T61 some buttons are not recognized after XP clean install

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kraf · #1 Post by **kraf** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 10:54 pm

My T61 had vista basic, which is too slow. So, I did clean install of windows XP pro. Things went smoothly but still Thinkvantage button is not recognized and I get no feedback of volume buttons (you know, green bar that indicates the current volume and mute sign if a mute button is pressed).

Does anybody know how to fix it? I installed a keyboard customizer utility and some others (don't remember..) but it didn't work as I want it to...

Also, when a computer is shut down, often "cmmon32.exe" has to be closed forcefully (a window with 'cmmon32.exe' pops up). Does anyone know why that window come up?

Redmumba · #2 Post by **Redmumba** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:01 am

Download System Update and it'll download everything you need.

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... VSU-UPDATE

kraf · #3 Post by **kraf** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:57 am

I used system update 3.0 to install XP and it says no update is necessary right now....

neozengar · #4 Post by **neozengar** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:24 am

you need to manually download rescue and recovery 4.0

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... Q2QAK.html

#5 Post by **GomJabbar** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 5:44 am

Basically you need the ACPI Power Management driver and the Hotkey utility driver. Make sure you have the Intel Chipset drivers installed as well.

Drivers and software - ThinkPad T61

Pascal_TTH · #6 Post by **Pascal_TTH** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 6:07 am

Thinkvantage brings Productivity Center where in past Thinkpad it was launching Acces IBM.

You can download Productivity Center here :
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-61378

I found Productivity Center useless so I don't install it... Does some one know a tweak to assign an other action to the Thinkvantage blue key ?

#7 Post by **GomJabbar** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 6:55 am

Pascal_TTH wrote:Does some one know a tweak to assign an other action to the Thinkvantage blue key ?

Haven't tried it myself. http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=41064

Pascal_TTH · #8 Post by **Pascal_TTH** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 7:38 am

GomJabbar wrote:
Pascal_TTH wrote:Does some one know a tweak to assign an other action to the Thinkvantage blue key ?
Haven't tried it myself. http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=41064

Thank you very much ! It runs fine.

T61 some buttons are not recognized after XP clean install

T61 some buttons are not recognized after XP clean install

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