantness..

Last post by dr_st « Wed Feb 03, 2021 8:44 am
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by BillMorrow » Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:24 pm

NO, not talking about the election but rather talking about the forum outage..
hostmonster FINALLY got around to troubleshooting the db outage and...

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Last post by dr_st
Wed Feb 03, 2021 8:44 am
Anybody else not getting email notification for a PM?

Last post by rkawakami « Wed Dec 30, 2020 4:17 pm
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by RealBlackStuff » Sun Dec 27, 2020 8:55 am

Lately I am no longer receiving an email notification that a PM is waiting for me.
Anybody else have this problem?

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Last post by rkawakami
Wed Dec 30, 2020 4:17 pm
Why do people keep going back to Thinkpad?

Last post by dr_st « Mon Dec 07, 2020 8:33 am
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by Insomniac1971 » Fri Jul 20, 2018 12:55 pm
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Admin you should make this sticky.

Why is that people who have had Thinkpad before, and then bought something else, keep going back to Thinkpad?...
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Last post by dr_st
Mon Dec 07, 2020 8:33 am
Frankenpad in Chicago

Last post by wingkngiht82 « Tue May 05, 2020 11:45 am

by wingkngiht82 » Tue May 05, 2020 11:45 am

Hey there everyone.

I've attempted to create the T601f and am having some issues.

Is there anyone in the Chicagoland area that would be willing to...

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Tue May 05, 2020 11:45 am
Thinkpad E430

Last post by bex1210 « Mon Jan 13, 2020 12:12 pm
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by bex1210 » Mon Jan 13, 2020 1:52 am

I have a Lenovo Thinkpad E430 laptop. I cannot find the 'E' series listed in any of your forum topics, and searching for 'E430' brought up nothing....

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Last post by bex1210
Mon Jan 13, 2020 12:12 pm
How do I subscribe to my own posts automatically?

Last post by Kristian-770 « Thu Jan 02, 2020 1:50 pm
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by Kristian-770 » Thu Jan 02, 2020 7:10 am

As it says in the subject line.

When I open a post of mine (for instance: and click on the wrench, it says that I am subscribed. In my control...

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Last post by Kristian-770
Thu Jan 02, 2020 1:50 pm
How the PM System Works?

Last post by LowRes « Thu Sep 12, 2019 4:22 pm
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by LowRes » Thu Sep 12, 2019 1:47 pm

Hey guys,

Pretty new to the forum and have been doing a lot of reading, lots to learn in the old threads :)

I have a question about the PM system...

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Last post by LowRes
Thu Sep 12, 2019 4:22 pm
[REQUEST] Dark(er) theme option for the forum

Last post by pkiff « Sat Sep 07, 2019 10:19 am
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by Temetka » Tue Mar 28, 2017 12:44 am

Hello,

This is something that's been on my mind for a # of years but I bring up now. I have sensitive eyes and bright things give me eyestrain and...

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Last post by pkiff
Sat Sep 07, 2019 10:19 am
Is there a way to mention users?

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Mon Aug 12, 2019 4:16 am
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by TheForgottenKing » Mon Aug 12, 2019 12:27 am

I suppose I could do a fake quote kind of thing, but is there a native way to mention people so they get a notification? Thanks

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Mon Aug 12, 2019 4:16 am
suggestion for HD benchmark sticky

Last post by axur-delmeria « Mon Aug 05, 2019 5:26 am
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by owenclements » Mon Aug 05, 2019 3:11 am

I see threads with HD benchmarks all over the place. Would it make sense to add a sticky (or three: one for each of PATA, SATA, and SSD) in the...

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Last post by axur-delmeria
Mon Aug 05, 2019 5:26 am
Location Rules

Last post by JaneL « Sat Jun 29, 2019 12:52 am
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by SEGA_Genesis » Sat Jun 29, 2019 12:00 am

I don't know if it's because it's 12:55 and I exhaustedly glossed over the location section of the rules, but I had a question about the rules...

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Last post by JaneL
Sat Jun 29, 2019 12:52 am
I think our certificate expired

Last post by mdvaldosta « Tue May 28, 2019 1:44 pm
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by TheForgottenKing » Sat May 25, 2019 11:20 pm

I'm getting a net err_cert_date_invalid saying the certificate expired yesterday

Paging Bill, might want to get on that

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Last post by mdvaldosta
Tue May 28, 2019 1:44 pm
Massive spam??

Last post by Geartooth « Wed Feb 20, 2019 10:43 pm
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by Thinkpad4by3 » Thu Jan 10, 2019 10:36 pm

Does anyone know what is going on with the massive spam of posts that seem to be about fake diplomas written in chinese?

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Last post by Geartooth
Wed Feb 20, 2019 10:43 pm
Thinkpads on International Space Station

Last post by pkiff « Thu Nov 29, 2018 10:54 pm
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by James1138 » Thu Nov 29, 2018 11:19 am

I just read a article about electronics having trouble working in space and the main photo shows a trusty Thinkpad T500 or T520 hanging in there....

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Last post by pkiff
Thu Nov 29, 2018 10:54 pm
For admins: How did you pick your bird?

Last post by Thinkpad4by3 « Mon Sep 24, 2018 7:06 pm

by Thinkpad4by3 » Mon Sep 24, 2018 7:06 pm

Well RBS, yours is pretty obvious. For the other admins and mods that have bird characters, how did you pick it and how long did it take you to pick?

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Last post by Thinkpad4by3
Mon Sep 24, 2018 7:06 pm
Private Messages staying in 'outbox,' not being sent...

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Sat Sep 01, 2018 6:13 am
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by zerotetration » Fri Aug 31, 2018 1:29 pm

As of Wednesday / Thursday (USA time) this week my private messages have apparently not been being delivered. Please advise.

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Sat Sep 01, 2018 6:13 am
T420 Running Slow & need 64bit Recovery

Last post by MikalE « Wed Jul 25, 2018 5:57 pm
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by Tweever » Thu Mar 22, 2018 5:10 am

Folks - I have a T420 running W7 32 bit. Running slow for first 5 mins then fine. Checked out all ususal suspects indexing / startup programs etc but...

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Last post by MikalE
Wed Jul 25, 2018 5:57 pm
Searching for a phrase

Last post by Scientist and Saint « Sat Jun 23, 2018 3:36 am
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by Scientist and Saint » Thu Jun 07, 2018 5:45 am

Am I right that the search facility here does not support searching for phrases, only individual terms, or multiple terms with OR or AND...

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Sat Jun 23, 2018 3:36 am
New Section for ReactOS or under Windows?

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Wed Jun 13, 2018 10:18 am
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by BigWarpGuy » Wed Jun 13, 2018 9:45 am

I am been watching the development of ReactOS - an open source clone of Windows. Would it need a separate section or would it be part of one of the...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Wed Jun 13, 2018 10:18 am
Suggestion: Automatically hiding huge images?

Last post by Thinkpad4by3 « Tue Jun 05, 2018 2:33 pm
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by Thinkpad4by3 » Tue Jun 05, 2018 10:13 am

It seems like every other week that there is another problem with overly large images in tags. I don't imagine that it would be all that difficult to...

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Last post by Thinkpad4by3
Tue Jun 05, 2018 2:33 pm
Marketplace post?

Last post by madicetea « Wed Apr 18, 2018 11:01 pm
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by zerotetration » Sun Apr 15, 2018 1:18 am

Marketplace

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Last post by madicetea
Wed Apr 18, 2018 11:01 pm
Daylight Saving Time (DST)

Last post by dangdongho1 « Tue Apr 03, 2018 6:22 pm

by dangdongho1 » Tue Apr 03, 2018 6:22 pm

For those of you who missed it so far, the Forum software does NOT automatically change DST.
You need to click on User Control Panel at the top of...

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Last post by dangdongho1
Tue Apr 03, 2018 6:22 pm
MTM Lookup is Down

Last post by TPFanatic « Tue Mar 20, 2018 8:47 pm
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by MikalE » Tue Mar 20, 2018 8:50 am

MTM lookup is not responding this morning. Our problem or on their end?

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Last post by TPFanatic
Tue Mar 20, 2018 8:47 pm
Search not available on mobile?

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Mon Mar 19, 2018 9:12 pm
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by Thinkpad4by3 » Mon Mar 19, 2018 4:52 pm

I am having trouble searching the forum on mobile, even with desktop mode enabled. Does anyone know where the search bar can be accessed without a...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Mon Mar 19, 2018 9:12 pm
Post content not saved on back-forward

Last post by jaspen-meyer « Tue Jan 30, 2018 11:06 am
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by dr_st » Wed Jan 11, 2017 8:41 am

One of the nice features of phpBB forums such as this one is that if you are in the middle of preparing a post, and hit 'back' (intentionally or...

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Last post by jaspen-meyer
Tue Jan 30, 2018 11:06 am
Deleting last post

Last post by dr_st « Tue Dec 12, 2017 5:08 am
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by Puppy » Sat Dec 09, 2017 5:39 am

Could you please allow to delete your own last post?

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Last post by dr_st
Tue Dec 12, 2017 5:08 am
Has the site certificate expired?

Last post by MikalE « Tue Nov 21, 2017 11:18 pm
Replies: 4
by MikalE » Tue Nov 21, 2017 7:27 pm

I'm getting a warning from Chrome that this site is now unsecure. Did the certificate expire? Is this a glitch?

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Tue Nov 21, 2017 11:18 pm

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