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what util to get FN+F7 working?
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 1:33 pm
by skanky
i'm installing windows on a t41 and cant get the FN+F7 (to switch display sources) combo to work, its not pres director i need to install to get that functionality, is it?
pretty sure pres director isnt on my t42 but i still have the ability to FN+F7..
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:05 pm
by Terrahawk
I think what you're looking for is the Thinkpad Hotkey driver.
Re: what util to get FN+F7 working?
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:49 pm
by Musti
skanky wrote:i'm installing windows on a t41 and cant get the FN+F7 (to switch display sources) combo to work, its not pres director i need to install to get that functionality, is it?
pretty sure pres director isnt on my t42 but i still have the ability to FN+F7..
According to
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-46022
You need
The following utilities are also required to enable the Fn + F7 function:
* ThinkPad Power Management Driver V1.21 or later
* ThinkPad On Screen Display V3.00 or later (Note: This program is included in ThinkPad Hotkey Features package V 1.02.0271 or later).
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:54 pm
by GomJabbar
Fn + F7 does pull up Presentation Director. I am not sure what you would pull up if Presentation Director was not installed. Musti is also correct in what you need - esp. Hotkey features.
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:15 am
by dr_st
GomJabbar wrote:Fn + F7 does pull up Presentation Director. I am not sure what you would pull up if Presentation Director was not installed. Musti is also correct in what you need - esp. Hotkey features.
There's an option to make Fn+F7 just cycle through display options without the Presentation director.
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:10 am
by GomJabbar
Ok, thanks for the info. I have always had Presentation Director installed. Never tried it without.
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 10:07 pm
by skanky
i've used pres director before and there is an option to make FN+F7 cycle through available displays but would rather not have to have an extra program installed just to use that key combo.
i'm sure i've had thinkpads with a clean XP image without pres director installed, at work where FN+F7 worked with no problems.
Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 2:12 pm
by Purcy
I only have a T22, but I did not have Pres Director installed and if I tried the Fn+F7 combo it would cycle between LCD display and exterior display. I recently did a driver update through Software Installer and it installed Pres Director for me, but the F7 combo stills operates the same, cycling between LCD and exterior display, and by that I mean it just shuts off my LCD (since i don't have an exterior display hooked up). I at least could operate fine without Pres Director installed. Edited to say that you at least have to have an up-to-date Hotkey driver installed.