T42 Access IBM button & volume display

[Tommms]

Hello everyone,

First of all, it is my first time posting here as I had just gotten myself a mint condition T42 with the specs. below:

-Pentium M 1.8
-2Gb RAM
-15'' XGA (I like it better than the 14'' XGA and SXGA since I hate it when the icons are so small, and for that purpose, I always have my 20'' desktop =D)
-80GB 5400rpm
-warranty until Jan 2009

For $600

Now the woes,

The laptop comes with a clean installation of WinXP, and apparently was not done properly with the IBM Restore disks.

1. I have lost access to the blue IBM Access button so that it is nonrespondant when I press it.

2. When I press the volume up or down key, I don't see the strength bar on my display.

Does anyone know how to fix the abovementioned problems?

Thanks so much,

oh, by the way, I love it!

-Thomas

[Tommms]

Just an update.

I found the solution to my own problem.

All I needed to download was the Thinkpad HotKey utility.

-Tom