I don't know if it's the same thing, but a friend has a work machine with some sort of USB hardware authentication. Trouble is it times out or gets lost or something every couple of hours, so they're constantly unplugging and replugging the dongle.
Killing the USB ports, it is. So now they're going to get (what I assume is) a short USB extension cable which they'll leave plugged in all the time, and kill _its_ connector by using it all day. -- Andrew mailto:[email protected] Thursday, January 14, 2010, 6:20:25 PM, you wrote: > A smart card is credit-card sized with a chip inside and a set of contacts > on one side for the reader. I used to use one that authenticated my VPN > access (along with a PIN). (Warning - drift: Special USB dongles have now > replaced the smart card in many places for authentication and/or VPN > access. > On Thu, 14 Jan 2010, Bruce Markowitz wrote: >> Disregard, after some more updates and a reboot, there is now a different >> maximizer that allows me to set full bright. >> >> I read a review where they stated that the T61 LCD was dim. Now I wonder if >> there was an issue with the settings, as this thing (14" WXGA+) is BRIGHT, >> in >> fact so much so that now that I cured the issue I may set it back to 10 or >> 11. >> >> It is a bit of a PITA to get XP up and running on the T61, but so far it >> runs >> great. This is the 2 GHZ T7300 with the nVidia 128mb card. Seems quick and >> no >> issues so far, one gig of RAM, that might have been an issue with Win 7. >> >> But just to start a controversy, it is looking more and more (to me) that M$ >> got it right with XP SP2 (not too much experience with SP3 as most of the >> customers want SP2 for software reasons) and 7 could be as big of a bomb as >> Vista. I mean, I just don't see the point, XP is proven, solid and stable >> and >> does all kinds of neat tricks. As usual, its about the money. >> >> BTW, this unit has a smart card reader. What the heck is a smart card? Do I >> have any of them? is that like a Metro Card (for the subway)? What a waste, >> must have been a corporate purchase and they wanted to read ID badges or >> something. >> >> But my overall impression is that the T61 is built about equal to the T60, >> and so far they have been very good for my customers. In fact, I don't >> recall >> one warranty issue with a T60 that I set up. >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Markowitz" >> <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 5:11 PM >> Subject: [Thinkpad] T61 XP question for anyone >> >> >>> I just got my first T61 (at least, the first used one that I needed to >>> configure). >>> >>> It had Windows 7 on it, which was TERRIBLE (don't get me started) but it >>> was not a Lenovo recovery install, so that probably has something to do >>> with it. >>> >>> Anyway, I installed IBM XP from T60 recovery CD's. All went well, then I >>> did the update connector and got all the right T61 stuff onto it. >>> >>> But I do have one issue I have not been able to resolve - when I make a >>> power sceme, and put everything on MAX, I can only set the screen >>> brightness to 10 >>> >>> BUT, it appears, from other messages, that there should be 15 levels of >>> brightness. If I turn it all the way up then click on my sceme, it dims >>> down (back to 10 I guess). >>> >>> I did the newest power driver, BIOS etc. I don't even see a battery >>> maximizer software in the T61 matrix, but it appears to be running the T60 >>> version properly, at least as to everything else. >>> >>> Anyone have any ideas? >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Thinkpad mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Thinkpad mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad >> > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
