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Hi Folks

Thought I'd start a thread to capture everyone's experiences following an upgrade of their X60 tablet to Windows 8:

I had the DVD but because the X60 didn't have an optical drive I needed to make an ISO file and create a bootable USB stick.

I used Nero to create the ISO file and Microsoft's Windows 7 USB DVD Download Tool to transfer the ISO file create the bootable stick with 8GB of free space.

The installation was a little confusing. It gave the option to install while preserving your apps and data. After choosing that option it returned with an error that it couldn't find the drivers necessary to complete the task. Restarting the installation solved the problem. Otherwise the process was uneventful and relatively quick.

The X60's touchscreen wouldn't work until I installed a Wacom driver. Select the Tablet PC version: Tablet PC - Enhanced Graphics Driver 7.1.0-8

The X60's bezel controls that is, the rotate screen button, the NavDial, the Tablet Menu Button can be enabled after download the ThinkPad button driver and the Tablet ShortCut Menu driver for the X60 Tablet for Windows 7 32-bit.

I found a driver for the fingerprint reader on the ThinkPad X201 Tablet Driver site. The Readme file said it was compatible with the X60 (doesn't mention the X60 Tablet) but I tried it and it works.

Still can't work out which driver will enable the speaker volume controls and the Blue ThinkVantage button. I'll update it once I've figured it out.

Graphics and WiFi worked straightaway; that allowed MS Office 2007 to be installed from a shared DVD drive.

MS Office 2007 activated over the Internet without me needing to explain why it was being re-installed.

Apart from the delay in working out which Win 7 drivers are required, everything has been a positive experience for me. Enjoying learning Windows 8 and looking forward to the Metro makeover of MS Office.

Hi, I bought an x60 tablet that was already upgraded to Windows 8.

The touchscreen wouldn't work for me using Wacom drivers, but the Multitouch driver for Windows 7 works fine.

The audio buttons work in increasing/decreasing/muting volume, but no indication shown on Windows.

The tablet buttons refuse to work, the switch orientation (rotate screen) works occasionally, but not very well, and after switching to portrait with the laptop in tablet mode, it won't switch back unless I put the laptop out of laptop mode. If I put it back in tablet mode, it'll be in portrait mode with no way to return to landscape.
Update: use keytweak and skeys
http://thinkwiki.de/Tablet-Buttons_des_ ... _Windows_8

Hi. Thank you for creating this thread. I saw a video of an X60 working with Windows 8 and it looked fine. I would like to upgrade from xp to 8.1. You indicated that on the second installation start, windows 8 installed and left your data and applications intact. I will be sure to backup the data to an external hard drive. And i know that some applications will need to be reinstalled from Lenovo site. But did a lot of your applications stay on intact and what happened to xp? Did your internet browser stay intact and could you go onto the internet to get the needed tablet applications? I have an external dvd drive and would hope to install from that. Thanks so much for this. It is just for what i have been looking.

xenosfrog wrote:But did a lot of your applications stay on intact and what happened to xp? Did your internet browser stay intact and could you go onto the internet to get the needed tablet applications? I have an external dvd drive and would hope to install from that. Thanks so much for this. It is just for what i have been looking.

Sorry for not getting back to you for so long:

XP: I never backed it up beforehand. So its gone.

Browser: Yes it was intact. I don't recall having to building my favorites list again. Could be wrong, its been a while.

Tablet applications: Do you mean drivers? Lenovo drivers for the buttons generally work. Only the on screen menu button remains inactive. Rotate, esc, the navigation dial, and the fingerprint reader all work. I had to use the Windows 7 Wacom multitouch driver to get the touchscreen working.