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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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Accessing documents from Lenovo's new Support site

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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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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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Forum donations for upgrades

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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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FORUM RULES, HOW-TOs and FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

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

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monitor recommendations

Last post by alfio « Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:23 am
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by alfio » Mon Aug 03, 2009 12:15 am

hello all

i need to buy a monitor (or two) and i'm having a difficult time with the decision so i thought i'd reach out for some advice.

here's the...

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Last post by alfio
Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:23 am
an interesting, revealing and very short test

Last post by Temetka « Fri Sep 11, 2009 10:14 pm
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by BillMorrow » Sun Aug 30, 2009 7:53 pm

Very Short, But Revealing Political Quiz

So, you think you know where you stand, politically. Think again. The result from this short test may...

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Last post by Temetka
Fri Sep 11, 2009 10:14 pm
Anyone want in on a football pool?

Last post by SaberX « Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:10 pm

by SaberX » Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:10 pm

Me and my buddy started a football pool years ago. just thought there may be some football fans here that may want in...
It's hosted by a online site...

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Last post by SaberX
Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:10 pm
Non-Thinkpad help

Last post by NorrisCell « Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:15 pm
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by DrThinkpad » Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:58 pm

Hi everyone,

Well I just got an old laptop (Toshiba Satellite 3000) for FREE. The previous owner has no idea if it worked. Hard Drive is missing,...

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Last post by NorrisCell
Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:15 pm
Update on Alan Turing petition

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by killer » Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:02 am

Mention was made recently of a petition to get a posthumous apology from the British government. There is some news today here:

More here:

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Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:02 am
70th anniversary of start of WWII

Last post by killer « Tue Sep 08, 2009 5:09 pm
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by mattbiernat » Mon Aug 31, 2009 9:44 pm
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At 0445 on 1 September 1939, the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein opened fire at point blank range on a Polish fort on the Westerplatte peninsula.
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Last post by killer
Tue Sep 08, 2009 5:09 pm
New 16:9 notebook displays - even more crappier quality ?

Last post by dr_st « Mon Sep 07, 2009 2:59 am
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by Puppy » Mon Aug 17, 2009 4:43 am

The new 16:9 display format probably brings another major step down in notebook display quality (can you even imagine that ?). Reading reviews on I...

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Mon Sep 07, 2009 2:59 am
Genuine IBM/Hitachi TravelStar PATA 7200 100 GB Drives ...

Last post by rkawakami « Fri Sep 04, 2009 3:04 pm
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by systemBuilder » Fri Jul 24, 2009 1:04 am

Here is a source :

Anyone know of a source for TravelStar drives with > 100 Gb of storage ??

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Last post by rkawakami
Fri Sep 04, 2009 3:04 pm
LF: a hardc0re Macbook forum

Last post by Harryc « Wed Sep 02, 2009 5:08 am
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by synchromesh » Tue Sep 01, 2009 9:48 pm

I have been fixing some Macbooks lately and sometimes need some fairly deep technical advice, much like the kind I would find here on similar...

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Last post by Harryc
Wed Sep 02, 2009 5:08 am
PDA/Pocket PC user's?

Last post by NorrisCell « Tue Sep 01, 2009 7:16 pm
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by SaberX » Mon Aug 10, 2009 4:44 pm

Just want to know if there are many Pocket PC or smart phone users running Windows Mobile 2003/5.0/6.0 ect.

I'm looking to put some video movies on...

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Last post by NorrisCell
Tue Sep 01, 2009 7:16 pm
Stacking Coupons?

Last post by ozaq « Tue Sep 01, 2009 9:18 am
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by AmanjitM » Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:44 am

How do you stack two coupons? I entered one coupon into the textbox and it sliced the corresponding amount off the total price, but when I try to...

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Tue Sep 01, 2009 9:18 am
CCleaner USEFUL Additional information

Last post by NorrisCell « Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:07 am
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by RealBlackStuff » Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:09 am

This is NOT a commercial blurb, and by posting this, I am not endorsing this program, but I thought this was rather interesting!

Almost everyone...

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Last post by NorrisCell
Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:07 am
H1N1 related.

Last post by SkiBunny « Sun Aug 30, 2009 8:30 pm
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by sco1984 » Sat Aug 29, 2009 12:58 pm

Hi,

Not sure how is the controle of H1N1 in USA.
In India perticularly in the city where I live H1N1 grown like nothing & our government declared...

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Last post by SkiBunny
Sun Aug 30, 2009 8:30 pm
8.875% sales tax in NYC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Last post by SkiBunny « Sun Aug 30, 2009 11:31 am
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by IBMlenovo123 » Sat May 02, 2009 12:09 pm
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Where I am, currently sales tax is 8.375%. And today they annouce it may get rise to 8.875%.

I don't know if New York City is the highest in the...
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Last post by SkiBunny
Sun Aug 30, 2009 11:31 am
New attack cracks common Wi-Fi encryption in a minute

Last post by Marin85 « Fri Aug 28, 2009 11:41 am
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by Puppy » Fri Aug 28, 2009 9:08 am

New attack cracks common Wi-Fi encryption in a minute

Both attacks work only on WPA systems that use the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)...

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Last post by Marin85
Fri Aug 28, 2009 11:41 am
Microsoft changes race of a man in business photo

Last post by BillMorrow « Fri Aug 28, 2009 1:59 am
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by SkiBunny » Thu Aug 27, 2009 12:17 am

Unbelievable!

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Last post by BillMorrow
Fri Aug 28, 2009 1:59 am
How do I use Wi-Fi?

Last post by Neil « Wed Aug 26, 2009 8:10 pm
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by Bookworm » Sun Aug 16, 2009 10:37 pm

If anyone changes the subject this time I will send him the entire internet as spam. :flame:

I have a D-Link Wi-Fi card in my PC-Card slot. I have...

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Last post by Neil
Wed Aug 26, 2009 8:10 pm
How to move the line on the IBM Blue World wallpaper >pic>

Last post by JohnB2000 « Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:45 am
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by JohnB2000 » Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:26 pm

Sorry to be a noob, Ive been using this wallpaper since I found it a week ago and its great.

Ive included a small image but Im sure everyone here...

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Last post by JohnB2000
Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:45 am
Word Processor choices

Last post by GomJabbar « Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:16 pm
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by emeraldgirl08 » Thu Aug 13, 2009 2:12 pm

I am running Xp on my T30 and have been using a trial-Office 2007.

Now that the period is over I was wondering what other alternatives there are...

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Last post by GomJabbar
Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:16 pm
IBM ThinkPad 560X UltraBase.

Last post by al7kz « Fri Aug 21, 2009 1:09 am
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by ThinkPad560X » Fri Mar 13, 2009 3:17 am

I own a IBM ThinkPad 560X and looking for a UltraBase like what the X40 Series has. A base where it conncects to the bottom of the laptop and has a...

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Last post by al7kz
Fri Aug 21, 2009 1:09 am
Wireless networking nightmare

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Tue Aug 18, 2009 5:34 pm
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by winslow » Sun Aug 16, 2009 5:42 am

For the last 10 years I have been using a belkin wireless G router, which worked ok. For some reason recently it had been dropping connection...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Tue Aug 18, 2009 5:34 pm
Can anyone translate Russian into English please? *PICS*

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:01 pm
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by RealBlackStuff » Sun Aug 16, 2009 8:10 am

I got a Russian icon the other day, which has text painted on the front, and some other handwritten text on the back.
The painted text is using old...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:01 pm
I have WiFi! Now what do I do?

Last post by JaneL « Sun Aug 16, 2009 10:49 am
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by Bookworm » Sat Jul 18, 2009 10:32 pm

I just got a Siemens SpeedStream 6250 modem second hand, and found the USB drivers. Windows 2000 now knows it has another ethernet port on USB, but...

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Last post by JaneL
Sun Aug 16, 2009 10:49 am
Any other smokers left on this forum?

Last post by dsvochak « Sat Aug 15, 2009 11:32 am
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by ajkula66 » Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:05 pm

Just sheer curiosity on my part...feel free to chime in and blast this unfortunate minority that I belong to if you really must...

I'm aware of...

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Last post by dsvochak
Sat Aug 15, 2009 11:32 am
Google Search without the ads?

Last post by sqmaster1234 « Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:24 pm
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by RealBlackStuff » Sat Jul 11, 2009 6:17 pm

Is it just me, or a setting I made without knowing what I did, or something else, but recently I have noticed that I do not get any more ads/links on...

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Last post by sqmaster1234
Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:24 pm
What happened to my USB HDD?

Last post by sqmaster1234 « Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:20 pm
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by miketoro » Thu Jul 16, 2009 5:40 pm

I have a 250GB Western Digital Media Center USB 2.0 external HDD. Sometimes my fleabay T43 would recognize it, other times not. Sometimes it would...

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Last post by sqmaster1234
Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:20 pm
Favourite Browser?

Last post by sqmaster1234 « Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:15 pm
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by sqmaster1234 » Sat Jul 25, 2009 1:07 pm
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Post your favorite browser! Firefox, IE, Opera, Netscape?
What's your fave and why?

:)

It's Firefox for me, straight-up mozilla!
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Last post by sqmaster1234
Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:15 pm
Health Care debate or is Socialized Health Care a good thing

Last post by BillMorrow « Thu Aug 13, 2009 8:37 pm

by BillMorrow » Thu Aug 13, 2009 8:37 pm

The hottest subject today is health care in america..

watching Lou Dobb's recent coverage, it seems that most of the world has some sort of...

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Last post by BillMorrow
Thu Aug 13, 2009 8:37 pm
Microsoft, Very interesting news article

Last post by Puppy « Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:00 am
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by Truthfinder » Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:04 pm

I just came across a very interesting news aricle concerning Microsoft.

Steve

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Last post by Puppy
Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:00 am
[solved] windows and wep key in hex

Last post by Marin85 « Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:06 pm
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by Marin85 » Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:36 am

Hi,
just wondering, is there any way under Windows (XP, Vista, 7) to connect to wifi with WEP encryption using the hex form of the WEP key? Maybe cmd...

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Last post by Marin85
Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:06 pm
Support?!!!!

Last post by Harryc « Sun Aug 09, 2009 9:42 am
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by EAkamai » Sun Aug 09, 2009 8:30 am

Our apologies...

The page you requested cannot be displayed :roll:

What gives with their support?! Tried for about 35 min already and tried...

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Last post by Harryc
Sun Aug 09, 2009 9:42 am
OpenOffice

Last post by tylerwylie « Thu Aug 06, 2009 11:20 pm
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by miketoro » Wed May 20, 2009 4:40 pm

Do any of you guys use OpenOffice?

Is it as good as Word and Excel?

I spend a lot of time in both.

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Last post by tylerwylie
Thu Aug 06, 2009 11:20 pm
Google OS

Last post by qviri « Wed Aug 05, 2009 6:55 am
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by killer » Thu Jul 09, 2009 9:05 am

A list of hardware manufacturers who support Google's planned Chrome Operating System has been announced.

Here:

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Last post by qviri
Wed Aug 05, 2009 6:55 am
Cooling system for a Pentium D 830 - need help

Last post by sb102 « Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:16 am
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by sb102 » Tue Aug 04, 2009 1:23 pm

Hello all,

I recently decided to upgrade my old PC. So I changed my graphic card from a Radeon 9550 AGP to a Radeon 2600 PCIe (my motherboard is...

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Last post by sb102
Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:16 am
Merom in a Penryn Motherboard

Last post by ajkula66 « Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:39 pm
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by sparta.rising » Mon Aug 03, 2009 5:22 pm

Would a Merom Socket P 800 FSB processor work in a motherboard that originally came with a Penryn Socket P 1066 FSB?

Specifically, a T7500 when the...

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Last post by ajkula66
Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:39 pm
Is your ThinkPad less than mint? (small pic 35kb)

Last post by virge « Tue Aug 04, 2009 12:51 am
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by Tõnis » Mon May 18, 2009 1:45 pm

Would any of you guys or gals sweat a broken grill? Not sure how it happened, but there it is ... a broken grill:

This thing with the grill...

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Last post by virge
Tue Aug 04, 2009 12:51 am
does any one make a.....

Last post by hausman « Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:39 pm
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by Zedicus » Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:43 pm

laptop with an AMD cpu and a trackpoint, pointstick, acupoint. whatever you want to call it?

note: the smaller the better. i find it odd that there...

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Last post by hausman
Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:39 pm
desktop hdd

Last post by vanaya « Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:33 pm
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by ranchmom5 » Thu Jul 30, 2009 4:20 pm

I now have everything up and running with the new computer -thanks so much to all who helped me here! I even found all of my files...no loss of...

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Last post by vanaya
Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:33 pm
Anyone use a vertical mouse?

Last post by NorrisCell « Mon Jul 27, 2009 12:48 pm
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by Turbo Audi » Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:06 pm

And what are your results?

For years now I have been using the same mouse, same MSFT Comfort Curve 2000 keyboard (best ever), desk, and chair...

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Last post by NorrisCell
Mon Jul 27, 2009 12:48 pm
Upgrading by downgrading...

Last post by NorrisCell « Mon Jul 27, 2009 12:36 pm
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by AlphaKilo470 » Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:50 am

Well, I'm not sure if I upgraded or downgraded my desktop tonight... I took it apart and threw an old (circa 1995) Matrox Millennium 4mb card into a...

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Last post by NorrisCell
Mon Jul 27, 2009 12:36 pm
Any Mac users, in perticular PPC users? Share your mac conf.

Last post by sqmaster1234 « Sun Jul 26, 2009 1:27 pm
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by i-SnipeZ » Fri Jul 17, 2009 2:16 am

Along with IBM/Lenovo, I think Apple is the only real respectable hardware vendor for computers. I have not bought a Intel machine due to price and...

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Last post by sqmaster1234
Sun Jul 26, 2009 1:27 pm
how lame... can i cheat???

Last post by mattbiernat « Thu Jul 23, 2009 5:42 pm
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by mattbiernat » Mon Jul 20, 2009 9:28 pm

i just got invited to Google voice but i am not in currently in the states so i can't take advantage of it... anyway to cheat my IP address so that...

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Last post by mattbiernat
Thu Jul 23, 2009 5:42 pm
Adobe Reader 9 critical security flaw

Last post by Marin85 « Thu Jul 23, 2009 4:21 pm
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by GomJabbar » Wed Feb 25, 2009 7:51 am

Content edited.
Buffer overflow issue in versions 9.0 and earlier of Adobe Reader and Acrobat

A critical vulnerability has been identified in...

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Last post by Marin85
Thu Jul 23, 2009 4:21 pm
I need a free phone forwarding service.

Last post by mattbiernat « Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:11 pm

by mattbiernat » Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:11 pm

Does anybody know of a free forwarding service. I'd like to have my calls on a U.S. phone number forwarded to my cell phone which is in Dominica. I...

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Last post by mattbiernat
Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:11 pm
7" UMPC with integrated DVD drive

Last post by Puppy « Wed Jul 22, 2009 5:22 pm
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by Puppy » Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:41 am

Nice piece of technology :) 1.1 kg including battery, 1024x600, 60 GB HDD.

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Last post by Puppy
Wed Jul 22, 2009 5:22 pm
100% CPU utilisation on battery...xp

Last post by Harryc « Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:56 pm
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by mansi1905 » Tue Jul 21, 2009 5:32 pm

Hello everyone,
I am facing some problems with my hp laptop.
I took out the battery and reinserted it again, bt nw my laptop works
slower on...

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Last post by Harryc
Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:56 pm
Look at how stupid we have become!

Last post by BeeJayEmm « Tue Jul 21, 2009 1:39 pm
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by RealBlackStuff » Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:27 am

Scenario 1:

Jack goes quail hunting before school and then pulls into the school parking lot with his shotgun in his truck's gun rack.

1959 -...

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Last post by BeeJayEmm
Tue Jul 21, 2009 1:39 pm
booting to extra hdd?

Last post by emeraldgirl08 « Sat Jul 18, 2009 5:49 pm
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by ranchmom5 » Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:25 am

I am hoping someone will stop by and read this who has more knowledge than I do.....but then, that wouldn't be asking much! :lol:

I put my old hdd...

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Last post by emeraldgirl08
Sat Jul 18, 2009 5:49 pm
The Vista Saga just keeps playing out

Last post by hausman « Fri Jul 17, 2009 4:27 pm
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by jdhurst » Tue Jul 14, 2009 7:31 pm

When Vista came out, Microsoft said XP would be withdrawn.

Many Vista machines went back to stores saying Put XP back .

Machines started selling XP...

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Last post by hausman
Fri Jul 17, 2009 4:27 pm
direct printing CD/DVD discs with HP printer

Last post by RRHODY « Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:38 am

by RRHODY » Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:38 am

Interesting situation.
Bought a new HP D5460 printer with CD/DVD direct printing capability. Also bought a 50 disc spindle of Taiyo Yuden DVD 16X...

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Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:38 am

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