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    NP9170 Keyboard Back light Control

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Xtrophy, Jul 13, 2012.

  1. Xtrophy

    Xtrophy Notebook Consultant

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    Is there anyway to control the back light on these keyboards without having the icons come up on the screen when pressing caps lock, numlock and the like?

    It is a simple thing, but it annoys me to death. Thanks.
     
    Xtrophy, Jul 13, 2012
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  2. skumdog

    skumdog Notebook Enthusiast

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    Somehow I lost the program that controls that. I didn't uninstall anything so I don't know what is up. Do you happen to know the name of the program that runs it?
     
    skumdog, Feb 25, 2013
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  3. MrDJ

    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    youve lost me.
    what icons are showing up on screen for the backlit. any chance of a screen shot.
    only ones i get are the brightness,bluetooth,volume in top left when i turn on/off or up/down.
     
    MrDJ, Feb 25, 2013
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  4. Divine_Madcat

    Divine_Madcat Notebook Evangelist

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    It is part of the hotkey application. My best advice - set your desired key color, then kill the hotkey process in task manager. Once it is dead... no more game minimizing icons (at least until you reboot).
     
    Divine_Madcat, Feb 25, 2013
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  5. AllisOne

    AllisOne Notebook Enthusiast

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    Uninstall Hotkey you have.
    Install Hotkey
    - ver. 6.0100 for Win 7: http://files.sagernotebook.com/Sagernotebook/misc/06_Hotkey_9370.exe
    or
    - ver. 8.0100 for Win 8: http://files.sagernotebook.com/Sagernotebook/misc/9370/06_Hotkey_W8_9370.exe

    Right click the Hotkey icon in the notification area and untick K/B indicator.

    It's for Sager NP9370 originally, but it works perfectly on my laptop which is Sager NP9150 more less, so it should work with your NP9170.
     
    AllisOne, Feb 25, 2013
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