From: John Cuccia 

On Mon, 30 May 2005 19:03:00 -0400, "Frank Haber"
 wrote:

>So, JohnC, IBM/Lenovo has switched over to Java for the update utils, support
>snoop, etc., right?  Are they more friendly?  Less cranky?

Besides the Active Protection app, I'm only using the Software Installer.
It is composed of an EXE and a couple of DLLs and uses the .NET framework. 
It is more friendly, faster, and more reliable than the version that came
with the machine.

>(Confession: I was always confused on T42s with IBMs "nework locations"
>profile thing being hot at the same time as the Microsoft stuff.

Me too, and it should have disable the MS wireless zero configuration stuff
upon installation.  At any rate, I uninstalled the IBM app ("Access
Connections") almost immediately.  It's been updated several times
since I got this machine, but I haven't tried the newer versions.   I did
try a similar app provided by Intel  in their
generic driver kit for the 2200bg mobile connection (trying ot solve
connectivity problems that were ultimately resolved by dumping WPA), but
prefer the built in management tuff.


>I was always
>out of sync with one or the other.  I didn't have the machine in my hot hands
>for long enough to get used to it, though.)

It looks good in theory, you can save profiles for various places you work
and pick the one you need, but it seemed a bit unpredictable in my very,
very brief experience with it.

>Question: If you have an IBM carrier, can you slap an alternate HD in a T42
>without setting up the HD password stuff?

I'm guessing that you can, but I have no idea what HD password stuff you mean?

>(Not a second HD, an alternate boot
>HD.)  That always scared the pants off me.  What if it goes south?  Goodbye
>machine and data until you buy another $1000 motherboard?

That reminds me, I need to buy a warranty upgrade for this thing.  It came
with 1 year, I want to add 2.

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