After you type a command at a command prompt on a Toshiba Tablet PC that is running Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2), the computer stops responding.

For example, this problem may occur after you type the start chcp 1252 command.

An article was added to Microsoft’s Knowledge Base yesterday that I found rather curious. Titled Some Toshiba portable computers cannot be upgraded to Windows Vista, it says “These portable computers were originally manufactured and designed to support only Microsoft Windows XP”. The article then goes on to list the specific models: Keep reading →

Consider the following scenario. You connect a Toshiba Device Bay optical drive to a portable Toshiba computer that is running Windows Vista. To do this, you use a hot-swap operation, or you use a warm-swap operation. In this scenario, the drive is not recognized.

Note: In this scenario, a “hot-swap operation” means that you connect the drive while the computer is still running. A “warm-swap operation” means that you connect the drive while the computer is asleep, and then you wake the computer.