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

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Diskeeper VS O&O defrag

Last post by Wiz « Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:05 pm
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by shiby » Tue May 20, 2008 1:40 am

Everybody knows a proper hdd defragmentation boost Vista performance.
Among the most outstanding programs are Diskeeper and O&O.

so which one do you...

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Last post by Wiz
Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:05 pm
Suspend to RAM often doesn't work

Last post by hellosailor « Fri Jun 20, 2008 2:26 pm
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by feklee » Mon May 26, 2008 12:32 pm

Most of the time Suspend to RAM doesn't work under Vista on my T61. I always keep the system up to date using Windows update and the Thinkvantage...

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Last post by hellosailor
Fri Jun 20, 2008 2:26 pm
file naming

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Fri Jun 20, 2008 2:23 pm
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by alfio » Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:33 pm

hi all

i had to digitalize a relatively lengthy scrapbook collection (via digital camera) and, for several reasons, i first had to shoot all the odd...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Fri Jun 20, 2008 2:23 pm
SP1 breaks apps

Last post by hellosailor « Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:54 pm
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by makaveli559m » Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:30 pm

I have some minor issues with Service Pack 1, one includes breaking Kawaks another Virtual Game Station. Firefox had an issue until I uinstalled it...

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Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:54 pm
eBay SLOOOW due to reading "include.ebaystatic.com"

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:20 pm
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by RealBlackStuff » Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:39 am

Since a few days, browsing eBay has become tedious and very slow.
This seems to be due to their reading include.ebaystatic.com for every page....

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:20 pm
Using recovery disks from one model in another

Last post by ryengineer « Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:37 pm
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by seminumerical » Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:32 am

I'm thinking of buying a secondhand T or R model, and would prefer to wipe the existing harddrive completely before I use it (basic paranoia)....

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Last post by ryengineer
Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:37 pm
Atheros AP5006X in T43p wifi prob: standby breaks connection

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:31 am
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by ngfrazier » Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:23 pm

Warning: tricky and difficult problem (obvious solutions tried).

Problem: Wireless connections breaks 1) after standby or 2) if I manually...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:31 am
Possible file security issues of IBM/Lenovo Windows XP

Last post by ARD « Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:22 pm
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by Puppy » Mon Jun 16, 2008 5:31 am

It seems as all of IBM/Lenovo Windows XP preloads are extracted to FAT32 partition and converted to NTFS later. I noticed there is a difference in...

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Last post by ARD
Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:22 pm
Thinkpads Vista Business System Recovery ?

Last post by Marin85 « Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:55 pm
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by MarT40 » Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:33 pm

Is the Windows PC Complete Backup and Restore feature of Vista Business and Vista Ultimate supported by the recovery partition on Thinkpads?

To use...

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Last post by Marin85
Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:55 pm
ReadyBoost using a SanDisk 8GB Cruzer Micro on Vista 64-bit?

Last post by SHoTTa35 « Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:18 pm
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by Crunch » Mon Jun 16, 2008 5:01 am

Hey everyone. I'm going to buy two of the SanDisk 8GB Cruzer's to hopefully be able to use the U3 technology, and obviously for the mass storage. I...

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Last post by SHoTTa35
Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:18 pm
what icons are in your system tray

Last post by hellosailor « Sun Jun 15, 2008 6:46 pm
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by fr0zenmon » Sun May 11, 2008 3:38 pm

factory setting.
Looking to add some useful stuff?

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Last post by hellosailor
Sun Jun 15, 2008 6:46 pm
Diskeeper and Defragmenting

Last post by davidspalding « Sun Jun 15, 2008 2:19 pm
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by Poximex » Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:26 am

Hey guys,

I have a T61 that's running Vista with SP1. The computer is up-to-date with all of the latest Lenovo and Windows updates. However, I am...

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Last post by davidspalding
Sun Jun 15, 2008 2:19 pm
System Update 2 problem

Last post by pawkala « Sun Jun 15, 2008 5:59 am
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by Deckard » Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:00 am

Hello,

I have downloaded and installed System Update 2 via Software Installer. Everything went fine.

But when I start it and click on the Get new...

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Last post by pawkala
Sun Jun 15, 2008 5:59 am
Windows does not remember full screen settings.

Last post by Turbo1dr « Sat Jun 14, 2008 10:48 pm
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by Turbo1dr » Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:10 pm

I just installed an SXGA+ screen in my T23 ThinkPad. After doing so Windows will not remember that I have them to stretched out to full screen. By...

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Last post by Turbo1dr
Sat Jun 14, 2008 10:48 pm
Restore Points

Last post by sinanju009 « Sat Jun 14, 2008 9:28 pm
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by Perdu » Sun Jun 08, 2008 7:18 pm

Occasionally I create a restore point, but when I go to look for my restore point days later there are no restore points. I'm not aware that I have...

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Last post by sinanju009
Sat Jun 14, 2008 9:28 pm
Recovery Disks and Microsoft Office

Last post by ryengineer « Sat Jun 14, 2008 8:24 am
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by Jason404 » Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:39 pm

My X40 came with Microsoft Office 2003 on it.

If I use the Recovery Disks to restore it to factory state, I guess it would not include Office, even...

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Last post by ryengineer
Sat Jun 14, 2008 8:24 am
Business Contact Mgr. update kb946140 error 779

Last post by nikemen « Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:08 am
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by sgmidf » Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:59 pm

Whether I like it or not, Windows Update wants to install Update KB946140 for Outlook 2007 Business Contact Manager. I get an error 779 (no more...

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Last post by nikemen
Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:08 am
Wired Network issue out of hibernation, only wireless works

Last post by johnp126 « Fri Jun 13, 2008 5:45 am
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by johnp126 » Mon Jun 09, 2008 8:48 pm

Vista 64bit business SP1 T61p 4gb ram 7200 200gb hd

All patched with windowsupdate and lenovo patches. Noticed an issue that sometimes out of...

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Last post by johnp126
Fri Jun 13, 2008 5:45 am
SOS - I've got a brick. [Halfway resolved now.]

Last post by K0LO « Thu Jun 12, 2008 10:21 pm
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by hellosailor » Tue May 20, 2008 3:38 pm

I had a T61p running Vista Ultimate. Something was wrong, Windows Update kept failing erratically, and I foolishly decided to back it up and rebrick...

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Last post by K0LO
Thu Jun 12, 2008 10:21 pm
System Update hangs - Added Type and S/N

Last post by hellosailor « Thu Jun 12, 2008 5:00 pm
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by chadwicktr » Sat Jun 07, 2008 3:39 pm

I had my personal T61 serviced at a local IBM repair center in Raleigh last December. They replaced the mobo, but they unfortunately forgot to add a...

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Last post by hellosailor
Thu Jun 12, 2008 5:00 pm
Rescue & Recovery update question

Last post by hellosailor « Thu Jun 12, 2008 4:12 pm
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by majro » Sat Feb 09, 2008 12:38 pm

I wanted to restore SWTOOLS directory from a backup that I made immediately after having my R61i delivered. I fired up the R&R, chose to restore...

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Last post by hellosailor
Thu Jun 12, 2008 4:12 pm
Random Taskbar Notification Icons Disappearing

Last post by loyukfai « Thu Jun 12, 2008 12:11 pm
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by loyukfai » Sat May 24, 2008 12:54 pm

When the system (XP) boots, sometimes all the taskbar notification icons appear. Sometimes one or two will be missing (e.g. sound adjustment;...

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Last post by loyukfai
Thu Jun 12, 2008 12:11 pm
Does anyone know what logmon.exe is?

Last post by barrywohl « Thu Jun 12, 2008 7:45 am
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by yossarian » Tue Sep 13, 2005 12:04 am
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Hi folks

I have an IBM Thinkpad T43 with the vanilla factory install of winxp pro sp2 + lenovo software updates. While browsing through the task...
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Last post by barrywohl
Thu Jun 12, 2008 7:45 am
Lenono add-in CPwmIEBrowserHelper kills IE7 performance

Last post by BrianPlencner « Thu Jun 12, 2008 7:42 am
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by yobyot » Sun May 20, 2007 11:13 am

I had an annoying delay in opening new windows and/or tabs in IE7. Then, I disabled this add-in and performance vastly improved.

Does anyone know...

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Last post by BrianPlencner
Thu Jun 12, 2008 7:42 am
what gadgets do you use regularly?

Last post by cpascu01 « Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:34 am
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by fr0zenmon » Sun May 11, 2008 1:27 pm

clock
calender
looking to add more useful ones?

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Last post by cpascu01
Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:34 am
T61/Vista won't recognize ext'l HDD w/partitions of OSX/FAT

Last post by Popliteus « Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:49 pm
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by Popliteus » Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:56 am

I have a T61 with Vista that doesn't seem to recognize my external hard drive. When I plug the hard drive into the T61 (by USB2 and/or Firewire), the...

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Last post by Popliteus
Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:49 pm
Why is everything that Microsoft does unreal bloatware?

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Wed Jun 11, 2008 6:23 pm
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by beeblebrox » Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:52 am

I have been using WinXP on my T40p since it came out years ago and can not upgrade to Vista (corporate rules).

Because I have quite lot of files...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Wed Jun 11, 2008 6:23 pm
I use the vista session memory to stop and start work

Last post by fr0zenmon « Tue Jun 10, 2008 3:31 pm

by fr0zenmon » Tue Jun 10, 2008 3:31 pm

And I keep having weird issues? Like this time when i tried to restart it booted up with thiinkvantage rescue and recovery 4 and before that there...

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Last post by fr0zenmon
Tue Jun 10, 2008 3:31 pm
Hidden partition?

Last post by Quantique « Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:15 am
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by stefan2 » Sun May 25, 2008 1:22 pm

Hey,
I bought a lenovo thinkpad R61 about 8 months ago, and 3 months later i decided to format my laptop and install it with windows XP instead of...

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Last post by Quantique
Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:15 am
what is UP with SEARCH?

Last post by nikemen « Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:54 am

by nikemen » Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:54 am

So, trying to use VISTA search to perform some usual tasks.

For example, every once in a while I use SEARCH on XP boxes to find whatever files are...

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Last post by nikemen
Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:54 am
Can't shink vista partition past 5gb of space

Last post by taob « Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:32 pm
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by lbraasch » Fri Jun 06, 2008 7:09 pm

I'm attempting to shrink the vista volume on my t61p. However, with a 100gb hdd, and ~40gb of free space, the shrink will only allocate 5gb of space....

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Last post by taob
Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:32 pm
Cloning HD with Acronis

Last post by crashnburn « Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:09 pm
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by SetTainte » Thu Sep 13, 2007 7:57 am

I'm about to change a new hard drive to my T61p.

1. I have installed Acronis True Image Home.

2. I have my old HD at original place and the new one...

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Last post by crashnburn
Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:09 pm
Do I need to put vista to sleep

Last post by sliverstorm « Sat Jun 07, 2008 2:47 am
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by fr0zenmon » Wed Jun 04, 2008 3:19 pm

before i close the lid/hatch. What happens if i just close the cover and carry my laptop. can my hd get damaged?

What is the best and fastest way...

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Last post by sliverstorm
Sat Jun 07, 2008 2:47 am
Drive Lettering Problem

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Fri Jun 06, 2008 5:33 pm
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by Dblock86 » Tue Jun 03, 2008 11:48 pm

So I only have one CD-RW/DVD drive on my T61. But for some reason when i click on my computer it displays another device with removable storage. How...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Fri Jun 06, 2008 5:33 pm
T61 docking with LCD

Last post by chadwicktr « Fri Jun 06, 2008 4:21 pm
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by chadwicktr » Fri Jun 06, 2008 3:01 pm

I'm setting up some new office equipment and I have a question regarding a t61 setup with an advance mini dock and an external LCD. It's setup to...

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Last post by chadwicktr
Fri Jun 06, 2008 4:21 pm
I just restored my T41

Last post by bazciscor « Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:44 am
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by Padhead » Fri Dec 21, 2007 6:59 pm

Hello,

My system ( T41) was down so I installed a second intance of XP on it using an XP install disk from a Dell.

Once I got the second instance...

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Last post by bazciscor
Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:44 am
Running 32 bit application on 64 bit OS

Last post by Marin85 « Mon Jun 02, 2008 4:59 pm
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by ThinkZ61 » Wed May 28, 2008 7:06 pm

Are there any advantages/disadvantages of using 32 bit application on 64 bit OS like Windows Vista Ultimate?

I am wondering if it's worth to upgrade...

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Last post by Marin85
Mon Jun 02, 2008 4:59 pm
how much memory is enough for Vista

Last post by hellosailor « Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:00 pm
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by rbi » Tue May 20, 2008 12:16 am

My R61 has alreday got two 1GB memory and 128mb dedicated video card. But it runs very slow when I let the computer decides what's best for itself....

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Last post by hellosailor
Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:00 pm
Problem w/Recovery Disks

Last post by bazciscor « Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:45 am

by bazciscor » Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:45 am

Hello. I attempted to reinstall XP from I.B.M./Lenovo issued recovery disks and after the Recovery Disk (1 of 1) and supplemental disk, I received...

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Last post by bazciscor
Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:45 am
100% CPU with latest Access Connections

Last post by jgrobertson « Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:44 pm
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by jgrobertson » Thu May 15, 2008 8:49 am

I have see the CPU go to 100% for a long time, 15 minutes or so, after boot up or waking up and it seams that it was Access Connections (the latest...

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Last post by jgrobertson
Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:44 pm
Rescue & Recovery Eating space.

Last post by TooManyIDs « Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:20 am
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by BoomAM » Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:59 pm

Hi.
Ive spent all week trying to delete a 20Gb backup (according to R&R) from my drive.
After freeing up about 8Gb so the 'no space' error didnt crop...

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Last post by TooManyIDs
Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:20 am
CCleaner Causing Install Problem

Last post by Nick Y « Sun Jun 01, 2008 2:57 am

by Nick Y » Sun Jun 01, 2008 2:57 am

Solution to problem in that Nero would not install as it continually indicates the need for a reboot:

To clear a Bluetooth problem I am currently...

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Last post by Nick Y
Sun Jun 01, 2008 2:57 am
Updates of all sorts FAIL and BLOATED sensations

Last post by fschwep « Sat May 31, 2008 4:39 pm
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by charredii » Wed May 28, 2008 3:40 pm

somebody please help:

I cannot make any updates to my system with System Update 3.14 or Windows Update. I've tried for a long time now to put .NET...

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Last post by fschwep
Sat May 31, 2008 4:39 pm
WARNING: Disable your Flash Player immediately !

Last post by Elwyn « Fri May 30, 2008 4:41 pm
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by Puppy » Wed May 28, 2008 8:12 am

Adobe Flash Player Unspecified Vulnerability

Malware Attack Exploiting Flash Zero Day Vulnerability

Extremly critical vulnerability has been...

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Last post by Elwyn
Fri May 30, 2008 4:41 pm
No Wireless in Win Server 2008

Last post by mgo « Fri May 30, 2008 1:54 pm
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by dfumento » Fri May 30, 2008 12:26 pm

I can't get wireless to work when running Windows Server 2008. I can't get the Fn-F5 to work. When it boots up I get an error in tposdsvc.exe which...

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Last post by mgo
Fri May 30, 2008 1:54 pm
Warning! I learned my Lesson!

Last post by tilneford « Thu May 29, 2008 12:32 pm
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by mpcook » Tue May 13, 2008 7:04 pm

Just an FYI so others can avoid what I learned the hard way. In fact, it could have been a lot worse!

I have, among others, an HP laptop, which is...

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Last post by tilneford
Thu May 29, 2008 12:32 pm
no mouse, no keyboard and bsod after starting up

Last post by ryan00davis « Thu May 29, 2008 12:25 am
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by ryan00davis » Tue May 27, 2008 11:11 pm

ok, so i have a lenovo x61t running vista 64 and after a reboot, i now have no keybord, no mouse, the touchscreen doesnt work, the tablet doesnt...

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Last post by ryan00davis
Thu May 29, 2008 12:25 am
Switch SATA to Compatibility Mode

Last post by carbon_unit « Wed May 28, 2008 9:17 pm
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by Bob34 » Mon May 26, 2008 8:25 pm

How do I get Windows' to boot while in the SATA controller is in Compatibility mode? I did a repair install with Windows and now I'm in AHCI mode and...

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Last post by carbon_unit
Wed May 28, 2008 9:17 pm
Raging (Blue) Toothache!

Last post by Nick Y « Wed May 28, 2008 1:51 pm
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by Nick Y » Mon May 26, 2008 12:40 pm

I have just had to replace my old Bluetooth mouse with a new one; different model, but both made by Trust.

I had terrible troubles, initially, with...

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Last post by Nick Y
Wed May 28, 2008 1:51 pm
Warning: Battery Maximizer Resource Leak!!

Last post by Moroner « Wed May 28, 2008 9:13 am
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by AlexanderT » Sat Jan 01, 2005 3:23 pm

Hi,

There is a massive resource leak bug in the latest version of IBM's Battery MaxiMiser and Power Management Features (1.37a). See here an...

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Wed May 28, 2008 9:13 am

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