[ltp] Is my thinkpad burning?

[Jim Harvey]

Ted Frater wrote:

> On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 17:27:31 +0100, Michele Campeotto 
> <micampe@micampe.it>
> wrote:
>
>> In fact, it is. Since those are OEM licenses, tied to the hardware
>> they're first installed, the stickers are made to be impossible to
>> remove and stick on another machine: if you try to remove them they
>> will rip apart.
>
>
> Interresting point... Does anyone know how to remove the sticker anyway?
> Perhaps there is a special method. I use only debian, but since I have
> bought that system I do not want to throw away my license...
>
> Csaba


I have had good luck with Naptha.  Wet a small rag with it and dab 
around the sticker see if the glue softens.  Be careful, it's 
flammable.  It smells like lighter fluid for a reason.