X200s, clean install Win7, no onscreen display for brightness

I bought a X200s last week which was pre-loaded with XP. I did a clean install of Win7 64bit, installed the Thinkpad update utility and let that download all the drivers and a few select Lenovo utilities that I wanted.

However, when I manually increase/decrease the display brightness using the keyboard controls, I don't see the on-screen indicator that shows the brightness setting anymore.

Does anyone know what the laptop is missing? I don't want to blindly install all the Thinkpad software if I can help it.

Thanks.

 

You need the "Hotkey Features Integration" package for Windows 7 which features the On Screen Display indicators when adjusting the display brightness. You can find this package for your system here. Personally I just install the "On Screen Display" and the "System Interface Driver" from the package which should be sufficient.

Also make sure you use Lenovo video drivers, using the generic drivers provided by the vendor (Intel) omits the information needed to make the hotkeys work.

 

thanks for the helpful post.

that last part... that I have to use the Lenovo drivers, was the missing link. i had the hotkey utlitity installed but was using the native micorosft driver. after updating to the lenovo driver and after reinstalling the hotkey integration, voila, things were perfect.

it's hunky-dory now...thanks again!