From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Thu Mar 01 2001 - 13:22:28 EST
find a copy of the w2k preload recovery Cd for the T21..
you'll save much time that way.. :-)
Cordially, :-)
Bill Morrow
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Lynch" <thinkpad_at_sprawl.net>
To: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 1:08 PM
Subject: T21, DVD, and Win2000
> So I'm thinking of upgrading my T21 to Windows 2000. I'm currently
> running Windows 98SE, and have a DVD module for the Ultrabay.
>
> I made up a checklist of things that I may need to worry about, and
> one thing came up as a potential problem. The DVD decoder software. IBM's
> site only lists an upgrade for the software, and not the full version.
>
> And just to make things that much difficult, I also don't have the
> original CDs that come with the unit. My company's IT department doesn't
> give anything, for fear that people will mess with things. However, since
> I'm now in a department that has exemption from their rules, they don't
> care that I'll be installing it, but they won't exactly help. ;-)
>
> Will I be okay if I try the upgrade, or is there another source for the
> software?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> ---
> AdamL.
>
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>
> Any view of the universe that is not strange is false.
>
> -Neil Gaiman
>
> Perfection is what we achieve when we lower our standards.
>
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