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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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Advanced Format Drives and Windows XP

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by bill bolton » Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:56 pm

If you are experiencing any issues with installing Windows XP on a new ThinkPad from ~ late June 2011 onwards, you need to read.....

Cheers,

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Power management - How do the different utilities relate?

Last post by kaplanfx « Fri Sep 09, 2005 2:13 pm
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by thoughtdifferent » Thu Sep 08, 2005 11:20 pm

There are several ways to alter power settings

1. BIOS
2. Windows Settings
3. Battery Maximizer
4. CHC

Is there a best one to use? So far they...

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Fri Sep 09, 2005 2:13 pm
IBM Thinkpad T43 fingerprint

Last post by gunston « Fri Sep 09, 2005 12:41 am
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by gunston » Thu Sep 08, 2005 8:44 am

hi i am going to install and use the fingerprint reader feature on my IBM notebook.
Just wondering whether is it functioning well, or maybe it will...

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Fri Sep 09, 2005 12:41 am
600 wont change from 640 x 480

Last post by GomJabbar « Thu Sep 08, 2005 11:14 pm
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by gbic1 » Sun Sep 04, 2005 9:36 pm

Sorry if this is a common problem but searched and not able to find it. I just bought this 600 off ebay from a jerk who knows nothing and I had to...

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Thu Sep 08, 2005 11:14 pm
"A duplicate name exists on the network" on startu

Last post by laz « Wed Sep 07, 2005 3:49 pm
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by laz » Tue Sep 06, 2005 4:27 pm

I just recently moved into my dorm, and whenever I boot up my computer (this happens on my TP and my desktop) I get a message saying A duplicate name...

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Wed Sep 07, 2005 3:49 pm
"1607: Unable to install InstallShield Scripting Runtim

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by JEBB » Wed Sep 07, 2005 2:23 pm

In trying to install QuickTime 6.5 on my R40 ThinkPad (XP SP2 Pro) I got the error message:

1607: Unable to install InstallShield Scripting Runtime...

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Wed Sep 07, 2005 2:23 pm
How Install XP Pro in my R52 (installed with XP home)

Last post by benjaminzsj « Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:50 pm
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by fauza » Sat Aug 13, 2005 7:48 am

Dear all,

i bought my thinkpad R52 series last month. Unfortunately i bought the laptop which was installed with XP Home. I'm an IT graduate student...

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Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:50 pm
Where is IBM active desktop wallpaper ?

Last post by thoughtdifferent « Tue Sep 06, 2005 12:52 am
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by gunston » Fri Sep 02, 2005 6:03 pm

recently, i try to browse on the IBM webpage, yet cannot find the related link to download the active desktop wallpaper and IBM screensaver.

Any...

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Tue Sep 06, 2005 12:52 am
No hibernation!

Last post by zern « Mon Sep 05, 2005 11:24 am
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by gunston » Fri Sep 02, 2005 11:36 am

hi,
i am using T43, Hibernation is enabled.
try to hibernate using the following methods:

1. Start -> Shut Down -> Hibernation
2. Fn + F12

no...

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Mon Sep 05, 2005 11:24 am
Reducing 'XP services' (Not startup programs) - T43

Last post by arjunrc « Sun Sep 04, 2005 8:14 pm
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by arjunrc » Sun Sep 04, 2005 1:20 am

Hello,
I recently purchased a t43 laptop.

I read through the archives and found useful threads on eliminating some software/startup entries to...

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Sun Sep 04, 2005 8:14 pm
What is the best way to reduce interferance from other WIFI

Last post by jdhurst « Sun Sep 04, 2005 11:54 am
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by nikemen » Fri Sep 02, 2005 2:58 pm

NETWORKS.?

I have a neighbor, who is operating a WIFI network, we BOTH use encryption and he is on channel 6, I on channel 11. But, I know that...

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Sun Sep 04, 2005 11:54 am
Total data loss

Last post by jdhurst « Sun Sep 04, 2005 7:10 am
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by r50cheapskate » Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:21 am

I turned on my computer this morning, and everything seemed normal, but after Outlook said my data file didn't exist, I looked in My Documents, My...

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Sun Sep 04, 2005 7:10 am
Way to install Windows without IBM provided apps?

Last post by krma-thkpds « Sun Sep 04, 2005 7:07 am
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by krma-thkpds » Sat Sep 03, 2005 1:02 pm

Is there any way to install the operating system (restore it to the factory state) but with no IBM provided apps. I want to download apps from their...

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Sun Sep 04, 2005 7:07 am
Annoying pop-up balloon...

Last post by James314 « Sat Sep 03, 2005 5:54 pm
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by James314 » Thu Sep 01, 2005 3:14 pm

Hello all,

Everytime I start-up/resume from hibernate, I get that annoying pop -up balloon from windows telling me that there is no wireless...

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Last post by James314
Sat Sep 03, 2005 5:54 pm
How to Explain Faults of Norton Systemworks

Last post by t41user « Sat Sep 03, 2005 4:54 pm
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by t41user » Sat Sep 03, 2005 1:37 pm

A friend of mine recently purchased Norton Systemworks. I failed to convince him not to go near the thing. What are the best ways to explain why not...

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Sat Sep 03, 2005 4:54 pm
Dumb safe mode

Last post by The Counterpart « Sat Sep 03, 2005 3:23 pm
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by wantathinkpad » Sat Sep 03, 2005 1:08 pm

How do I get to the safe mode on my T43? i could have sworn you had to press F7 or wsa it F8. Anyway I pressed both during startup and I got nothing

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Last post by The Counterpart
Sat Sep 03, 2005 3:23 pm
Dumb safe mode

Last post by wantathinkpad « Sat Sep 03, 2005 1:14 pm

by wantathinkpad » Sat Sep 03, 2005 1:14 pm

How do I get to the safe mode on my T43? i could have sworn you had to press F7 or wsa it F8. Anyway I pressed both during startup and I got nothing.

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Last post by wantathinkpad
Sat Sep 03, 2005 1:14 pm
Can factory restore discs be made from a recovery partition?

Last post by Zeitgeist « Sat Sep 03, 2005 7:21 am
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by Ragueneau » Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:48 am

As a corollary to my other thread , my restore partition is seemingly done for and I think I'm going to want to restore factory defaults.

I really...

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Last post by Zeitgeist
Sat Sep 03, 2005 7:21 am
Spy ware.

Last post by bhtooefr « Fri Sep 02, 2005 6:27 pm
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by ThinkPad » Wed Aug 31, 2005 11:05 pm

What is the best spyware detection and removal program out there?

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Last post by bhtooefr
Fri Sep 02, 2005 6:27 pm
IBM Thinkpad manufacturer logo

Last post by gunston « Fri Sep 02, 2005 5:27 pm
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by gunston » Thu Sep 01, 2005 8:05 am

hi,
can anyone post or send me the IBM Thinkpad manufacuter logo and the IBM phonelist support. something like oem.ini or logo.!???

eMail:...

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Last post by gunston
Fri Sep 02, 2005 5:27 pm
Quick question re: using recovery CDs

Last post by DavidNZ « Fri Sep 02, 2005 1:19 pm
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by DavidNZ » Fri Sep 02, 2005 5:45 am

When I use the set of 6 recovery CDs on a new HDD for my X40, will it set it up in the same way as it came from the factory (i.e., a FAT32 recov...

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Last post by DavidNZ
Fri Sep 02, 2005 1:19 pm
So I aborted IBM Rapid Restore install, consequences abound!

Last post by The Counterpart « Fri Sep 02, 2005 3:31 am
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by Ragueneau » Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:42 pm

My Thinkpad T41's message center had this little message on top for a long time prompting me to try this new whiz-bang restore program that I could...

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Last post by The Counterpart
Fri Sep 02, 2005 3:31 am
Copy the Thinpad config on a desktop

Last post by Ragueneau « Thu Sep 01, 2005 7:43 pm
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by Tiberre » Sun Aug 28, 2005 10:25 pm

I own a Thinkpad R50e and a desktop PC, both running under Windows XP. For some reasons I would like to have exactly the same configuration and the...

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Last post by Ragueneau
Thu Sep 01, 2005 7:43 pm
Urgent advice required: X22 weird Windows XP problem

Last post by egibbs « Thu Sep 01, 2005 5:59 am
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by larryleung » Wed Aug 31, 2005 5:44 pm

Hi,

I bought a X22 with a 20 Gb hard drive off eBay. Everything is in great condition and the hard drive came clean. However, when I try to install...

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Thu Sep 01, 2005 5:59 am
Recovery cds not installing

Last post by Mack « Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:28 pm
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by Mack » Fri Aug 26, 2005 3:43 pm

I have a very annoying problem... maybe you guys have a clue what is wrong. I have ordered and received the recovery cds from IBM for my Thinkpad...

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Last post by Mack
Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:28 pm
Ms office product key

Last post by a.wisniecki « Wed Aug 31, 2005 6:50 am
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by a.wisniecki » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:04 am

Hi,

About one month ago I bought (on ebay.com) brand new, factory sealed ThinkPad T42 (2373-6ZU). I bought this laptop with preinstalled Ms Office....

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Last post by a.wisniecki
Wed Aug 31, 2005 6:50 am
New R&R - initialization error

Last post by Zeitgeist « Wed Aug 31, 2005 1:57 am
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by ibmuser » Wed Aug 31, 2005 12:10 am

I get a cssauth.exe initialization error after installing the new R&R (v.3).
Not clear on what this is - anyone know?

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Last post by Zeitgeist
Wed Aug 31, 2005 1:57 am
Off Yahoo news today

Last post by GomJabbar « Tue Aug 30, 2005 4:00 pm
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by slagmi » Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:35 am

Yet another Windows issue you should know about-

I've created one of these 'long' keys and for the record- every 3rd party registry editor I have...

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Last post by GomJabbar
Tue Aug 30, 2005 4:00 pm
How to set IBM Logo ?

Last post by dokein « Tue Aug 30, 2005 2:32 pm
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by sco1984 » Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:45 pm

I bought IBM R50e-1834-EQ1 about 25 days back with DOS License.
I install Windows XP Pro .

If you right click on My computer and if go to...

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Last post by dokein
Tue Aug 30, 2005 2:32 pm
T30 with Windows NT4 SP6 not reading data DVD in drive??

Last post by jdhurst « Tue Aug 30, 2005 6:00 am
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by mbservice » Tue Aug 30, 2005 3:36 am

I have a T30 which runs beautifully under XP, but when I installed new hardrive with NT4 for a specific application my DVD drive will only read CDs &...

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Last post by jdhurst
Tue Aug 30, 2005 6:00 am
won't resume after standby

Last post by razzy8 « Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:30 pm
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by razzy8 » Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:44 am

I have an iSeries 1161-41U and have recently installed a 60gig HD. It seems as though this problem has been since the new HD.

If it goes into...

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Last post by razzy8
Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:30 pm
385XD System Commander & Windows 98 Issues

Last post by IBM4ME « Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:29 pm
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by IBM4ME » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:09 pm

I have a 385XD - PII 266 that I have not used for a few years. There are some documents on there that I am needing to retreive. This afternoon I...

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Last post by IBM4ME
Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:29 pm
EMC Retrospect 7

Last post by tom2517 « Mon Aug 29, 2005 3:44 am

by tom2517 » Mon Aug 29, 2005 3:44 am

Has anyone used this software for backup? Any info. are appreciated. Thanks

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Mon Aug 29, 2005 3:44 am
IBM R&R vs Acronis TrueImage

Last post by Nolonemo « Sun Aug 28, 2005 7:17 pm
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by Vindicated » Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:48 am

Last night I had to do a full system restore and System Restore was disabled so I had to use IBM's Rapid Restore utility and got my system like it...

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Last post by Nolonemo
Sun Aug 28, 2005 7:17 pm
Freeing up Disk Space

Last post by teamdaddy « Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:14 pm
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by teamdaddy » Sat Aug 27, 2005 11:45 pm

I've got a T-23 that I'm trying to free up some disk space on. Can someone tell me if it is safe to delete the temporary files within the windows...

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Last post by teamdaddy
Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:14 pm
Fresh install of XP on A20m with W98 on it.

Last post by storage_man « Sun Aug 28, 2005 11:30 am
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by dangulo » Fri Aug 26, 2005 1:01 am

Hi all. I'm having trouble trying to troubleshoot a problem that I'm having with an a20m. I'm pretty good with computers and I can't believe that I'm...

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Last post by storage_man
Sun Aug 28, 2005 11:30 am
Free ZoneAlarm problem

Last post by Vindicated « Sun Aug 28, 2005 12:53 am
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by GomJabbar » Thu Aug 11, 2005 10:49 am

In every version of free ZoneAlarm after (but not including) version 51.033.000 I've had problems with the program shutting itself down, or causing...

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Last post by Vindicated
Sun Aug 28, 2005 12:53 am
Windows and ThinkPad Setup

Last post by jdhurst « Sat Aug 27, 2005 3:18 pm
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by jdhurst » Sat Aug 27, 2005 2:20 pm

There have been lots of posts in here about what works and what doesn't. I always encourage people to use what fits them. Here is my experience with...

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Last post by jdhurst
Sat Aug 27, 2005 3:18 pm
Re-Installing XP

Last post by GomJabbar « Fri Aug 26, 2005 11:12 pm
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by mgenin » Mon Aug 15, 2005 3:23 pm

I have read through all the forms on installing a fresh copy of windows . Rather than building your own copy of windows from the IBM recovery...

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Fri Aug 26, 2005 11:12 pm
Rescue and Recovery 3 - Utimaco Privatedisk

Last post by mephie « Fri Aug 26, 2005 1:58 pm
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by dd » Sat Aug 20, 2005 5:43 pm

So this version of R&R has the Thinkpad client security solution complete with Utimaco Safeguard Privatedisk.

I was wondering if any body had had...

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Last post by mephie
Fri Aug 26, 2005 1:58 pm
IBM Embedded Security System and Fingerprint Reader Config

Last post by mephie « Fri Aug 26, 2005 1:17 pm
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by thoughtdifferent » Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:25 pm

Hello all -

Got a question for you all regarding the ESS and fingerprint reader. I have the CSS software installed, the fingerprint software...

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Last post by mephie
Fri Aug 26, 2005 1:17 pm
Problem: Dual display with ATI Mobility Fire GL T2 and W2k

Last post by holgi-cs « Fri Aug 26, 2005 10:48 am

by holgi-cs » Fri Aug 26, 2005 10:48 am

Hi out there,

I have an R50p with ATI Mobility Fire GL T2 graphics and Win 2000 installed. I know that this video card supports multi monitors.

But...

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Last post by holgi-cs
Fri Aug 26, 2005 10:48 am
touchpad / external mouse customization

Last post by ufynot « Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:22 am

by ufynot » Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:22 am

hi, i have just recently bought a t42p, and it turns out that i am left handed when using the touchpad/trackpoint and right handed when an external...

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Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:22 am
HELP! windows update has gone seriously wrong...

Last post by James314 « Fri Aug 26, 2005 6:03 am
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by James314 » Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:32 am

Hello all,

I recently went to update manually via start and then windows update. The problem is that the page loads and says 'done' but the page is...

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Last post by James314
Fri Aug 26, 2005 6:03 am
anyone else get event id #62486?

Last post by kaplanfx « Thu Aug 25, 2005 1:19 pm
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by skanky » Mon Aug 22, 2005 1:52 pm

any idea what the following entries in the event log (system) are about, i seem to have a hundred or so of them and they all happen in the space of...

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Last post by kaplanfx
Thu Aug 25, 2005 1:19 pm
Anyone seen the IBM Think Looks website

Last post by dreamYu « Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:32 am
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by ZildjianKX » Wed Aug 24, 2005 1:54 pm

Was googling around for a new thinkpad screensaver and found this:

Apparently is has been taken down, but the google cache works fine and and...

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Last post by dreamYu
Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:32 am
what "IBM software" is REQUIRED?

Last post by Procter « Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:02 pm
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by ps24eva » Fri Aug 05, 2005 3:58 pm

My T43 came preloaed with a bunch of IBM crap.

Can someone tell me if I need any of this stuff?

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Last post by Procter
Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:02 pm
What kinda IBM software is necessary for the system?

Last post by Procter « Wed Aug 24, 2005 5:41 pm

by Procter » Wed Aug 24, 2005 5:41 pm

I noticed that a lot of IBM software were running at the start up, but have no clear idea about if it's necessary or not.

I just uninstalled the...

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Last post by Procter
Wed Aug 24, 2005 5:41 pm
How to check my IBM R&R environment if it has a PATIES a

Last post by Ground Loop « Wed Aug 24, 2005 1:29 pm
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by shirayanagi » Wed Aug 24, 2005 2:51 am

My PCs has a IBM’s Rescue and Recovery tool being installed.
I want to install a third-party application into them which requests there must not be a...

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Last post by Ground Loop
Wed Aug 24, 2005 1:29 pm
Diagnose & Repair of HD Problem - R40

Last post by jd2020 « Wed Aug 24, 2005 1:17 pm
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by jd2020 » Mon Aug 22, 2005 6:35 am

I'm working with a friend's R40 that has been locking up/freezing periodically. So, I ran chkdsk with repair at boot up. It completes, then when...

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Last post by jd2020
Wed Aug 24, 2005 1:17 pm
Update Connector vs ThinkVantage Software Installer

Last post by dvorak « Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:17 am
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by Roan » Wed Aug 24, 2005 4:22 am

In IBM Update Connector it is possible to use the planner. Unfortunately I miss this option in the better working ThinkVantage Software Installer. Is...

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Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:17 am

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