Windows 7 RC on X60 Tablet

[demonsavatar]

Just booted Windows 7 RC up on my X60 Tablet. Some things I noticed:

Works:

- Fingerprint log-on works without any 3rd party applications because there is built-in functionality in Windows 7 for UPEK biometric devices.
- Wireless adapter started working during Windows 7 setup (to do Windows Activation)
- ThinkVantage Active Protection worked fine (Lenovo has Windows 7 version of it)
- Tablet buttons work fine after Tablet Button Drivers for Vista are installed
- Trackpoint drivers for Vista work flawlessly
- Volume Keys with OSD after installing the hotkey/OSD driver AND the system interface driver
- Brightness keys with OSD, same instructions as Volume keys.

Doesn't Work:

- Presentation director will not install without errors
- Hotkey drivers for Vista will not install without errors

Driver Links:
Hotkey/OSD - http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-68000
System Interface - http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-67228
Tablet Button - http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-67222
Trackpoint - http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-66893

So far not too bad, just waiting on Lenovo to get more Windows 7 drivers working for buttons and things. If you have any questions about it I'll try to answer them.

[Alexiskass]

Just booted Windows 7 RC up on my X60 Tablet. Some things I noticed:

Works:

- Fingerprint log-on works without any 3rd party applications because there is built-in functionality in Windows 7 for UPEK biometric devices.
- Wireless adapter started working during Windows 7 setup (to do Windows Activation)
- ThinkVantage Active Protection worked fine (Lenovo has Windows 7 version of it)
- Tablet buttons work fine after Tablet Button Drivers for Vista are installed
- Trackpoint drivers for Vista work flawlessly

Partially Works:

- Volume keys work but no OSD because hot key drivers won't install, the volume buttons do not sync with what Windows displays - so if you press mute on the volume buttons, it mutes but Windows doesn't show it as muted
- Brightness keys Fn+Home/End work, but no OSD

Doesn't Work:

- Presentation director will not install without errors
- Hotkey drivers for Vista will not install without errors

So far not too bad, just waiting on Lenovo to get more Windows 7 drivers working for buttons and things. If you have any questions about it I'll try to answer them.

try run as windows vista sp2. i think it will work.

[demonsavatar]

Hotkey drivers say some sort of "Unable to register" error while installing even if I choose Vista compatibility mode and run it as administrator...

[GomJabbar]

Hotkey drivers say some sort of "Unable to register" error while installing even if I choose Vista compatibility mode and run it as administrator...

I get that with my T42, but it seems to install and work fine. I install normally, not using compatibility mode or run as administrator.

[demonsavatar]

I get that with my T42, but it seems to install and work fine. I install normally, not using compatibility mode or run as administrator.

And the OSD works with brightness and volume buttons?

[GomJabbar]

And the OSD works with brightness and volume buttons?

It does on my T42.

[MrBean]

Yes, OSD work fine.....also, here's the proper Tablet Buttons driver from lenovo's site, it works well on my X60T.

For Hotkey issues, just run services.msc, scroll down to "On Screen Display", do the mouse right-click, select properties, then select "Recovery" tab, and select "restart the service" next to the "First Failure Action"

This is just a timing issue with another service starting, and will hopefully be fixed in beta Windows 7 Hotkey Driver release.

Enjoy.

Edit: Hotkey solution doesn't always work, here's another thread in this section explaining how to resolve the issue for now. If it's a big problem, you can always start it manually every time, or schedule it to run as a task perhaps.....will test this and feedback later.

[demonsavatar]

That Tablet button driver is for 64-bit operating systems, which are not supported on the X60T...

But I did get the OSD and the Volume buttons to work, you have to install the Lenovo System Interface driver AND the Hotkey/OSD driver, I don't think the order matters because I did the interface driver last.

[MrBean]

Yep, I thought your's was 64bit too.

Soz.

[robot]

are the x60 and the x61 similar? i have an x61 tablet and am considering trying out the windows 7 RC.

[Utwig]

I got my mint condition X61t yesterday (4GB, 7200RPM) and I installed x64 7 right away. Everything is mostly working, it found all drivers from the start and connected to my wireless network during install.

Things I haven't gotten to work yet:
- I haven't installed Access Connections, just the hotkey driver to give me Fn+F5 to manage radios (Windows 7 Network funcionality is better, for VPNs I'll do like my coworkers who run XP in a VM with Cisco client to do work on servers and use their PC to get files, search net...)
- The OSD doesn't work
- The autorotate doesn't work but I use the button to rotate picture

It's working amazingly fast (faster than my work desktop with XP - Celeron 2.something, 1.5GB).

Artrage works, painted a pic yesterday. Corel Painter 11 won't recognize pressure, though this might be a PEBKAC, I didn't troubleshoot it long enough.

[crashnburn]

I got my mint condition X61t yesterday (4GB, 7200RPM) and I installed x64 7 right away. Everything is mostly working, it found all drivers from the start and connected to my wireless network during install.

Things I haven't gotten to work yet:
- I haven't installed Access Connections, just the hotkey driver to give me Fn+F5 to manage radios (Windows 7 Network funcionality is better, for VPNs I'll do like my coworkers who run XP in a VM with Cisco client to do work on servers and use their PC to get files, search net...)
- The OSD doesn't work
- The autorotate doesn't work but I use the button to rotate picture

It's working amazingly fast (faster than my work desktop with XP - Celeron 2.something, 1.5GB).

Artrage works, painted a pic yesterday. Corel Painter 11 won't recognize pressure, though this might be a PEBKAC, I didn't troubleshoot it long enough.

Are you using the same configuration of drivers or have you added new drivers? Stable & quick?