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    What happened to my F7?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by brunotattaglia, Mar 28, 2010.

  1. brunotattaglia

    brunotattaglia Notebook Guru

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    Today I was trying to display my screen onto a projector via standard VGA cable. It didn't work, but this is not what this post is about.

    Since it didn't work, I tried toggling some settings under the F7 option. Those with a recent Thinkpad will recognize the menu that comes up when you hit Fn+F7, it's a Thinkvantage menu which allows you to choose between screen, projector, screen+projector, ABC-array, etc. Since the output wasn't working, I tried turning off this menu through an option at the bottom. Unfortunately I am unable to tell you what this option said exactly because - and here is the problem - I can't bring up the menu any more.

    Anyone know how to get the default Thinkvantage F7 menu back?

    When I go to Thinkvantage>Device Configuration>Select display settings, nothing comes up. Nothing at all. Thinkpad model in sig.
     
    brunotattaglia, Mar 28, 2010
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  2. k2001

    k2001 Notebook Deity

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    If you are using Window 7 you can use the shortcut win+p.
     
    k2001, Mar 28, 2010
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    brunotattaglia Notebook Guru

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    sorry, I should have stated it's vista business 64-bit
     
    brunotattaglia, Mar 28, 2010
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