Appropriate power management driver for Windows server 2003?

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Appropriate power management driver for Windows server 2003?

#1 Post by mike20030405 » Sat Jan 24, 2009 7:18 am

My T61P XP Pro crashed, so I decided to install windows server 2003 instead.
Now almost everything worked out straightforward except the power management drive.
I downloaded the most new power management driver from lenovo website, 7zu707ww.exe and 7zku53ww.exe of Jan 5 2009, but after many time's restarts, there is still no power meter at the task bar, nor anywhere to config the battery.

Can someone point me a previous driver location, or show me some clue why this new driver just doesn't work.

Thank you guys.

Edit: forgot to mention that I tried the XP version drivers, but no luck. Didn't try any other versions yet.
T61P 14.1'' SXGA+ 100G HD 2G RAM
T60 14.1'' SXGA+ 80G HD 2G RAM
Compaq Presario 5600
Compaq Armada M300

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Re: Appropriate power management driver for Windows server 2003?

#2 Post by GomJabbar » Sat Jan 24, 2009 8:06 am

In case you are not aware, installing drivers downloaded from Lenovo's site is generally a two-step affair.

When you run the .exe download, that just installs files to directories under C:\Drivers\. From there you have to find the appropriate subdirectory and run Setup.exe (usually). You can click on the .xml file in each subdirectory of C:\Drivers\ to see which driver is in that directory.
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Re: Appropriate power management driver for Windows server 2003?

#3 Post by mike20030405 » Sat Jan 24, 2009 2:33 pm

Yes I just did those steps each time, but after reboot, nothing happened.
Any thoughts?

Thanks dude
T61P 14.1'' SXGA+ 100G HD 2G RAM
T60 14.1'' SXGA+ 80G HD 2G RAM
Compaq Presario 5600
Compaq Armada M300

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Re: Appropriate power management driver for Windows server 2003?

#4 Post by mike20030405 » Mon Jan 26, 2009 3:07 pm

Update:
I've finally installed the power management driver for Windows server 2003.
First I searched the internet and downloaded a pretty old 2004 version power meter, installed and worked out the box without a problem.
Then I downloaded and installed .net framework 3.5.
After this step the 2009 version power management driver could be installed and now is working good.

Thank you guys for your attention.

Edit: Sorry forgot to mention the installed 2009 version is for XP indeed.
T61P 14.1'' SXGA+ 100G HD 2G RAM
T60 14.1'' SXGA+ 80G HD 2G RAM
Compaq Presario 5600
Compaq Armada M300

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