Prob with Fn keys and Toshiba Flash Cards

Hey guys. I have a slight prob with these and I sure hope you could help me out.

I have a Toshiba Satellite A100-VA5 (PSAANC-VA505C) running on Vista Home Premium and this Toshiba Flash cards thing crashes a lot (aside from the fact that it's a resource hog), especially when I get the laptop up from Sleep mode. Then, I have to either restart the comp or the app. Without it, I cannot use any of the Fn keys (screen brightness, etc.).

I have upgraded the Bios from 5.10 to 5.60 (release date 3/9/2007) but I still can't make the Fn keys to work without the Flash Cards being on. Is there a way around this?

Thanks guys.

 

go to start and then type (flash car) in to run then disable it.

 

Sidewinder this is not the solution. I have the same problem as PSX0529.

Your advice renders the Fn keys inoperable. What we need is a way to turn off the resource hogging GUI that Toshiba have decided to seemingly hardwire into the Fn keys. There must be a way. This is very very frustrating.

 

Now I know what you're gonna say... "Don't buy the 2nd cheapest laptop in PCWorld, an if u r, then at least have go first, don't just buy it 'cause of the specs" but for what's inside it sounded like a good deal.

 

Hey I just bought the M100 and running SP2 Windows XP Professional and my FN F6 & F7 keys are not working and my screen is too bright.

The FN F5 key helps some by dimming the screen, but I would like to be able to manually adjust it to the way I like it. Has anyone been able to fix their FN keys?

 

Still no joy. Hell with it, I'm calling Toshiba. What's the betting that whoever I speak to doesn't even know what day it is....

 

I got this info about the program in case it's any help. I'm in the new Vista version of MSConfig and the button used to disable this thing at boot is greyed out

File Name: TCrdMain.exe
Display Name: TOSHIBA Flash Cards
Description: TOSHIBA Flash Cards
Publisher: TOSHIBA Corporation
Digitally Signed By: VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA
File Type: Application
Startup Value: C:\Program Files\TOSHIBA\FlashCards\TCrdMain.exe
File Path: C:\Program Files\TOSHIBA\FlashCards\TCrdMain.exe
File Size: 530552
File Version: 1.0.0.7
Date Installed: 11/12/2006 18:27:12
Startup Type: Registry: Local Machine
Location: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Classification: Permitted
Ships with Operating System: No
SpyNet Voting: Not applicable

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OK, for some reason the disable button is lit up now, I've disabled it, rebooted and I'm happy to say I've solved the problem. The instrcutions from star to finish (in Vista) are:

Click Start
Click on Control Panel (make sure there's a dot next to "Control Panel Home" on the left hand side of the Control Panel window)
Click "Change Startup Programs" (Under Programs)
Change the Category drop-down menu to "Startup Programs"
Scroll down the list until you see Toshiba Flash Cards under the Toshiba Corporation heading, then click on it
Click the Disable button at the bottom-right of the window
Reboot
Login
Press Fn+F6
Breathe deep sigh of relief
Go to bed

Spiderpig, spiderpig, does whatever a spiderpig does....

 

Thank you Spiderpig ! Worked perfectly !

 

Spiderpig would you happen to know how I can perform that trick using Windows XP?

 

Just a quick note. It worked for me too but I had to click the show for all users button before I could click the disable button.

Do what spiderpig does, he knows!

PS. Sorry no help on winxp

 

To disable start up items in Win XP go to start, run and type msconfig. Hit enter and click on start and remove the check from the program you want to stop. Click apply and close . Restart computer, When you see the notice you have made changes place a check in don't show this again.
Hope this helps.

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