Alternative to Quicktouch software

I've got a HP Pavilion dv6000z series notebook. There was no OSD software for the Quick launch buttons that came pre-installed on this notebook when I purchased it in Aug '07 but I installed the Quicktouch software that is now available/pre-installed on the newer dv5/dv4 series notebooks and it works relatively decent. Anyone know what I'm talking about? It's the one when you press the volume slider a small black rectangular box pops up to show the volume level? Anyway, I was wondering if anyone knew a better OSD for the Quick launch buttons? My friend has got a Lenovo SL300 series notebook and the OSD for his buttons work very well (including display brightness with the fn button) so I thought there might be something similar that will work on the HP notebooks as well. I'm running Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit alongside Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit beta.

 

Try 3RVX, it's a freeware, here
If you wish to read a review of 3RVX, here

I installed it in XP and VISTA, both work very well.
Try and have fun!

All compliments goes to Matthew Malensek.

 

That's perfect for the volume slider. Is there something that would work for the "fn +" keys too? Like for increasing/decreasing brightness by pressing fn+f8/f7? I adjust the brightness a lot and having an OSD for it would be nice.

 

Just installed 3RVX and it's fantastic! Highly recommended over the QuickTouch software.

 

If noone can find anything that does this I might have a stab at making something. It doesn't seem to be too difficult.

 

Hmmm...I get a Microsoft .NET Framework error, any ideas?

 

If you're running XP make sure you install the latest version of the .NET Framework.. that is 3.5 SP1. The same goes for Vista actually..

 

I don't think there is anything out there. What do you think you can make? It's funny, I installed Ubuntu on my notebook and all these functions were installed with the OS itself, I wish Windows had it that way as well.