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Re: Trouble with laptop display - drm ebook fallout

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On 2025-07-18 11:08, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> On 2025-07-18 09:49, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>> On 2025-07-17 23:56, Robert wrote:
>>> On 17/07/2025 12:00, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> 
>> or...
>>
>> I could simply use my good laptop, moving it around when needed, 
>> instead of purchasing anything. My old laptop was very good for this 
>> usage because it existed, it was a way of using old hardware past its 
>> time. Now that it doesn't work, I can use my working, good, laptop 
>> instead. I have to move it each time, but I save on having to maintain 
>> more hardware or buying hardware.
>>
>> I can try it out today.
> 
> I connected the old laptop to an VGA display.
> 
> My desktop computer display has a VGA entry, but it is the one with 
> three rows of pins, the same as in the vga cards, so that the cable I 
> found would not fit, because in the monitor end it has 2 rows, and on 
> the PC end 3 rows. I would need a cable with 3 pin rows on each end.
> 
> So I dug out an old monitor that has a VGA cable attached (no plug on 
> the display end). Actually, it is the first flat display I bought, 
> second hand. They were very expensive at first. Connected it to the old 
> laptop, powered every thing, and after reseating a power connector, the 
> display did display the correct output. Fantastic that it did so 
> automatically. Only that the monitor is 3/4, and the laptop has the 
> modern form aspect, so a bit was lost to the right.
> 
> The machine was actually hibernated, so it restored to the running XFCE 
> session, where I could find out what episode I was watching of 
> Montalbano. Wrote it down, and did the final power off sequence.
> 
> Farewell.
> 
> It is actually the first computer I own that actually fails. I have 
> older machines still working, like an Amstrad PC 1512 DD.

I just learnt that you can not remove an ADE (Adobe Digital Editions) 
registration remotely. You can register or authorize up to 6 devices or 
computers with ADE, and you need the actual machine running to remove an 
authorization. If the computer dies, the authorization holds. The only 
resource is to go to https://www.adobe.com/es/about-adobe/contact.html 
and ask them to reset ALL your authorizations.

So I have to power up again this lapptop, connect it to the external 
display, fire up the Windows side, open up ADE, and press Ctrl + Shift + 
D and follow the dialogue instructions.

[...]

Done, on the next day.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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Re: Trouble with laptop display - drm ebook fallout "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-06 14:29 +0200
  Re: Trouble with laptop display - drm ebook fallout Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-08-06 18:04 +0000
    Re: Trouble with laptop display - drm ebook fallout "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-06 20:33 +0200
      Re: Trouble with laptop display - drm ebook fallout "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-08-06 23:39 +0100
        Re: Trouble with laptop display - drm ebook fallout Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-08-07 00:36 +0000
        Re: Trouble with laptop display - drm ebook fallout rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-07 01:53 +0000
          Re: Trouble with laptop display - drm ebook fallout "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-07 13:53 +0200
        Re: Trouble with laptop display - drm ebook fallout Daniel70 <daniel47@somewhere.someplaceelse> - 2025-08-07 20:01 +1000
          Re: Trouble with laptop display - drm ebook fallout "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-08-07 13:05 +0100

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