[ltp] Is my thinkpad burning?

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On Monday 12 December 2005 04:40 am, Jim Harvey wrote:
> 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.

That is because it IS lighter fluid.

It will dissolve some glue; it will also dissolve some plastic.