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    which exe for M30 buttons?

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by flowrider, Jan 23, 2005.

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    Here is the situation. I purchased an M30 (m33xxx) at my local retailer when my A70 decided to pack it in after 2 months. As with the A70 it came preloaded with XP home version. I loaded XP Pro, downloaded all drivers from the Canadian site and updated it all. Works quite nicely except for the multimedia button in the front of the laptop. Is there a driver or .exe for these buttons? Are they configureable? I just want them to be able to control a dvd playback. Any help is appreciated.
     
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    After more searching I found that it's the Express Media Player buttons that I'm refering to. Has anyone who has upgraded to XP Pro found a patch that will let you load the player or found a rip of the program?
     
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    AFAIK this cannot be done. The Media Center has to be loaded first before the OS install and using any disk except the Toshiba recovery disks wipes out the Media Center buttons as you already know. There has been a lot of discussion about this and to the best of my knowledge no one has found a work around. Sorry.
     
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    OK. Absolutely bizarre. I've partitioned with Partion Magic, loaded WinXP Pro and Express media player should be gone right? Well for some reason last night when the computer was off I decided to press the EMP button. Nearly shat myself! The comp partially turned on and EMP booted up!!! I stuck in a dvd and lo and behold it played! Damn am I ever confused now!!
     
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    No idea why that happened but be grateful in any case [ :)]
     
    ya1950, Jan 24, 2005
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