Nope. But I poked around and eventually found it. So now my friend is online for the first time in 3 days. She was blaming her new iBook... but now it is vindicated!

eta: Oddly enough, her iBook can't use DHCP to connect to her home WiFi network, but mine can. But if she enters all the info manually, she can connect.

Thanks Tom for helping my sad little ibook!

You're welcome.

Excuse me, I have to use your bathroom.

So the sling thingie above goes in *conjunction* with the TiVo, yeah, not replacing? Cause, damn, with the amount of travel I do, and how spoiled I am when I sit in hotel rooms and get mad I can't pause or rewind? WOW would that be an awesome thing to have. But I'm not sure it would be $250 worth of awesome...not unless it also replaced my (still dead) TiVo.

Times like this ...

Windows File Protection Files that are required for Windows to run properly have been replaced by unrecognised versions. To maintain system stability, Windows must restore the original versions of these files.

Insert your Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 CD now.RetryMore Information¹Cancel

I don't have one! I fell for the automatic update crap (well, auto-download, not auto install) so I don't have the files lying around to be burned to CD. I hit the MS website, but since I haven't rebooted since my last update, they won't let me grab anything else, including SP2.

¹: Tells me I don't have a CD in the drive ... so helpful.

I have to take the cancel option -- if you don't see me again, it's because I was eaten from the bottom by an imbroglio of system files.

meara, alas, it's not a replacement.

I'm betting the price will come down, in time.

Or that TiVo will update their software to include a similar feature in the future!

TiVo should work on desktop software for Tiger first.

Greetings from the land of legacy hardware.

I am the proud possessor of an NEC PowerMate Plus. I also have suitcases smaller than this computer. It's an ancient "portable" computer with a bigass handle and a small tip-out LCD monitor panel and the keyboard on a side panel that detaches. 200 meg hard drive and a chassis more solid than some automobiles on the road.

It runs beautifully, but it is an archaic taker-up-of-space that doesn't deserve being casually tossed into the landfill. Is there a future for this thing, other than to chock the wheels of 747s? Are there places to recycle the electronics and such? Or is my best bet to sit down some pleasant evening with a Phillips screwdriver and an enquiring mind and see how many pieces I can disassemble it in to?

Connie, I collect "vintage" laptops, so I might be interested in taking it in. How old is it? How much RAM? What family of CPU? (8086/88, 286, 386, etc.) What version of DOS?