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I've installed the Lenovo PM driver, the hotkeys bits (all three of them) and I've got some problems:

1. The hotkeys work but using the native windows features i.e. the brightness/volume only but no OSD

2. After a hibernate brightness stops working. Closing the lid and opening it resolves this. I had this on my T400 - would rather like to make it go away.

3. There is no on screen display at all even though everything is installed. Fn+F5 doesn't do anything for example.

Any help appreciated!

I did a test install with Windows 8.1 Pro and everything works using the native windows controls but as an OS I can't stand it at all. I'd rather gouge me eyes out with a fork.

This is only a temporary install so not the end of the world but I've got to live with it for a few days.

Dump it and go back to W7, problems solved.

Try using version 3.81 of the Hotkey Features Driver with Windows 8.

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... 09#p701309

Version 3.81 gave me the OSD stuff back - thanks!

But unfortunately it still loses brightness controls when closing the lid or hibernating it.

I've stuffed 8.1 on it for now as both work on that, turned off all the metro crud and it's working mostly ok now. Battery life on a new 9 cell is showing about 8 hours now it has gone through a couple of charge cycles so I'm going to live with it.

On a positive note, it resumes from hibernation in about 10 seconds to desktop now!