windows key?!

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combustion · #1 Post by **combustion** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 11:16 am

am I going blind or does my t42 have no windows key? I keep hitting alt-e thinking its win-e but nothing happens :/

#2 Post by **JaneL** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 11:20 am

Item #14 in the FAQ.

JHEM · #3 Post by **JHEM** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 11:20 am

AFAIK no Thinkpad has ever had a Windows key!

Regards,

James

asiafish · #4 Post by **asiafish** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 11:24 am

Thank goodness.

#5 Post by **JaneL** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 11:27 am

asiafish wrote:Thank goodness.

Really! After all, where would they put it without disturbing the already excellent layout?

combustion · #6 Post by **combustion** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 11:34 am

theres goes a ton of shortcuts, hopefull I can customize my own.

just downloaded the ibm app... guess that will satisfy my win key fix.

#7 Post by **JaneL** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 11:42 am

In addition to the IBM app, there are other utilities to simulate the Windows key, and the subject has been beaten to death here several times. You can probably find the previous discussions using the Search button at the top of the page.

asiafish · #8 Post by **asiafish** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 11:48 am

Not to mention I really don't want more Microsoft advertising than the XP sticker, especially since a key isn't as easily removeable.

combustion · #9 Post by **combustion** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 12:07 pm

asiafish wrote:Not to mention I really don't want more Microsoft advertising than the XP sticker, especially since a key isn't as easily removeable.

you must be killing their sales.

asiafish · #10 Post by **asiafish** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 1:01 pm

Nothing to do with sales, I just don't like staring at corporate logos, especially those of corporations I dislike.

skuehne · #11 Post by **skuehne** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 1:50 pm

combustion wrote:you must be killing their sales. :roll:

We all paid our Windows 'tax' when we bought our ThinkPads...

asiafish · #12 Post by **asiafish** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 2:01 pm

Its sad really, as I already own a Windows XP license and certainly did not "need" another one.

beerak · #13 Post by **beerak** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 2:30 pm

I hate that Intel and Microsoft stickers, they're starting to be scrapped. I am afraid of remove them I can imagine the glue on my hands ... They should kiss our shinies metal asses I know I have Windows there I don't need to have a sticker ... grrr ...

#14 Post by **daeojkim** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 3:18 pm

I used to use the windows key a lot before I got the TP. Especially the WIn-E to pop windows explorer. Now I got used to it and I don't miss it anymore.
I don't think the keyboard layout should be changed. it is already optimized and adding a windows key will make the layout so much more awkward.

The great thing is that the keyboard layout for all TP are pretty much the same as well as the size. So I did not have any problem going from T42 to A31p.

I suspect, however, when Lenovo fully takes over and start to roll out new designs there will be a windows key included in there.

asiafish · #15 Post by **asiafish** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 4:28 pm

The trick with the stickers is to take them off RIGHT AWAY, if you use the laptop for a while then the adhesive becomes much more difficult to remove, not to mention the color under and around the sticker will no longer match, even though its all black.

#16 Post by **K. Eng** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 4:39 pm

I got rid of the stickers on mine after about a year. The sticky stuff was annoying, but a tiny bit of isopropyll alcohol (90%) took it off!

asiafish wrote:The trick with the stickers is to take them off RIGHT AWAY, if you use the laptop for a while then the adhesive becomes much more difficult to remove, not to mention the color under and around the sticker will no longer match, even though its all black.

combustion · #17 Post by **combustion** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 5:02 pm

asiafish wrote:Nothing to do with sales, I just don't like staring at corporate logos, especially those of corporations I dislike.

I know I was just messin, I always take my stickers off asap, I'm no fan of microshaft I'm just a hotkey junkie... the ibm hotkey app works great!

n3il · #18 Post by **n3il** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 5:32 pm

Look out for Windows keys on ThinkPad keyboards later this year...

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