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    OSD Doesnt work on Win7

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by holsda, Nov 19, 2009.

  1. holsda

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    Everything works but when i try to change display brightness with FN + F5 OR F4 its doesnt work...
    its very wierd that when i try on vista it works beatufully
    but when i comes to win7 it doesnt...

    cause of this i have been re installing the OS Over 40 times
    i think... and some driver problems like graphic and wireless

    still i counldnt solve the OSD Issue
    wonder anyone have similar issue or having problem
     
    holsda, Nov 19, 2009
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  2. CooLMinE

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    I didnt install AW's OSD setup but all my fn shortcuts work properly including the brightness ones.
     
    CooLMinE, Nov 19, 2009
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    Alienware/Dell needs to sort their Win7 Drivers pronto. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt that Win7 Just came out and they are working on actually getting windows 7 drivers going (Not just Vista 64 ones renamed.)

    The Driver CD that came with my Windows 7 Dellienware even says VISTA64 RESOURCE CD when loaded. Weak!
     
    nickbarbs, Nov 19, 2009
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    I forgot to mention, the OSD program does work in Windows 7 but the service seems to get lost in the mist and stop working until reinstalled. I've actually got it in my startup menu as an Item that takes less than 2 seconds to install anyway and I do it every boot up.
     
    nickbarbs, Nov 19, 2009
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    OSD works perfectly fine for me, and im using w7...
     
    Thasee, Nov 19, 2009
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    Works perfectly for me to (Win 7 Ult 64).
     
    KracsNZ, Nov 19, 2009
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  7. holsda

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    seems like im the only one who suffers this problem... hmmm
    is this suppose to be mainboard problem?
     
    holsda, Nov 19, 2009
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    the only thing not working for me is the integrated GPU. I cant use the Fn+F7 to switch graphics.
     
    jrflurry, Nov 19, 2009
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    have a shortcut in your startup folder to OSD_main.exe, it should work then
     
    rockfock, Nov 19, 2009
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    Code: 
    @echo off
tasklist /nh /fi "imagename eq osd_main.exe" | find /i "osd_main.exe" > nul
if errorlevel 1 "C:\Program Files\OSD\Launch.exe"
    Put that into notepad, save it as a .bat, and then run that on startup (I had the same problem, this fixes it for me)
     
    no92stallion, Nov 20, 2009
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    Just curious here, you did install the drivers in the proper order, correct?

    Be sure you are on BIOS A02 with the current version of OSD. According to the release notes, with the current version of OSD, if used with BIOS A01 or A00 a conflict can occur.
     
    BatBoy, Nov 20, 2009
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  12. holsda

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    appriciate thanks for solution tho
    is the start up as windows back ground? i dont really get it
    what is start up? when can i find that folder?
     
    holsda, Nov 20, 2009
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    its AO2 and i tried 40 times cause first time when i get windows 7
    some of the dirvers didnt work properly so
     
    holsda, Nov 20, 2009
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  14. holsda

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    i have done that but i dont know where is start up
    sorry im not using English OS so it makes me little confuse
    when it comes to translate
     
    holsda, Nov 20, 2009
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    I'm still waiting for the drivers on OSD for WIN7 from alienware.com. I feel that this going to take a long time to wait or they are just to lazy to make thise Windows 7 drivers.
     
    nodeffect, Nov 20, 2009
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  16. Easier

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    I had the same problem Holsda, though it also affected the touch pad icons above the number pad. My solution was to uninstall the command center and just keep the OSD. My lights still light up, I just can't change them unless I reinstall the command center. I suspect the command center doesn't play nicely with Windows 7.
     
    Easier, Nov 21, 2009
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    startup folder = C:\Users\"UserName"\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
     
    rockfock, Nov 22, 2009
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    I got OSD to work by setting OSD to run as administrator. Then i disabled UAC to not have the pop up at start up. Every thing works great now...even Binary GFX.
     
    jrflurry, Nov 22, 2009
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