CONFIRM w/ QUICKLAUNCH BUttons

okay i was searching and reading everywhere on topics about the quickplay buttons, and i was hoping i didnt have to sign up to ask this but i have to.

my question is, if you have recently purchase a laptop from Hp with VISTA installed, the QUICK LAUNCH buttons will NOT work properly because there is no partition file for it, correct? (quicklaunch boots up Vista first > LogIn > then quick play boots.)

 

They will work fine in vista. They can control windows media player, or launch the quick play program (which I think looks very nice but rather useless).

The partition is for those who don't want to boot into vista and just want to be able to just quickly click and say watch a DVD or listen to some music without waiting.

 

thanks for the reply, yes i do know about the quick launch buttons and its features.

this is one of the small feature why i purchased this laptop, was to use the media buttons without launching vista. i have a dv2000t as well and it works fantastic when i'm in vista. but i could've bought a sony or mac if i wanted that, this is why i choose HP, "small feature."

anyways i was trying to confirm for those and myself who have Vista preInstalled, is it confirmed that we dont have QPD = quick play direct (without booting Vista) for the buttons to work YET?

maybe hp working on it? i called support tech, people from India just tell me over and over to do a system recovery. it still doesnt work. waste of time, personally i don't think they know they problem i stated.

 

Sadly, the quickplay partition is NOT included on the new systems shipping with Vista. Also, those users upgrading to Vista using the HP Vista Upgrade Utility will have their QPD partition (as well as their recovery partition)removed. I'm not sure why HP has gone this route, as some users have had success getting QPD to work on systems upgraded to Vista.

I'm not sure what the reasoning is. It may have to do with licensing requirements imposed on OEMs by Microsoft, or it may just be something that was causing too many tech support issues (QPD didn't like it if you made split your drive into multiple partitions, etc). Whatever the cause, I sdoubt they're working on it. If they did release it later, you're looking at a 500+MB download, that requires the hard disk to be repartitioned, etc. The new design is the way it's likely to be from now on.

 

jadedraverla- thanks for the reply

quickplay isnt so quick for me as for the rest of us who's dealing with the new design. it starts up windows and boots quickplay from there. is there a tutorial on how others with Vista preinstalled are getting the quickplay to actually work as it was intended in the first place? thanks.

i know its something small and probably something i wont use much but when i have a small problem like this, i just want it fix, call me anal. but i just want this machine to be flawless right from the factory. if you know what i mean.

my specs are the same as yours. does your QP buttons work as intended?

 

evoix -- there's no tutorial yet that I've seen. Also, you'll need the QPD install files, which would need to be posted. If I have a chance this weekend, I'll pull out my SwSetup directory backup and see what I can do. I'm not sure if it will work on my system due to the way I have the hard drive partitioned, but I'll give it a shot. If it works, I'll upload the (very large) installation files somewhere and post the directions.

For your other question about the QP buttons, the way yours work is the way mine work. If you push a button with the system off, Vista boots and then runs QuickPlay. Personally, I never actually used Quickplay under XP, but the old design was definitely better. Also, under XP, there was a Quickplay Button control panel applet that let you reassign what all the buttons did and what apps they launched from within Windows. That was also lost with the new Vista drivers, unfortunately. I would hope that problem (as it's a simple fix) will be corrected in the future, but who knows.

 

oh, okay, that would be great. thanks for your help.

hopefully we can solve this problem and let others know a way to get around the new system layout.

 

Well, there are many issues with using the Quickplay partition on a new system... and it may not work at all if the hardware has changed much from the systems that were supported by Quickplay. But for those who really want the functionality, you can give it a try, by following these steps.


1. Create your restore DVDs if you haven't already.

2. Open Disk Management tool. Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Storage -> Disk Management. You should see your C: drive as well as the Restore Partition.

3. Right click on the restore partion, and select "Delete volume." You'll need to confirm this action.

4. Now select your C:, right click and select "Extend Volume". Extend the C: drive to take up all but EXACTLY 1028 MB of disk space. You should be able to take the maximum that Vista offers and just subtract 1028 from that number. When the process is finished, you should have just a C: drive and 1028 MB of unallocated space. Do NOT create a new partition in that free space. Just leave it be. You can now exit the Computer management control panel.

5. Go to http://www.notebookforums.com/post2458021.html and download the 9 files that make up the Quickplay 2.3 partition installer. Use WinRAR or a similar program to extract the full HPQPDP directory. It's roughly 724 MB total.

6. Run Setup.exe from within the HPQPDP directory. This will create a partition in the free space on your hard drive, and install Quickplay.

There are 2 main errors you may encounter when attempting the install. The first is an error telling you that your system is not Quickplay compatible. If that's the case, you may be SOL unless someone here with your system can figure out the model ID and get it added -- and even then you may have problems with your hardware config once you get Quickplay installed. The second error is a ComponentMoveData error, which means the installer doesn't like the way your hard drive is partitioned. You MUST have just a C: drive (no secondary data partition) and EXACTLY 1028 MB of unallocated space following the C: drive otherwise you WILL get this error. If you get this error, open back up the Disk Management utility and make sure that your drive is setup correctly.

Hopefully, if all goes well, the installer will finish and correctly update the MBR with the Quickplay partition as a boot option.

If you have problems, post here and hopefully someone can help.

 

awesome thanks for the write up. i'll give it a try soon and let everyone know.

 

getting close...

okay i'm new at all this (student) so i install the 9 files from the link you had posted, and when running it i ran into the second error that you said, (ComponentMoveData error)

okay at first i had 1 gig of unallocated space, and reading again, it has to be EXACTLY 1028mb, i read thru it kinda fast, so i went back to the Disk Management utility but it wont let me extend it to 1028...anyways here's what i have on my comp.

now i have 110.83 gig on my C:drive and 978mb of unallocated space

where do i go from here? extend or shrink? because when i tried extending it to 50mb, i assumed it was gonna give me exactly 1028 but it subtracted from the 978mb that i already have. (928mb)

i'm totally lost on the whole disk management part.

thanks for helping me out again.

 

Another update on the QPD front, the F.15 bios does not work with QPD.
I just tried it on an XP machine (dv9000t). I reverted back to F.06 and its working okay now. Maybe running an earlier bios on vista and installing QPD will work?

Let me know what you think.

 

You need to use the shrink function of disk management to shrink the C: (it sounds like now by 100 MB) so that you have exactly 1028 MB of UNALLOCATED SPACE following the C: . If your previous installation attempt tried creating a partition following the C:, you also need to delete that partition so that all you have is a C: using all but 1028 MB of space, and the rest just blank. Then try rerunning the install.

Interesting. I wonder what exactly the BIOS changes that prevents Quickplay? Good tip for other who are trying, but I would definitely weigh the pros and cons of doing this. If you ever run into a problem with your machine, HP probably won't provide tech support if you are using the pre-Vista BIOS, though of course, you can always reflash the BIOS if you run into problems later. Also, if you are getting the ExpressUpgrade, I believe those require the new BIOS in order to do the OEM instant activation. You might still be able to do a standard activation (possibly requiring a call to Microsoft) but I'm not sure.

 

The 6.10C drivers available contain a help file in which it tells you how to go about reassigning the Quicklaunch buttons, but the actual program for the reassignment is not included. It could just be an outdated help file (the drivers appear to be almost identical to the XP ones) or a sign of things to come. Here's hoping it's the former; I used them very regularly!

 

Also, it appears that HP have removed the QL drivers from their site. I just checked the page for DV6000 drivers and the QL driver is missing. Hopefully this means we'll be getting a decent Vista driver in the next few weeks!

 

JadedRaverLA, i also forgot to mention in the Shrink menu when opened, it doesnt let me shrink anymore. (??) In the "Size of available shrink space in MB is at 0" so i cant even shrink 1mb...

and my previous install attempt, it didn't create a partition, all i have NOW when i open computer management system, shows the C Drive with 110.83g and 978mb of unallocated space. also i notice when i in the Shrink menu, a note at the bottom states, "Size of avaliable shrink space can be restricted if snapshots or pagefiles are enabled on the volume." where do i check to see if that's the case and maybe perhaps changed that settings (assuming thats the issue)


really thanks again. i just want to get this resolved.

 

bump, trying to resolve unfinished issue

 

I have exactly 1028MB unpartitioned and receive a ComponentMoveData error message.

Windows Vista Home Premium x64

 

Is that the freakin problem I've been having ???
My F.16 bios is blocking QuickPlay Direct!

I have followed the instructions and they don't work with the F.16 bios. At least not for me.
My error from QuickPlay Direct is that it can only be installed on a QuickPlay enabled computer ??

 

First of all: Hello and i feel honored being a new member to this community.
Second: i read a bunch of threads trying to find a solution to my problems and nothing yet, but they are very focused on this area, so here goes.

I tried the procedure and it didn't want to install... no biggie probably the BIOS version, i never used it, so nothing to miss there, but as for the customization of the quick launch buttons with my preferred programs is a must.

i downloaded a host of different drivers 6.10A has the control panel applet, but doesn't actually work... i mean i edit the program, but it doesn't care and it launches quick play, as for 6.10b and c no applet.

so, has anyone gotten to make this work... i mean set up their own apps for the quick launch buttons?

someone mentioned a help file explained how, but so far i've gotten no info out of those files. I actually couldn't care less about quick play, as long as the other buttons work with windows and winamp i'm all good... or maybe someone knows a plug-in for BSplayer as well? or for VLC?

anyway any info on those topics will be greatly appreciated.

oh yeah, BTW:
dv9030us, 1.66 C2D, 2GB Ram, 2x100GB HD, Nvidia 7600, running Vista Ultimate, Upgraded from XP MCE 2005

 

Hello.
Apologies if this is already covered in a previous post/thread.

I have a HP Pavilion laptop dv9000.
A few months ago, the Mute, Volume up and down buttons stopped working above my keyboard (Quick Play buttons). I sent the laptop to HP and they fixed the problem.

Unfortunately, the problem has resurfaced. The volume works fine, but I can't adjust it through the buttons above my keyboard.

Does anyone have any idea why this is happening and how I can fix it without sending my laptop back to HP in the mail?
BTW -- I am using Windows XP.

Thanks.

Dan

 

try reinstalling the quick launch button drivers from the HP website or the SwSetup folder

 

did u guys try and do this??

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...n&cc=us&dlc=en&product=1842189&os=228&lang=en

hope this helps some!

 

Thanks Arevee -- That worked!!

Dan

 

So if i install that hp update (dv2000 version of course) will quickplay direct work again?

Does that work with vista?

 

so does it work? Quickplay isn't very "quick" if it just starts up Vista first.