20 Most Recent IBM ThinkPad R52 Notebook Questions & Answers

first try to check in the program files if you have bluetooth installed.
start >> programs >>bluetooth >> bluetooth settings
look for the menu were you can activate the bluetooth.

also you can try. looking in the system tray icons. you will see the blueetooth icon in color red when it is disabled...right click on the icon and choose enable bluetooth radio.

If it has the blue IBM Access button on it, press that immediately after turning on the computer. It should load a page with options to run a recovery. More info here: http://smallbusiness.chron.com/restore-thinkpad-factory-defaults-42801.html

Hold your FN key then click on NumLk

it will work fine only with windows xp

buy one

You have set up the computer BIOS to boot from the network card. That means the BIOS starts up the network card which goes out on a company LAN to look for the operating system If you did this by mistake while playing in the BIOS then you can go into the BIOS , usually by pressing F2 when you first turn the computer on, and going to boot menu and picking your hard drive. If you bought the laptop the way it is, then it probably doesn't have an OS on the hard drive and may not have a hard drive at all. If you came by this laptop by illegal means then I am chuckling at your misfortune.

This means your browser is losing focus as the top window everytime you load a new page. So it could be something as innocent as some broken Javascript or something more nefarious. All I can advise is the standard: Install all OS updates. Download and run Ccleaner and Malwarebytes Anti-malware. Both come in free versions that are very capable.

OK, I posted this the other day, so for the benefit of those who missed it. "None" of these techniques will work on the R52, as it has a different chip. The above well intentioned solutions mentioned above will work with older models but not this machine as the bios chip has been changed. FYI

go to my devices click on the driver file uninstall. then shut down computer. when on start up it will have no sound go back to my devices and click on search. should pop up with new driver. then go to my control and go on classic view, should see a speaker icon click on it and there is the settings for speaker control. in one of the boxed there will be a tick box to show on desk top click it and aply setting the speaker sound bar should be back in its place then.

Sounds like a bios error code. If you have a store brand PC like HP, Dell, Gateway there will be a section describing the beep codes, some manufacturers also have a series of 4 led lights on the back of the PC that correspond to different problems. Have you recently added RAM or other components to your PC?

restart and HOLD the keys CTRL or FN + f11 or f12 for BOOT and try it. God bless you