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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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Win98SE on 600E problems

Last post by farna « Wed May 11, 2005 2:40 pm
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by farna » Sun Apr 24, 2005 5:18 pm

First of all, great forum! I recently bought a used 600E w/294MB RAM and 6GB hard drive. I bought it for a student in the Phillipines and want to...

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Wed May 11, 2005 2:40 pm
XP pagefile problem - need help

Last post by Marc_G « Tue May 10, 2005 4:27 pm
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by Nolonemo » Mon May 09, 2005 12:22 pm

Background: I have 2 physical drives in my desktop. Drive 1 is partitioned into separate partitions for OS (C:), Apps (F:), Games (G:), Misc (I:),...

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Last post by Marc_G
Tue May 10, 2005 4:27 pm
Error

Last post by SeanM « Tue May 10, 2005 2:25 pm
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by rhona » Fri May 06, 2005 7:42 am

I'm probably posting this in the wrong place so I'll apologise in advance.

My Thinkpad won't start up. I get an error message saying 'Windows 2000...

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Last post by SeanM
Tue May 10, 2005 2:25 pm
Wireless a/b/g card problems

Last post by jlrowe « Tue May 10, 2005 1:54 pm
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by ross1066 » Wed May 04, 2005 10:43 am

Hi,
I have a thinkpad T40 2373-14G and recently added a 512Mb RAM module and an IBM a/b/g wireless card.

I am having all sorts of problems with the...

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Tue May 10, 2005 1:54 pm
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Last post by selvan777 « Tue May 10, 2005 2:00 am
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by rustico » Tue May 03, 2005 7:54 pm

Could someone please tell me how to get rid of the highlighted color under each of my desktop icons. I prefer the ordinary transparent...

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Last post by selvan777
Tue May 10, 2005 2:00 am
Bolger Aurora Nail Spyware

Last post by hausman « Mon May 09, 2005 2:17 pm
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by Sleep Machine » Sun May 08, 2005 10:09 pm

Despite my best efforts, I let my A31p get infected with the Bolger/Aurora/Nail spyware (apparently a transponder type spyware from what I can glean...

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Last post by hausman
Mon May 09, 2005 2:17 pm
How to create an image of my T42?

Last post by baldyguy « Mon May 09, 2005 12:48 pm
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by baldyguy » Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:56 pm

Hi everyone,

I recieved my laptop today, and I was wondering if there is a good way of making an image of a laptop? I have Norton Ghost and I'm...

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Last post by baldyguy
Mon May 09, 2005 12:48 pm
6 recovery disks for T42

Last post by Cholly « Fri May 06, 2005 2:56 am
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by Cholly » Tue Apr 26, 2005 1:50 am

I got a refurb T42 from Eritech, and it didn't succeed on its initial boot -- sorta froze and said could not authenticate its copy of Windows....

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Last post by Cholly
Fri May 06, 2005 2:56 am
Vertically extend your windows with dual monitor.. possible?

Last post by GoEatFood « Thu May 05, 2005 4:48 pm
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by daeojkim » Thu Apr 21, 2005 8:36 am

When we use dual monitor we generally extend our desktop horizontally. Is it possible to extend it vertically?
I was thiking of hanging a LCD monitor...

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Thu May 05, 2005 4:48 pm
why I can't use bios update utility to update my bios?

Last post by Rob Mayercik « Thu May 05, 2005 4:08 pm
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by kuerten » Thu May 05, 2005 3:21 pm

everytime when I open the software and click some next the machine will reboot and enter windows again without going to the bios update process....

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Thu May 05, 2005 4:08 pm
can PQ magic 8.0 change a NTFS partition to a linux ext3?

Last post by kuerten « Thu May 05, 2005 1:23 pm
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by kuerten » Wed May 04, 2005 12:46 pm

thanks.

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Thu May 05, 2005 1:23 pm
multiple owners of win xp

Last post by Leon « Thu May 05, 2005 11:35 am
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by tony6264 » Wed May 04, 2005 5:43 pm

I dont know if this is true but I have heard that once winxp is installed in a computer and that person goes to windows update page that if someone...

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Last post by Leon
Thu May 05, 2005 11:35 am
app wont run in safe mode?

Last post by selvan777 « Wed May 04, 2005 11:48 am
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by snickervicker » Tue May 03, 2005 12:06 pm

hi all, i have a t42 that i recently tried to install an app on. The app was installed on the default user acct that windows creates for you when you...

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Last post by selvan777
Wed May 04, 2005 11:48 am
Stop Wireless connection drops - PowerSaver

Last post by Leon « Wed May 04, 2005 9:52 am
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by TrevStar » Wed Apr 27, 2005 9:14 pm

Is ther a way to prevent the wireless connection from dropping when the display auto shuts off (power save) or even when connected to outlet?...

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Last post by Leon
Wed May 04, 2005 9:52 am
Problem with instalation Rapid Restore

Last post by SeanM « Tue May 03, 2005 8:16 pm
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by Jarno » Fri Dec 10, 2004 7:58 am

I have T40 2373 42G with Win XP SP1. I tried many times to install IBM Rescue and Recovery v2.00.0170 from

I always get Windows Installer Error...

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Last post by SeanM
Tue May 03, 2005 8:16 pm
Is a third party disk defrag utility recommended?

Last post by greg0815 « Tue May 03, 2005 5:44 pm
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by Adam A. » Thu Apr 28, 2005 3:53 pm

I have upgraded my T42 hard drive to a 60GB Hitachi Travelstar 7200RPM running Windows XP SP2.

1. Is it necessary to purchase and use a third party...

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Last post by greg0815
Tue May 03, 2005 5:44 pm
MS Office Activation and ThinkPads

Last post by kevinc « Mon May 02, 2005 10:15 am

by kevinc » Mon May 02, 2005 10:15 am

Do the MS Office 2003 disks that ship with some ThinkPads require product activation? Are they locked to the machine they were shipped with?
Thanks

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Last post by kevinc
Mon May 02, 2005 10:15 am
Region Free

Last post by dd « Mon May 02, 2005 2:55 am
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by dd » Sat Apr 30, 2005 3:41 am

As I travel a lot to different countries, it would be nice to be able to update my firmware on my dvd drive so I dont have to keep changing the...

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Last post by dd
Mon May 02, 2005 2:55 am
XP won't take me to Login & PW prompt after booting up..

Last post by Kenn « Sun May 01, 2005 4:04 pm
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by jhoover » Sun May 01, 2005 1:05 pm

I tried to boot up this AM and everything seemed normal. The requisite IBM logo and Inter Centrino logo appeared. Then I saw the normal...

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Last post by Kenn
Sun May 01, 2005 4:04 pm
Persistent Posts in Firefox?

Last post by no_man « Thu Apr 28, 2005 4:33 pm
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by JHEM » Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:05 am

Has anyone else using Firefox as their browser noticed a problem on the Forums where topics aren't marked as read after reading them?

E.g., you go...

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Last post by no_man
Thu Apr 28, 2005 4:33 pm
What does 1XCONFIG.EXE do?

Last post by Leon « Wed Apr 27, 2005 7:10 pm
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by UCI_MECH » Wed Apr 27, 2005 1:55 pm

Anybody knows about this process 1XCONFIG.EXE ? It runs all the time and takes about 9 MB memory.

This is what I found on Google:

1xconfig.exe is...

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Last post by Leon
Wed Apr 27, 2005 7:10 pm
WindowsXP key

Last post by tomc « Mon Apr 25, 2005 11:55 pm
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by tomc » Fri Apr 22, 2005 4:49 pm

I want to re-install windows for a fresh install. The thing is that I can't use the key that comes with my thinkpad, I'm using a Wndows retail, I...

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Last post by tomc
Mon Apr 25, 2005 11:55 pm
Latest Thinkpad Software installer

Last post by selvan777 « Mon Apr 25, 2005 2:24 am
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by Stingray72 » Sat Sep 11, 2004 8:24 pm

has anyone updated their Software installer to the latest version?? When it searches for drivers it will just hang there with the PktMgr.exe process...

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Last post by selvan777
Mon Apr 25, 2005 2:24 am
dvd copy

Last post by pphilipko « Sun Apr 24, 2005 7:28 pm
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by rustico » Wed Apr 20, 2005 9:14 pm

Question. Is it possible to copy a dvd to my hard disk in order to play it back at a later date or do I need some special software installed to...

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Last post by pphilipko
Sun Apr 24, 2005 7:28 pm
An annoying problem.

Last post by rustico « Sun Apr 24, 2005 4:45 pm
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by rustico » Sat Apr 23, 2005 12:31 pm

I am experiencing a minor and irritating problem with some of my quick launch and desktop icons. The annoying problem is this...when I click on...

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Last post by rustico
Sun Apr 24, 2005 4:45 pm
IBM hidden partition question

Last post by Marc_G « Sat Apr 23, 2005 9:31 am
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by Rhodan » Sat Apr 23, 2005 5:05 am

Hi,

I'd appreciate it if you guys could answer some questions for me. I received my T43 yesterday, and I want to re-install XP and Linux. I have...

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Last post by Marc_G
Sat Apr 23, 2005 9:31 am
Master Boot Record & image restore issues

Last post by Nolonemo « Fri Apr 22, 2005 12:20 pm
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by Nolonemo » Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:04 pm

I posted this on the Acronis forums (I use Acronis True Image for backups), but thought someone here might have some insight.
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I'm in...

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Last post by Nolonemo
Fri Apr 22, 2005 12:20 pm
XP hibernation : rebooting instead of shuting down

Last post by Leon « Fri Apr 22, 2005 9:26 am
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by legu » Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:46 am

Hi all,
my very first topic here :D

Does anybody know if it is possible to force XP to reboot instead of shuting down when going into hibernation ?...

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Last post by Leon
Fri Apr 22, 2005 9:26 am
60 GB shows up at 44GB after fresh install of XP Pro

Last post by Marc_G « Fri Apr 22, 2005 7:15 am
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by CodeGuru » Thu Apr 21, 2005 9:39 am

Hi All,

I installed Fedora using the steps.
1) defrag the drive using PM8.0
2)Create a partition for Fedora.
3) Install fedora.

Finally, I didnt...

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Last post by Marc_G
Fri Apr 22, 2005 7:15 am
Dial-home applications?

Last post by Leon « Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:19 pm
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by benz » Thu Apr 21, 2005 12:25 pm

I am looking for a compact, discreet program that I can leave running at all times in the background of Windows, which, upon establishing a...

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Last post by Leon
Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:19 pm
ACPI stability in XP in comparison to W2K - better or not?

Last post by bob humid « Thu Apr 21, 2005 5:16 am
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by bob humid » Mon Apr 18, 2005 6:54 am

cheers again,

this question is related to my other enigma about APIC on T22 systems.

i was asking myself if the ACPI-handling in XP is at least...

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Last post by bob humid
Thu Apr 21, 2005 5:16 am
no display after remote desktop disconnected

Last post by aceyx « Wed Apr 20, 2005 11:18 pm
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by aceyx » Mon Apr 18, 2005 6:35 pm

i will often use my desktop to access the files on my x22 thinkpad (both run xp pro)

after i disconnect the session, if the lid of the laptop has...

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Last post by aceyx
Wed Apr 20, 2005 11:18 pm
Multiple OS installation

Last post by duh41 « Wed Apr 20, 2005 2:59 pm
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by zandric » Wed Apr 06, 2005 3:23 am

I need to configure my Thinkpad (t42) so I will have option to multiboot different OS (Win XP pro and WIN 98).

How I can do that?

I know that win98...

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Last post by duh41
Wed Apr 20, 2005 2:59 pm
Firefox 1.0.3 released

Last post by K. Eng « Wed Apr 20, 2005 12:29 pm

by K. Eng » Wed Apr 20, 2005 12:29 pm

Looks like there are a few security updates.

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Last post by K. Eng
Wed Apr 20, 2005 12:29 pm
PartitionMagic 8.0 instal problems

Last post by Mr_Roboto « Tue Apr 19, 2005 9:06 am
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by Mr_Roboto » Sat Apr 16, 2005 2:04 pm

I am trying to install PartitionMagic 8.0 on my T42P so I can dual boot Fedora Core 3. When I try to install PM 8.0 I get the fallowing message:...

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Last post by Mr_Roboto
Tue Apr 19, 2005 9:06 am
Creating IBM Service Partition

Last post by Gee « Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:39 am
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by Gee » Tue Mar 29, 2005 1:46 pm

Does anyone know how to create the IBM service partition from scratch?

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Last post by Gee
Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:39 am
Need folder security program

Last post by jdhurst « Sun Apr 17, 2005 12:53 pm
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by Nolonemo » Sat Apr 16, 2005 9:43 pm

I have the need to password protect a data folder.

I'm running XP Pro on a home network (2 computers connected to a router).

The program I'm...

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Last post by jdhurst
Sun Apr 17, 2005 12:53 pm
Anyone with a TP theme/skin for windowblinds, stylexp, etc?

Last post by tbu3 « Sat Apr 16, 2005 7:36 am

by tbu3 » Sat Apr 16, 2005 7:36 am

I use windowblinds and find it great for my TP. I am looking for a theme or skin that gives a distinct look of a TP. Does anyone have any or know how...

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Last post by tbu3
Sat Apr 16, 2005 7:36 am
Problems coming out of hibernate

Last post by dvorak « Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:50 pm
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by JonathanGennick » Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:32 am

I've been a bit frustrated lately by extreme sluggishness in coming out of hibernate. I've an x30. A month or so back I reinstalled Windows, from...

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Last post by dvorak
Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:50 pm
IBM Access Connections (ver. 3.70) - Profiles Question

Last post by hkhalil « Fri Apr 15, 2005 9:55 am
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by iminj » Thu Mar 31, 2005 6:31 pm

I have 2 profiles (one is Static & the other is DHCP) ... both connecting to the same 802.11g router.

Does anyone know how to configure Access...

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Last post by hkhalil
Fri Apr 15, 2005 9:55 am
Fingerprint Login via Windows XP native login

Last post by hkhalil « Fri Apr 15, 2005 9:36 am
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by mbressman » Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:17 pm

Is there any way or built-in capability within Windows XP SP2 to have the operating system itself handle fingerprint login versus having the IBM...

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Last post by hkhalil
Fri Apr 15, 2005 9:36 am
hotkey fn-f5 allow bluetooth on/off but not wireless

Last post by ewysp « Thu Apr 14, 2005 3:07 pm
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by ewysp » Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:30 pm

Folks,

I have an R50p with built in bluetooth and wireless. I believe in the past when I pressed fn-f5 I was able to toogle on/off both bluetooth...

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Last post by ewysp
Thu Apr 14, 2005 3:07 pm
New IBM ThinkPad Software Installer ?

Last post by JHEM « Wed Apr 13, 2005 11:49 am
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by Puppy » Wed Apr 13, 2005 11:40 am

I've found there is new IBM installer Does it replace the buggy IBM Update Connector ?

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Last post by JHEM
Wed Apr 13, 2005 11:49 am
Application Error

Last post by selvan777 « Wed Apr 13, 2005 10:23 am
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by Sleep Machine » Mon Apr 11, 2005 5:01 pm

I have been trying to use MusicMatch JukeBox Plus on my A31p. A song starts, plays about five seconds, and then I get the following Application Error...

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Last post by selvan777
Wed Apr 13, 2005 10:23 am
Outlook express/server question

Last post by MadeInJapan « Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:54 pm
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by kylake » Sun Apr 10, 2005 8:06 pm

When using outlook express from home wireless connection there is no problem with mail sending and recieving. When I am on a wireless connection...

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Last post by MadeInJapan
Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:54 pm
memtest86+ ... How long shold I run it for?

Last post by daeojkim « Mon Apr 11, 2005 12:03 pm
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by daeojkim » Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:25 am

I am running memtest86+ on A31p (P4-M 1.7GHz w/ 768 MB RAM)

How long should I run it for? I know that longer I run the better it is, but what is...

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Last post by daeojkim
Mon Apr 11, 2005 12:03 pm
NFTS Regular Format?

Last post by storage_man « Mon Apr 11, 2005 11:26 am
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by JohnD » Sat Apr 09, 2005 4:31 am

I was wondeirng, if anyone know to set Regular NFTS format instead of using Quick NTFS format when using the IBM Rescue and Recovery in Factory Mode....

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Last post by storage_man
Mon Apr 11, 2005 11:26 am
SMBus IBM driver installation

Last post by s0larian « Mon Apr 11, 2005 2:24 am
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by dvorak » Sat Apr 09, 2005 6:04 am

Under Device Manager I uninstalled the two devices that were listed under SMBus group in an attempt to reinstall them later, I've been having random...

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Last post by s0larian
Mon Apr 11, 2005 2:24 am
Docked Profile

Last post by d lehmann « Sat Apr 09, 2005 9:09 pm
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by Nonsequitur » Fri Apr 08, 2005 8:19 am

i'm the proud owner of a t42 and i just recieved a port replicator ii so i can ditch my desktop pc but still take advantage of the sparkly lcd...

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Last post by d lehmann
Sat Apr 09, 2005 9:09 pm
Defragging with W2k

Last post by Leon « Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:38 am
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by Rex » Fri Mar 25, 2005 2:19 pm

I am currently installing W2k on a dual boot.

I have run the W2k defragger which is a version of DiskKeeper Lite. I don't like it's interface and it...

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Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:38 am

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