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T61 - Other app hijacking volume control buttons
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:24 pm
by Nolonemo
I am running Vegas Pro 8 (a video editing app) on my T61 running a self-load of XP Pro SP3. I find that if I press the mute/vol up/vol down buttons on the TP that the application acts like I am pressing the up and down arrow keys. I have to minimize the app to get to the desktop for the volume keys to change the volume. I don't appear to be experiencing this with any other apps. Does anyone have any insights on this? Everything else on the TP seems to be working fine.
Thanks
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:38 pm
by Pocket Aces
I had that problem with MPC. See if there's an option to turn off that particular hotkey in the application.
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:12 pm
by hellosailor
"a self-load of XP Pro SP3. "
I think the Lenovo factory loads include special keyboard drivers to make use of the special keys--like the volume keys. Have you loaded those drivers? Or just the MS ones for a standard keyboard? It could be that simple.
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:03 am
by Nolonemo
hellosailor wrote:"a self-load of XP Pro SP3. "
I think the Lenovo factory loads include special keyboard drivers to make use of the special keys--like the volume keys. Have you loaded those drivers? Or just the MS ones for a standard keyboard? It could be that simple.
Yep, Lenovo drivers were installed. Works fine in all other apps.
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:04 am
by Nolonemo
Pocket Aces wrote:I had that problem with MPC. See if there's an option to turn off that particular hotkey in the application.
What hotkey do the volume buttons correspond to?
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 5:04 pm
by Nolonemo
Just to follow up, it appears that Vegas was reading the dedicated audio button presses as Ctlr-Z. I disabled that hotkey combo in Vegas and now the buttons work fine.