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win7 does not recognise usb dock replicator

Last post by EvoT61 « Thu May 22, 2014 4:03 am

by EvoT61 » Thu May 22, 2014 4:03 am

Hey there, i have one of these everything works but not vga port. i have spare monitor at home and i want to plug in troug this usb port thing but i...

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Last post by EvoT61
Thu May 22, 2014 4:03 am
What simple mail client for W7?

Last post by precip9 « Wed May 14, 2014 10:29 am
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by atanasoff » Mon May 12, 2014 6:44 pm

I'd like to install a light, simple mail client (not Outlook, at least not now), which can import from Outlook Express (XP).

Main criteria are
i)...

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Last post by precip9
Wed May 14, 2014 10:29 am
X40 2371 Bluetooth

Last post by bpmcclure « Tue May 06, 2014 7:34 pm
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by bpmcclure » Thu Apr 10, 2014 9:17 pm

I have Windows 7 up and running and like it a lot. The video issue was challenging, but it was something that I was able to overcome. Bluetooth,...

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Tue May 06, 2014 7:34 pm
T42 14.1" 1400x1050: Not Plug'n'Play, no DDC/CI or EDID

Last post by JBUK « Tue May 06, 2014 7:33 pm
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by RolfThinkPad » Wed Jan 15, 2014 8:18 am

T42 14.1 1400x1050: Not Plug'n'Play, no DDC/CI or EDID

After a clean install of Win7, the monitor is listed in Device Manager as Generic NON Plug...

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Last post by JBUK
Tue May 06, 2014 7:33 pm
Fresh install Question...

Last post by precip9 « Tue May 06, 2014 1:23 pm
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by Rockrz » Mon May 05, 2014 11:12 pm

Been looking at a Lenovo laptop (W530) that is one of those ones that has Win 7 Pro 64bit installed when you get it, but has Win 8 license embedded I...

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Last post by precip9
Tue May 06, 2014 1:23 pm
Windows 7 vs Windows 7 under downgrade rights preinstall

Last post by schmidtj « Fri May 02, 2014 6:45 am
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by schmidtj » Fri May 02, 2014 6:24 am

I am sure this has been asked/answered before.
I can order a new Thinkpad and am given the following three options regarding the OS:

1) Windows 8.1...

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Last post by schmidtj
Fri May 02, 2014 6:45 am
Where can I download OEM Win7

Last post by cadillacmike68 « Thu May 01, 2014 2:53 pm
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by jbcdidgosir » Sun Dec 29, 2013 1:09 am

Hello all,

I want to download the Thinkpad/Lenovo OEM Win7 Pro 32/64. I can activate it by SLIC 2.1

Where can I download the OS? Thanks!

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Last post by cadillacmike68
Thu May 01, 2014 2:53 pm
Slow Win 7 ThinkVantage Power Manager on T4x/T60?

Last post by exTPfan « Sun Apr 27, 2014 6:09 pm
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by lukee » Wed Jul 13, 2011 2:37 am

Hello, if you feel that Power Manager from Lenovo is slow on your system, especially on the older ThinkPads (T4x/T60), check my blog where you can...

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Last post by exTPfan
Sun Apr 27, 2014 6:09 pm
failed upgrade to SP1 [Solved]

Last post by crashnburn « Thu Apr 17, 2014 11:05 am
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by gehageh » Wed Mar 05, 2014 6:43 am

During the last 3 days i have installed a new SSD in my T61. I installed recovery disks from T400 with Win7 OS. All were O.K. up to the moment that I...

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Last post by crashnburn
Thu Apr 17, 2014 11:05 am
How to instructions for replacing xp with win7

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Thu Apr 17, 2014 4:57 am
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by Bobroberto » Sat Feb 08, 2014 1:35 pm

This is my first OS replacement, is there a good walk-thru-how-to already existing on the Forum?

The hiatus in architecture has provided some time...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Thu Apr 17, 2014 4:57 am
Win 7 OEM -- questions before I buy it

Last post by JKeith « Wed Apr 09, 2014 12:55 pm
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by Matt_ » Fri Mar 28, 2014 5:04 am

(1) Two well-known online retailers use two different names (below) for the disc. Are they the same disc ?

Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1...

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Last post by JKeith
Wed Apr 09, 2014 12:55 pm
Need guidance with W7 Authentication Key

Last post by Temetka « Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:11 pm
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by LouG » Thu Jan 23, 2014 9:56 am

Please don't flame the author, but it would appear that I've gotten myself into a jam and I'm running out of places to go for help.....

My wife's...

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Last post by Temetka
Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:11 pm
Bluetooth problem with T61

Last post by acz « Fri Mar 21, 2014 3:09 pm

by acz » Fri Mar 21, 2014 3:09 pm

Hello, I hope this is the correct forum for my query.
My Thinkpad T61 is running Windows 7 Pro 64-bit.
For about the last month or so, there is a...

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Last post by acz
Fri Mar 21, 2014 3:09 pm
Clean install, or restore to factory settings? (T420)

Last post by tsivist « Sat Mar 15, 2014 3:00 pm
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by tsivist » Fri Mar 14, 2014 9:04 pm

Hi all,

I just purchased a used T420 (model 4236-O91). This model originally came with 64-bit Windows 7, but currently has the 32-bit version...

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Last post by tsivist
Sat Mar 15, 2014 3:00 pm
Problem With MS KB2830477 On T410

Last post by nikki605 « Wed Feb 19, 2014 11:58 am

by nikki605 » Wed Feb 19, 2014 11:58 am

This is just an FYI post. After installing a recent group of MS updates, I ran into a problem with Windows Virtual PC, Windows XP Mode. I don't think...

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Last post by nikki605
Wed Feb 19, 2014 11:58 am
Intel 6205 + Intel 5100 = BSOD?

Last post by twistero « Sun Feb 16, 2014 12:22 am
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by twistero » Sun Feb 09, 2014 6:58 pm

I acquired an Intel 5100agn wireless card, and installed in the WWAN slot of my T61 frankenpad, alongside with the Intel 6205 in the WLAN slot. Then,...

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Last post by twistero
Sun Feb 16, 2014 12:22 am
Different mouse wheel settings for trackpoint and mouse

Last post by noranalyst « Sun Feb 02, 2014 3:35 pm

by noranalyst » Sun Feb 02, 2014 3:35 pm

I have a problem with using an external mouse in addition to the trackpoint, which I frequently do. Then, I want to go one screen down at a time...

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Last post by noranalyst
Sun Feb 02, 2014 3:35 pm
Can't bridge tethered Huawei Ascend M860 out of Win 7 laptop

Last post by Eto « Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:50 pm
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by Eto » Wed Jan 08, 2014 1:47 am

I am using PdaNet to tether my Huawei Ascend M860 to my Lenovo R500 laptop. That internet connection works fine and is labeled in network connections...

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Last post by Eto
Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:50 pm
black screen, login not appear, problem with explorer.exe

Last post by jayton4 « Thu Jan 09, 2014 1:59 am
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by ThinkPad R » Thu Jan 09, 2014 1:25 am

Hello I have a ThinkPad X230 Tablet with Windows 7 Home Premium

I tried to connect an external hard drive to the laptop. Then explorer.exe crashed,...

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Last post by jayton4
Thu Jan 09, 2014 1:59 am
Thinkpad T42P video flicker after upgrade from XP to win 7

Last post by RolfThinkPad « Sun Jan 05, 2014 9:51 pm
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by louischow192 » Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:37 pm

Hi,
I just want to put a new post seeking the solution. I have a second hand T42p 2373-P2U system with ATI FireGL T2 video card. I have a screen...

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Last post by RolfThinkPad
Sun Jan 05, 2014 9:51 pm
Will use Linux. What to do with the original Windows 7?

Last post by twillis449 « Sat Jan 04, 2014 4:29 pm
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by enenen » Wed Jul 24, 2013 11:41 am

Hello,

I just bought Lenovo ThinkPad T530 2394. It comes with Windows 7 Pro 64-bit.

However, I'm a Linux user and want to install Mint but I...

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Last post by twillis449
Sat Jan 04, 2014 4:29 pm
IE11 & IE10 not working properly on win 7

Last post by indicium « Thu Jan 02, 2014 1:50 pm
Replies: 3
by indicium » Thu Nov 14, 2013 7:25 pm

I have uninstalled IE11 (and previously IE10) and gone back to IE9 after not being able to view many websites properly. The first indication was not...

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Last post by indicium
Thu Jan 02, 2014 1:50 pm
Wireless driver for Windows 7 x64

Last post by nikki605 « Fri Nov 29, 2013 12:23 pm
Replies: 1
by Bellzemos » Fri Nov 29, 2013 11:22 am

Hello!

This is a little offtopic, cause it's not a ThinkPad, but I hope someone would be able to help me...

I just bought a 10 year old wireless...

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Last post by nikki605
Fri Nov 29, 2013 12:23 pm
Win 7 on a T61P Widescreen

Last post by TEFGAF « Thu Nov 28, 2013 7:10 pm
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by JohnQ-FWB » Tue May 07, 2013 6:43 pm

I have a T61P with 4gb memory & a 256gb hd with XP Pro and nothing software installed so a clean install of Win 7 is OK. I am looking at this - on...

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Last post by TEFGAF
Thu Nov 28, 2013 7:10 pm
Black Sqaure Box

Last post by BillMorrow « Thu Nov 14, 2013 2:28 am
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by stanlep » Wed Nov 13, 2013 2:53 pm

I have a Lenovo Thinkpad W530 that I purchased in March. It has Win 7 Professional 64 bit pre-installed on it. On my desktop is this small black box...

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Last post by BillMorrow
Thu Nov 14, 2013 2:28 am
Need audio driver and ethernet control driver for x31/win7

Last post by ts1979 « Tue Nov 12, 2013 3:21 pm
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by ts1979 » Tue Nov 12, 2013 10:42 am

I have an old IBM thinkpad x31 that I just installed windows 7. I had audio controller & ethernet controller with yellow exclamation marks. When I...

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Last post by ts1979
Tue Nov 12, 2013 3:21 pm
Recovery media X201 supplemental disk

Last post by 91011 « Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:38 pm
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by davidgurvich » Thu Oct 24, 2013 9:32 am

I've recently had to reinstall the operating system on an X201. I had a stroke of luck in finding a 3 disk set including OS and drivers for Win 7...

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Last post by 91011
Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:38 pm
Looking for an Internet SPell Checker with no strings !

Last post by nikki605 « Thu Oct 31, 2013 9:02 am
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by Greg Gebhardt » Thu Oct 31, 2013 7:01 am

Just looking for something to check my spelling on forums, etc.

Running WIn7 Pro

Everyone I find make you download crapware with it. I just want...

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Last post by nikki605
Thu Oct 31, 2013 9:02 am
Windows' Built-in or Lenovo's Bluetooth Stack

Last post by BigCatAndy « Thu Oct 24, 2013 5:46 pm
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by loyukfai » Wed Sep 07, 2011 10:35 am

Usually prefer Windows' drivers, but just found out it doesn't have a built-in driver for Bluetooth headsets.

Could use a 2006 CSR stack available...

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Last post by BigCatAndy
Thu Oct 24, 2013 5:46 pm
BSOD, crashed mSata, reinstall questions

Last post by stuartf « Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:48 pm

by stuartf » Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:48 pm

This saga has a few twists and turns, all complicated by the fact that I am in China for three months and distant from my usual in-person...

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Last post by stuartf
Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:48 pm
How to replace Win7-Bluetooth stack with one by Lenovo?

Last post by BigCatAndy « Mon Oct 21, 2013 5:34 pm

by BigCatAndy » Mon Oct 21, 2013 5:34 pm

Hello everyone,

recently I bought at eBay T60p and decided to install Windows 7 (legal copy). Everything went well, but I cannot enforce Windoiws 7...

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Last post by BigCatAndy
Mon Oct 21, 2013 5:34 pm
Bluetooth installed but not working

Last post by crashnburn « Sun Oct 20, 2013 1:42 am
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by mixz1 » Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:28 am

6459-CTO. Clean install of Win 7 Ultimate, then all drivers downloaded via System Update 4. No errors showing in Device Manager. When I right-click...

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Last post by crashnburn
Sun Oct 20, 2013 1:42 am
reinstall my windows 7

Last post by theterminator93 « Thu Oct 17, 2013 7:02 pm
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by jollyzaa » Wed Jun 19, 2013 6:57 am

How can i reinstall my windows 7? I have windows 7 os on my amd pc but it cracked,so I decided to install windows 7 again..how can I do this? and...

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Last post by theterminator93
Thu Oct 17, 2013 7:02 pm
Reinstall windows7

Last post by Temetka « Tue Oct 15, 2013 1:45 am
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by nandudb » Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:29 pm

Hi All,

I am upgrading my laptop W510(4318) Touchscreen Laptop to SSD and would like to re-install windows 7 instead of cloning existing windows as...

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Last post by Temetka
Tue Oct 15, 2013 1:45 am
T60p: error 0x80070570 while installing Win7

Last post by BigCatAndy « Fri Oct 11, 2013 6:26 pm
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by BigCatAndy » Wed Oct 09, 2013 4:45 pm

Hello everyone,

I recently bought T60p on eBay. It came with preinstalled WinXP (+ recovery partition), so I decided to install Win7 on it. I bought...

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Last post by BigCatAndy
Fri Oct 11, 2013 6:26 pm
Crashed hard disk of Windows 7 PC

Last post by rawani « Fri Oct 04, 2013 8:05 am
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by rawani » Tue Oct 01, 2013 6:02 am

:help: Hard disk of my Windows 7 installed computer system had been crashed due to my mistake. My important power point presentation and excel sheet...

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Last post by rawani
Fri Oct 04, 2013 8:05 am
Screen black after Windows login

Last post by Temetka « Tue Oct 01, 2013 2:20 am
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by Jay_Z » Sun Sep 29, 2013 9:26 pm

When I start my computer (Win 7 32 bit on a ThinkPad T60P), I am taken to the login screen and after logging in, my screen goes black. I can still...

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Last post by Temetka
Tue Oct 01, 2013 2:20 am
Win7 login never presented

Last post by ganon11000 « Mon Jul 15, 2013 10:52 am
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by DavidRoessler » Wed Jul 10, 2013 8:48 am

Greetings!
As a new owner of a Thinkpad T500 with Win7 Pro pre-installed, I am delighted to find this board! My problem is that when starting the...

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Last post by ganon11000
Mon Jul 15, 2013 10:52 am
R52 Windows 7 Touchpad/Trackpoint issues

Last post by autowood « Thu Jul 11, 2013 2:55 pm
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by KMack » Sun Sep 11, 2011 11:51 pm

Hi,

I know this topic has been talked to death on other sites, but after TWO weeks and probably 25+ hours of troubleshooting I decided to suck it up...

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Last post by autowood
Thu Jul 11, 2013 2:55 pm
Windows Desktop Manager issues

Last post by ganon11000 « Tue Jul 09, 2013 2:30 pm
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by JPH » Sat Apr 27, 2013 2:56 pm

Hi all

I recently started having this issue: Windows Desktop Manager has stopped working popup window turns up out of the blue, for no apparent...

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Last post by ganon11000
Tue Jul 09, 2013 2:30 pm
FireGL T2 + Windows 7

Last post by tritom « Tue Apr 30, 2013 9:45 am
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by Shadowlinx » Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:24 am

I have just bought an R50P and have installed W7 on it. I initially installed build 7000, and installed the Lenovo XP driver for the FireGL T2 128mb....

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Last post by tritom
Tue Apr 30, 2013 9:45 am
larger hard drive or more memory?

Last post by MikeCL « Thu Apr 25, 2013 8:37 am
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by MikeCL » Wed Apr 24, 2013 6:34 pm

My T400 just has 2GB installed now and I have a 160GB 5400 RPM drive installed in the Ultrabay, for the stuff I would be putting on it (music...

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Last post by MikeCL
Thu Apr 25, 2013 8:37 am
How to re-install windows7 from external drive

Last post by ganon11000 « Thu Apr 18, 2013 3:41 am
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by nandudb » Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:28 pm

Hi

I have taken lenovo rescue recovery to my external drive sometime ago.
I am planning to upgrade my HDD to SSD and would like to re-install...

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Last post by ganon11000
Thu Apr 18, 2013 3:41 am
partition 1TB C drive - can only shrink to 400GB

Last post by jayton4 « Fri Apr 05, 2013 4:01 am
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by as_sass » Wed Apr 03, 2013 1:20 pm

Folks,

BACKGROUND:
I just purchased a W530 with a 1TB HDD, running Windows 7 64 bit.
I was hoping to partition the C drive by shrinking it to 200 GB...

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Last post by jayton4
Fri Apr 05, 2013 4:01 am
Recommended source for Win 7 pro 32 bit

Last post by A31 « Wed Apr 03, 2013 9:16 am
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by cadillacmike68 » Thu Jan 31, 2013 12:03 pm

Any recommendations for where to get a legal copy of win 7 Pro 32 bit? Thanks in advance.

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Last post by A31
Wed Apr 03, 2013 9:16 am
In what directory are files on the desktop stored?

Last post by twistero « Tue Apr 02, 2013 1:49 pm
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by Neil » Tue Apr 02, 2013 12:51 pm

A friend has asked me to help him recover a Windows 7 system that will no longer boot into Windows. We've tried half a dozen restore points, and...

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Last post by twistero
Tue Apr 02, 2013 1:49 pm
410s w/no hard drive COA 7Pro 32 or 64 bit?

Last post by AIX « Tue Mar 12, 2013 3:31 am
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by skeith » Sun Feb 24, 2013 3:16 pm

I have a 410s Type 2904-CGU Intel i5 without the hard drive. The COA on the 410s is for Windows 7 Pro. It looks like some 410s machines may have been...

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Last post by AIX
Tue Mar 12, 2013 3:31 am
Windows Update Error code 643

Last post by Bánh mì « Mon Mar 04, 2013 11:38 pm
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by vnair » Sun Oct 21, 2012 10:00 pm

I just bought E530 and not able to update windows update. It suggestes to install about 46 updates, but when asked for restart the laptop, it starts...

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Last post by Bánh mì
Mon Mar 04, 2013 11:38 pm
ATI mobility 7500 driver for Windows 7. IBM A31

Last post by ganon11000 « Sat Feb 23, 2013 6:45 pm

by ganon11000 » Sat Feb 23, 2013 6:45 pm

I've put windows 7 on my spare HDD and its really fast compared to xp!!! Missing aero, but you can't have everything, biggest issue is having no...

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Last post by ganon11000
Sat Feb 23, 2013 6:45 pm
Can you still upgrade from Win 7 Pro to Win 7 Ultimate?

Last post by Bánh mì « Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:33 am
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by rlcarr » Sat Jan 26, 2013 12:14 am

My T500 with Win 7 Ultimate just died tonight. I'm considering a T530, but only Win 7 Pro (and Win 8 Pro) is available.

Can you still upgrade from...

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Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:33 am

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