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On Fri, 23 Jan 98 12:11:27 HST, David Ross wrote: >> Anyways I was wondering what the turnaround time is on service like this > >Usually: (shipping time) + 1/2 day + (waiting for parts [if required]) For me, it seems to be about a week, because the morons at Easyserve ALWAYS point the problem at me, and then find out they were wrong! > >For most people, the third seems to be the biggest issue. For me (in Hawaii), >(1) is usually the killer (G** D** FEDEX!) <g> > >> (I can't get along without it for too long). Also I heard that if there >> are any memory upgrades, they should be removed. Is this correct? What >> about software? I suppose I should re-run lilo to default to win95 right? > >Anything you don't need to boot and reproduce the problem, remove. Also, remove >the trackpoint cap - if they're in a good mood, they'll give you a new one. > If it's very worn out, don't worry about it. A bad mouse means the whole keyboard will be replaced anyways. >Best to have it boot in W95 or DOS or OS/2. > >Incidentally, with my TP701 I used to yank the HD before sending it in. This is >impossible with the 560, so when I used service last time I had a heck of a time >removing private stuff (credit card numbers, passwords files/login scripts, etc). >Since then I've discovered a great freeware W95 encryption program, which I can't >recommend highly enough for effortless encryption of a small number of files >(or while subdirectories): called 'coded drag', at http://www.fim.uni-linz.ac.at > >- David > > -- Paul =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Paul Khoury pkhoury@loop.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Proudly running OS/2 Warp 4 on my IBM ThinkPad 701CS Do you have a spare CPU? If so, donate it to a good cause. Check out http://www.ionet.com/~colin/rc5 today!