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    windows 7 drivers for cf-y5

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by discord, Dec 14, 2010.

  1. discord

    discord Notebook Guru

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    When I'm not using ubuntu on my cf-y5, I use windows for a few programs. Anyhow, I put windows 7 on my laptop, but there is no way to control the brightness, neither with the hotkeys, or in a menu. Does anybody know how to get this working in win7?
     
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  2. Alex

    Alex Super Moderator

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    The hotkeys driver controls the screen brightness and is required
    I had the same issues when I first tried W7 on a few of my older Toughbooks
    It was a serious issue for me as it is very important to control this and I lost patience and went back to XP in most cases
    With members here finding success with older hardware cf-18 mk-1 and even the early model cf-29's it gives you hope to resolving this

    You need to find a Vista driver, and if not available a xp driver and try different things to get it to work by running in compatability mode etc
     
    Alex, Dec 15, 2010
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    discord Notebook Guru

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    it's really frustrating that microsoft wants everybody to buy a new computer. At least with linux (ubuntu) all the hotkeys work out of the box, and I can control my screen brightness
     
    discord, Dec 16, 2010
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    I tried to upgrade to 7 on my 28 but had to step back down as there was no way to get the hotkey drivers or the graphics drivers to work. Sucks man.
     
    tucker100, Dec 17, 2010
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