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    X61 tablet Windows 7 - Fn+Home/End NO on-screen brightness

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by milstein, Jun 6, 2010.

  1. milstein

    milstein Newbie

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    Hi all,

    Sorry for re-posting...
    I've just done a clean-install of Windows 7 on my X61 tablet (1400x1050).
    After that I fired up system update 4 and installed most of the drivers and updates.

    One weird thing is that on-screen brightness indicator is missing when I use the Fn+Home / Fn+End, while on-screen audio indicator and on-screen cap-lock / num-lock indicator are working.
    When I use the tablet shortcut menu and click onto the brightness up and down menu, the on-screen brightness is there. However, Fn+Home and Fn+End do not trigger any on-screen brightness indicator.

    How can I get the on-screen brightness back when I press the Fn+Home / Fn+End?

    Thanks in advance.

    Cheers,

    - M

    n.b. I have installed all the most updated drivers using system update 4 from Lenovo, and including the Hotkeys driver even separately.
     
    milstein, Jun 6, 2010
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  2. lead_org

    lead_org Purveyor of Truth

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    are you using Thinkvantage Power Manager 3.2?
     
    lead_org, Jun 6, 2010
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  3. milstein

    milstein Newbie

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    @lead_org,

    Yes, Power Manager version 3.20.
     
    milstein, Jun 7, 2010
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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Try reinstalling the Hotkey driver.
     
    ZaZ, Jun 7, 2010
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  5. milstein

    milstein Newbie

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    @ZaZ

    I've reinstalled the latest Hotkey driver 5+ times...
     
    milstein, Jun 7, 2010
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  6. milstein

    milstein Newbie

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    Problem solved:
    Installed a bunch of optional updates from within Windows Updates
     
    milstein, Jun 7, 2010
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