fun+F5 hotkey function not working in r50e series

[rachitdhasmana]

hi

i am using ibm thinkpad r50e series, recently i installed wifi at my place.
my laptop has no seperate switch to turn the wifi radio on. Every time i have to switch it on by going thru device manager to network adapters and then setting the properties for wireless card, this becomes tedious..........

i found that this thing can be done using hotkey function fun+F5 but it doesnt work on my system.
can anybody help me in this matter

thanks
Rachit

[Harryc]

Install the hotkey driver -
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... 55042.html

[beGi]

Sometimes in some weird (reinstall, or when AC is removed) cases not even hotkeys drivers will help (it happened to me)...

But this workaround solved the issue:

1. Uninstall the wireless driver using Add/Remove Programs
2. Uninstall the Hotkey utility using its Setup program (uninstall is an option in the
Setup app; it doesn't appear in Add/Remove Programs control panel)
3. Restart
4. Delete the Hotkey folders from C:\Program Files\Lenovo\PkgMgr [key step!]
5. Reinstall the Hotkey Utility and the wireless driver (don't reboot if prompted)
6. Restart

Use this only if hotkey drivers DO NOT help...

[virge]

My bluetooth connection for my wireless mouse died and at the same time, the Fn+F5 stopped working. This was on my T42P. Acfnf5 (or something similar) would run when I looked at the process manager, and there would be multiple instances but it didn't do anything. I removed and installed hotkey to no avail. What finally worked for me was removing Access Connections. That restored the Fn+F5 functionality. I never used Access Connections anyway.