Re: [newbie] back to Windows

2005-04-01 Thread Deep Thinker
On Apr 1, 2005 9:43 AM, Anders Lind [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Me too! Except I'm going to use my Atari Falcon from now on! No, even better, I'm going back to my Atari 800XL! Those were the days! carefully looking at todays date before replying :-) Hehehe...well, Ronald you might

Re: [newbie] BIOS password on a Compaq Presario 1275

2005-02-05 Thread Deep Thinker
On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:10:58 +1100, AndrĂ¡s Keszei [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 14:11, Deep Thinker wrote: On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 17:57:38 -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Removing the CMOS battery isn't always easy on laptops. Also, most laptop

[newbie] BIOS password on a Compaq Presario 1275

2005-01-19 Thread Deep Thinker
Hello All, I have a friend that has given me several older machines because she no longer needs them. For one reason or another these machines will not work. Either bad hard drives or cracked screens or whatever. The one machine she gave me that may be of some use is a Compaq Presario 1275. In

Re: [newbie] BIOS password on a Compaq Presario 1275

2005-01-19 Thread Deep Thinker
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 17:57:38 -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Removing the CMOS battery isn't always easy on laptops. Also, most laptop hard drives offer a feature of setting a password on the drive itself. I figured as much. That is why, if at all possible, I would

[newbie] Just installed 10.1 official from 3 ftp'd isos

2004-12-24 Thread Deep Thinker
Hello everyone, Happy Holidays. I have just installed Mandrake 10.1 official from 3 iso discs downloaded. Question 1. The machine is a Gateway profile. The only network/Internet connection will be through a 3Com PCMCIA Card (3CRPAG175). What steps do I need to take to make this work, or should