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PM notifications have changed

Last post by 600X « Fri Jan 01, 2016 5:03 am
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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 3.1.6 installed 10/31/15)

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by rkawakami » Fri Feb 20, 2015 2:38 pm » in Forum Announcements
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The forum software has been upgraded to phpBB version 3.1.3. Currently it should be at a stable point for layout changes; you may notice that the...
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Accessing documents from Lenovo's new Support site

Last post by rkawakami « Fri Aug 05, 2011 11:13 am
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by rkawakami » Fri Aug 05, 2011 11:13 am » in Forum Announcements

Recently, Lenovo has completed moving the old IBM Thinkpad Support site (usually at the www-307.ibm.com domain) onto the support.lenovo.com domain....

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Forum Announcements board

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by JaneL » Sun May 09, 2010 12:20 pm » in Forum Announcements

So far, the forum's branched out into Facebook, Twitter and Smartphones - what will we be up to next?

Keep an eye on the Forum Announcements board...

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Last post by JaneL
Sun May 09, 2010 12:20 pm
Forum donations for upgrades

Last post by MikalE « Wed Sep 16, 2015 5:16 pm
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by JaneL » Mon Nov 24, 2008 10:01 am » in Forum Announcements

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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Wed Sep 16, 2015 5:16 pm
FORUM RULES, HOW-TOs and FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

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by BillMorrow » Wed Mar 01, 2006 2:18 am

Before posting, check the
Forum Rules, How-tos and Frequently Asked Questions .

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Wed Mar 01, 2006 2:18 am

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Tapatalk mobile forum app

Last post by JaneL « Sun Apr 25, 2010 10:00 pm
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by leftbrain99 » Thu Apr 22, 2010 9:46 am

I'm wondering if there is any chance the forum admins would consider activating Tapatalk to allow Android, BB, Nokia, and iPhone users to access the...

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Last post by JaneL
Sun Apr 25, 2010 10:00 pm
Update X200 forum name

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:51 am
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by yak » Sun Mar 28, 2010 5:42 am

Just a hint, you probably want to rename X200/X30x forum to X20x/X30x now that X201 is out.

Cheers,
yak

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:51 am
Daylight Saving Time in US

Last post by rkawakami « Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:57 pm

by rkawakami » Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:57 pm

For those of us in the U.S., DST took effect (mostly) this past weekend. That means that the time displayed on the pages will not be correct unless...

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Last post by rkawakami
Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:57 pm
Pictures in signatures??

Last post by A31 « Sun Feb 07, 2010 3:54 pm
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by A31 » Mon Jan 25, 2010 1:53 pm

Would we be allowed to use very small pictures in our signatures?? Was just wondering. Thanks!

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Last post by A31
Sun Feb 07, 2010 3:54 pm
query regarding WTB policy - buying new laptops on the forum

Last post by Harryc « Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:52 pm
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by irus » Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:50 pm

hi everyone,

ive gone through the FAQs but could not find an answer to my question. What i want to know is that since im living in india and can't...

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Last post by Harryc
Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:52 pm
Anyone else not seeing "Bump Topic" button?

Last post by Neil « Thu Jan 21, 2010 7:57 pm
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by goofyGAguy » Thu Jan 21, 2010 9:40 am

Anybody?

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Last post by Neil
Thu Jan 21, 2010 7:57 pm
Why in the "non-ThinkPad Lenovo notebooks" category?

Last post by domi « Wed Jan 20, 2010 4:52 pm
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by domi » Sun Jan 17, 2010 7:01 am

Just curious: why was the new ThinkPad Edge forum placed under the non-ThinkPad Lenovo notebooks category? Is it that much worse than the X100e or...

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Last post by domi
Wed Jan 20, 2010 4:52 pm
My post count whent down!!!!

Last post by comptechexpert « Sat Jan 09, 2010 3:09 pm
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by comptechexpert » Sat Jan 09, 2010 2:44 pm

:!: I had a 99 high post count and I just clicked on a link to a topic in a private message an on that topic on my posts (it was one of MY old...

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Last post by comptechexpert
Sat Jan 09, 2010 3:09 pm
When is the X100e going to be added

Last post by JaneL « Thu Jan 07, 2010 7:35 am
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by comptechexpert » Tue Jan 05, 2010 4:19 pm

When is the X100e going to be added to the forum categories?

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Last post by JaneL
Thu Jan 07, 2010 7:35 am
Black dot on my post icons

Last post by rkawakami « Sun Jan 03, 2010 4:43 pm
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by comptechexpert » Sun Jan 03, 2010 2:09 pm

Sorry if this is in the wrong place or I have missed something but all my topic icons have the usual black and white page icon but it has a black dot...

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Last post by rkawakami
Sun Jan 03, 2010 4:43 pm
Forum playing up...

Last post by A31 « Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:06 pm
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by A31 » Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:39 am

Hi,
Whenever I write a message on this forum that is longer than a page on the message writing box (or whenever the scroller on the right hand side...

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Last post by A31
Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:06 pm
PM Problem

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Mon Dec 14, 2009 1:25 pm
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by Miguelito » Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:37 am

I tried to PM a member regarding a computer for sale. Both attempts seemed successful initially but I only see one message in the Outbox (1) &...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Mon Dec 14, 2009 1:25 pm
Is this forum running on IBM Hardware ?

Last post by Harryc « Sun Nov 29, 2009 8:33 am
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by frankiepankie » Sun Nov 29, 2009 7:56 am

I have been thinking about this for a while, but couldn't find it.

So here is my question: Is this forum/website running on IBM / Lenovo hardware...

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Last post by Harryc
Sun Nov 29, 2009 8:33 am
No Response Notifications

Last post by fje « Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:03 am
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by ArtShapiro » Fri May 22, 2009 11:33 am

I've not gotten the usual emailed thread reply notifications for some time, despite having the box checked on my posts.

Is this facility broken?

Art

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Last post by fje
Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:03 am
resizing pics

Last post by lexicon « Fri Nov 13, 2009 9:31 am
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by Marin85 » Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:46 pm

Hi,
I would like to ask for some advice how to resize pics in order to prevent horizontal scrolling in the forum. I have 15.4'' WUXGA screen on my...

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Last post by lexicon
Fri Nov 13, 2009 9:31 am
Forum clock off an hour or not ??

Last post by dorronto « Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:55 pm
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by dorronto » Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:56 am

Don't we change the time here on the Forum for Daylight Savings Time??

We seem to be an hour off..............

Ron

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Last post by dorronto
Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:55 pm
Password format changed

Last post by rkawakami « Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:09 am
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by keithsketchley » Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:18 pm

I get in regularly with a 13-character password.

When I try to chanbe it to another 13-character password that form does not recognize the existing...

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Last post by rkawakami
Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:09 am
How to post pictures?

Last post by yak « Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:18 am
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by Tasurinchi » Mon Nov 02, 2009 11:13 am

Dear admins

I have a noobie question. How do I embed images directly in a post? I've seen many members doing this but I could not figure out how to...

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Last post by yak
Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:18 am
Change my profile?

Last post by rkawakami « Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:16 am
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by jparrot427 » Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:29 am

Hello, James. Long time.

A very easy question today, how can I change my profile ? I now have two G41s and I exchanged the 365 for a $100.00 rebate...

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Last post by rkawakami
Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:16 am
Question about an "Admin edit"

Last post by qviri « Mon Oct 19, 2009 6:01 pm
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by giorgosvam » Sun Oct 18, 2009 12:18 pm

I hope this is the right place (or at least not the wrong one) to post this question. If it is indeed the wrong one, apologies.

One of my posts was...

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Last post by qviri
Mon Oct 19, 2009 6:01 pm
Changing email address

Last post by Neil « Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:53 pm
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by jronald » Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:06 pm

OK I have tried everything I can think of to change the email address:
Is @charter.net
Should be @embarqmail.com

Can someone take pity on me and fix...

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Last post by Neil
Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:53 pm
New Area with Upgrade Tables for Models

Last post by misfit « Sun Oct 11, 2009 5:16 am
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by underclocker » Fri Oct 27, 2006 1:56 pm

I'm thinking that an area containing tables with successful (and unsuccessful) upgrade options for various TP models. People routinely ask about CPU,...

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Last post by misfit
Sun Oct 11, 2009 5:16 am
No more 'XP' discussion area?

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Tue Sep 29, 2009 9:45 am
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by kc7gr » Tue Sep 29, 2009 9:26 am

It looks like the discussion thread for Windows XP has disappeared from the OS Discussion area.

Is this by accident or design?

I would hope not by...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Tue Sep 29, 2009 9:45 am
I don't receive any more PM notifications!

Last post by jtreble « Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:55 am
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by RealBlackStuff » Wed Jul 22, 2009 7:25 am

Since 07-20-2009 I don't receive any more PM notifications, even though my profile-setting for this is set to YES.
Glitch?

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Last post by jtreble
Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:55 am
wouldn't it make more sense to group the T500&W500 together?

Last post by JaneL « Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:15 pm
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by IMaPC » Thu Sep 17, 2009 1:38 am

wouldn't it make more sense to have a T500/W500 sub-forum since they are more identical to each other? they are basically almost the same laptop and...

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Last post by JaneL
Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:15 pm
REQ

Last post by Harryc « Tue Sep 08, 2009 4:12 pm
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by atomic » Tue Sep 08, 2009 4:07 pm

plz can u change my nickname 2 atomic :|

thanks

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Last post by Harryc
Tue Sep 08, 2009 4:12 pm
How do I turn on "post contents ballon" ?

Last post by GomJabbar « Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:17 pm
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by dozer » Sun Jul 12, 2009 8:47 pm

post contents balloon is for lack of a better term... :lol:

What I'm talking about is when you roll your cursor down over the list of threads in a...

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Last post by GomJabbar
Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:17 pm
Searching has unwanted "stop words"

Last post by dozer « Sun Aug 02, 2009 12:02 pm
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by Zender » Sun Jan 11, 2009 11:01 pm

There seems to be a problem searching for individual machine types - try searching for

T43 something

And you'll be informed that T43 has been...

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Last post by dozer
Sun Aug 02, 2009 12:02 pm
Favicon

Last post by Marin85 « Thu Jul 23, 2009 4:35 pm
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by fleamourian » Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:42 am

Can I request a favicon? In Firefox 3.5.1 I just get an ugly empty page icon. I like to cram lots of websites into my toolbar with icons only & no...

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Last post by Marin85
Thu Jul 23, 2009 4:35 pm
You are not authorised to read this forum?

Last post by Harryc « Fri Jul 17, 2009 4:51 am
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by Cat » Fri Jul 17, 2009 4:34 am

gives this reply.
Is it the forum permissions or mine?

TIA,

Cat

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Last post by Harryc
Fri Jul 17, 2009 4:51 am
Forum inaccessible as forum.thinkpads.com

Last post by jdhurst « Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:33 am
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by RealBlackStuff » Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:20 am

Today there was yet another glitch with this forum. :cry:
I could not log in or even find forum.thinkpads.com and www.thinkpads.com
Both gave the...

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Last post by jdhurst
Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:33 am
Default for displaying search results

Last post by dozer « Sun Jul 12, 2009 8:35 pm
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by basketb » Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:43 pm

(Maybe I'm the only one, then please ignore me but...)
I'm wondering whether when using the forum search, the default for Display results as: could...

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Last post by dozer
Sun Jul 12, 2009 8:35 pm
Question about PMs

Last post by thinkpac « Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:20 am
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by thinkpac » Tue Jun 23, 2009 5:39 pm

I sent a PM last night, and it is still in the Outbox, and not yet in the Sent folder.

Has it been sent yet?

Does it only get moved into the Sent...

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Last post by thinkpac
Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:20 am
Forum Outage

Last post by panny « Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:58 am
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by Harryc » Sun Apr 19, 2009 3:29 pm

The forum was down for about 2.5 hours this afternoon, from 2PM to 4:30PM EDT.

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Last post by panny
Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:58 am
Possible issues with forum access 6/9/09 - 404 errors

Last post by nikki605 « Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:38 am
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by nikki605 » Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:31 am

As Ray reported last month, I have recently experienced the same problem. June 6 & 7, I could not access the website. Yesterday, June 8, I could get...

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Last post by nikki605
Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:38 am
I moved agan and I cannot update my location

Last post by mattbiernat « Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:45 am
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by mattbiernat » Sun Jun 07, 2009 10:26 pm

I type under my new location this:
Portsmouth, Dominica

and I get this....
The field “YOUR ACCOUNT WILL NOT BE ACTIVATED IF YOU DO NOT FOLLOW THESE...

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Last post by mattbiernat
Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:45 am
Possible issues with forum access 5/9/09 - 404 errors

Last post by beaker « Thu May 28, 2009 9:42 pm
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by rkawakami » Sat May 09, 2009 11:51 pm

Some members have reported strange error messages today when attempting to access the forum. This is an example:
404 Not Found

The server can not...

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Last post by beaker
Thu May 28, 2009 9:42 pm
Shouldn't this forum be renamed "Windows 7"?...

Last post by KristianJ « Sat May 16, 2009 6:08 am
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by LondonConsultant » Wed May 13, 2009 5:57 pm

With many Windows 7 users having upgraded from Beta to Release Candidate, shouldn't this forum name be changed from Windows 7 Beta to Windows 7 ?...

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Last post by KristianJ
Sat May 16, 2009 6:08 am
Was thinkpads.com hacked yesterday?

Last post by JaneL « Wed May 13, 2009 11:00 am
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by aau007 » Wed May 13, 2009 10:50 am

When I went to www or forum.thinkpads.com yesterday, it pulled up a page that was trying to sell me mortgage or something like that. Later on...

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Last post by JaneL
Wed May 13, 2009 11:00 am
Can not get into TPF Off Topic forum

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:28 pm
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by RealBlackStuff » Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:41 am

Since two days I have problems with the Off Topic forum.
When I click on the Off Topic link on the main overview page:
I get this error:
General...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:28 pm
New FS Marketplace rule #11

Last post by underclocker « Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:33 pm
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by dsvochak » Mon Apr 20, 2009 4:32 pm

In this post, Ray pointed out for everyone “New FS Marketplace” rule #11:

As I read the rule, it only applies: a) if the machine is offered with...

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Last post by underclocker
Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:33 pm
View unanswered posts / View active topics link

Last post by rkawakami « Sat Apr 18, 2009 1:03 am
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by Neil » Fri Apr 17, 2009 12:43 pm

It would be most helpful to me, and likely many other users if there was a duplication of these links at the bottom of every page. I find that I...

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Last post by rkawakami
Sat Apr 18, 2009 1:03 am
harddrive on my X60s - internal 60gb drive with a 320

Last post by 91011 « Wed May 13, 2009 11:22 am
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by rajo » Sat Apr 04, 2009 3:11 am

I have a problem:
I have replaced the internal 60gb drive on my Lenovo X60s with a Hitachi SATA-disk 320 gb - 7200RPM

Here's how I did it :
I made...

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Last post by 91011
Wed May 13, 2009 11:22 am
Selling some old thinkpad stuff

Last post by fredwsmith « Thu Apr 02, 2009 7:58 pm
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by david_thinkpad » Thu Jan 22, 2009 3:09 am

Just one or two questions tops.

I was reading the warnings about commericial selling (which I have to admit I am not commericial) can I sell my...

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Last post by fredwsmith
Thu Apr 02, 2009 7:58 pm
"delete (last) post" button not always available

Last post by Marin85 « Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:52 pm
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by Marin85 » Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:50 pm

I have noticed that the delete button (next to the report this post button) disappears from time to time, so if I have made a fresh (last) post on...

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Last post by Marin85
Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:52 pm
Mark forum read button question

Last post by beGi « Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:10 am
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by beGi » Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:10 am

Hello admins & mods (and others :)),

Just one question/suggestion...

Is it possible to add Mark (all) forums read button in View new posts window...

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Last post by beGi
Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:10 am
Forum down 03/25/09 from ca. 10:00am till 4:34pm

Last post by ssd_thinkpad « Thu Mar 26, 2009 5:45 pm
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by RealBlackStuff » Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:16 pm

The outage today was beyond the acceptable!
Almost 6 hours down.
I was close to a nervous breakdown from withdrawal symptoms! :evil:
These outages...

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Last post by ssd_thinkpad
Thu Mar 26, 2009 5:45 pm
Idea: Turn product numbers into links.

Last post by Mike Blake « Wed Mar 18, 2009 7:48 am
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by yak » Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:47 am

Hi,

I had some free time today so for sports I was looking at the source of the Lenovo support page, the one that lets you give it the product...

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Last post by Mike Blake
Wed Mar 18, 2009 7:48 am
Cannot use search at this time

Last post by Harryc « Tue Mar 10, 2009 7:10 pm
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by fasterbybike » Tue Mar 10, 2009 5:40 pm

Why do I get this message when I click search ?

Sorry but you cannot use search at this time. Please try again in a few minutes.

Thanks

D

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Last post by Harryc
Tue Mar 10, 2009 7:10 pm
Daylight Savings Time setting in your profile

Last post by t140568 « Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:35 am
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by rkawakami » Sun Mar 08, 2009 2:07 pm

For us in the U.S. - well, at least most of us (believe non-Navajo Nation of AZ and all of HI is excluded), Daylight Savings Time in now in effect....

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Last post by t140568
Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:35 am

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