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    DV9000t w/XP, can't adjust brightness

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Hellmanns, Jul 29, 2008.

  1. Hellmanns

    Hellmanns Notebook Evangelist

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    I lost my Vista disk so I installed XP again.
    Everything was working fine until I installed a few programs and my brightness keys stopped working (fn-f7/f8). Within about 20 seconds after boot, I can, but it just quits working afterward. All of my other fn commands work though.

    I tried going through and shutting down processes that may be the culprit, but I didn't find anything that worked.

    Any ideas?
     
    Hellmanns, Jul 29, 2008
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    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Re-install the quick launch button drivers. These drivers control the FN keys aswell
     
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  3. Hellmanns

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    That must have been the problem. Thanks!

    What's the benefit of having the driver though? Without it I can still do everything I have been.
     
    Hellmanns, Jul 29, 2008
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