Fn+F5 doesn't bring up the config window anymore

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cbell · #1 Post by **cbell** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 11:05 am

hello everyone,

just re-installed win xp pro and all the IBM apps and drivers. Fn + F5 doesn't bring up the black access connections window where you can select to turn on bluetooth and wlan. The combination only turns on/off the Bluetooth radio. No window appears. Same with the presentation director. Fn+F7 enables/disabled external video. No black window appears.

Anybody knows what is going on here?

Thanks,
Christian

n3il · #2 Post by **n3il** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 12:22 pm

You need this:

http://www-306.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-38953

HTH

ian · #3 Post by **ian** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 1:01 pm

Jeez - is there anything this guy doesn't know? Makes ya sick....

cbell · #4 Post by **cbell** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 1:41 pm

I did install the hotkey program! Any other ideas? Seems like something else is intercepting the command!

n3il · #5 Post by **n3il** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 3:20 pm

Well, I'd double check that it is installed - even try installing it again.

Also, make sure that this is installed:

http://www-306.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... IGR-4ZFRG3

You don't mention your exact type/model - but the combination of those 2 should work on 99% of machines.

HTH

n3il · #6 Post by **n3il** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 3:52 pm

ian wrote: Makes ya sick....

I've been told that before!!! Must be my after shave (..or perhaps my personality!)

ian · #7 Post by **ian** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 3:54 pm

Solved that one - I've got a beard...

n3il · #8 Post by **n3il** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 4:02 pm

Cunning plan..

ian · #9 Post by **ian** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 4:05 pm

Yeah, but that still leaves the personality...Still I DID used to drive an UNO !

littleking · #10 Post by **littleking** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 10:35 pm

i'm having the same exact problem, and i have both the hotkey and accesscontrol installed

ian · #11 Post by **ian** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 2:17 pm

Wot ? You used to drive an UNO too...

wnknisely · #12 Post by **wnknisely** » Fri Nov 12, 2004 10:04 pm

Did you by chance shut down the the DCOM or RPC services? I had done that on a friends advice, and lost the ability to use the hotkeys as a result.

Instead I turned all that back on and then just hit windows update for the latest more secure versions of those services.

Leon · #13 Post by **Leon** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 1:23 am

if anyone else has this problem.... it's the IBM PM Service.... make sure i's started and on Automatic....anyone know what else this service is for?

DavidNZ · #14 Post by **DavidNZ** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 2:26 am

ian, still can't get over the fact you used to drive an Uno. How about some pics in the off-topic forum?

There's a couple around my neighbourhood here in NZ. I think you can get 'em new still.

ian · #15 Post by **ian** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 12:01 pm

Are you REALLY so bored that you read all the old posts? Seriously - I'll see what I can do - unusually (he lied) it's grey and wet this Christmas day here in SW France - given that the famous UNO is parked outside my flat waiting for my eldest daughter to pass her driving test, I should be able to get some interesting shots.

Sadly, having recently bought a German hatchback I've now become slightly more-than-interested in a beast called an RS6...not to everyones taste, but I would love to try one out.

Please forgive the brevity in my posts/replies but sometimes I get so mad at how serious people become...

bevross · #16 Post by **bevross** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 7:59 am

cbell wrote:just re-installed win xp pro and all the IBM apps and drivers. Fn + F5 doesn't bring up the black access connections window where you can select to turn on bluetooth and wlan. The combination only turns on/off the Bluetooth radio. No window appears. Same with the presentation director. Fn+F7 enables/disabled external video. No black window appears.

I was told once by IBM support that unless you use Rescue & Recover to restore the system then the all hotkeys won't work. Don't know why. It's the reason I don't zap the hidden partition altogether. Did you use R&R to restore or use a generic XP installation?

Fn+F5 doesn't bring up the config window anymore

Fn+F5 doesn't bring up the config window anymore

DCOM?

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