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    Quick Lauch and HP Wireless Assistant Issues

    Discussion in 'HP' started by nicholasbgr, Mar 4, 2008.

  1. nicholasbgr

    nicholasbgr Newbie

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    I just formated my Compaq C720 and installed Vista Home Premium but I'm having two problems. First, I instaled the Quick Launch buttons driver (FN+key) and its working fine, but the indication icons are not showing up when I use the hot keys (the sound icon for example). The second issue is that I can't find the HP Wireless Assistant to download. Anyone can give me a hand on this 2 things?
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    nicholasbgr, Mar 4, 2008
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  2. jetstar

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    Did you install the relevant driver from HP?
     
    jetstar, Mar 4, 2008
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    nicholasbgr Newbie

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    I dont't care about the wireless assistant, but its nice to control the sound and see the volume numbers on the screen. Any idea how I can get it back?
     
    nicholasbgr, Mar 5, 2008
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    I think that was only possible on XP. There is a program called quick touch which shows everything on-screen but im not sure if its available for your model
     
    flipfire, Mar 5, 2008
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  5. FunnyX

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    Yes, that GUI you are referring to are API commands that are only usable by XP at the moment. You'll have to wait and see if they(HP) implement it in vista.
     
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    Are you guys sure? My notebook came with Vista Basic, and this was implemented already.. o.o
     
    nicholasbgr, Mar 5, 2008
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    The OSD functions work well in vista. Also, you don't need the wireless assistant. That function is already built into windows. The wireless assistant is just added bloat.
     
    deputy963, Mar 7, 2008
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    wireless assistant is the only program that will let you disable bluetooth from wireless seperately. otherwise it is bloatware, as you can disable it manually from the device manager anyway
     
    flipfire, Mar 7, 2008
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