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    middle trackpad button in Windows7 ?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by drjohn, Oct 31, 2009.

  1. drjohn

    drjohn Notebook Consultant

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    Just moved from XP to Windows 7 on my R61. The middle TrackPad button doesn't work in Firefox. I downloading a beta win7 ultranav utility (along with the Active Protection and Power Management utilities/drivers), but the middle TrackPad button still doesn't work.

    Sorry about the noob questions, but what am I missing here? How to I find the appropriate TP drivers and utility bits?
    While I'm at it, what other Lenovo utilities or drivers should I install?

    TIA, ~john
     
    drjohn, Oct 31, 2009
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    cn_habs Notebook Deity

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    I think you have to install that driver first then the utility.
    My middle button is perfectly functional after I did a clean install to obtain 7 Professional.
     
    cn_habs, Oct 31, 2009
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    Seven7 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm not sure about your trackpad problem but some utilities I find useful for me are Power manager, Access Connections, and Thinkvantage Toolbox.
     
    Seven7, Oct 31, 2009
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    cassiohui Notebook Evangelist

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    just install system update and i'll install everything you need for you (and you can choose so you don't have to install everything it prompts you to)
     
    cassiohui, Nov 1, 2009
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    lenardg Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    The latest version of the UltraNav driver and utility should enable the middle button for you. The drivers are not in beta anymore, so if you downloaded a beta driver, it might not be the latest one.

    ALso, there is a 32bit and 64bit version of the Ultranav driver available. Make sure you download the right one. From the UltraNav utility, there is only one version, for both 32bit and 64bit systems.

    32bit UltraNav driver:
    http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-66898

    64bit UltraNav driver:
    http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-66904

    UltraNav Utility
    http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-67226

    But you can also choose to just install System Update. It should then update all your drivers to the latest version available.

    The previous versions of System Update do not work with Windows 7 (if you had one of those, uninstall it). The latest version (4.0) can be found here:

    http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-73695
     
    lenardg, Nov 1, 2009
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    drjohn Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks... I had apparently installed the Ultranav utility without the driver. In any event, it works now(!)
     
    drjohn, Nov 1, 2009
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