Thinkpad laptop win8 system corresponding shortcut keys have problems, such as power management software (powermanager * .exe, not the power management driver), ThinkVantage Communications Utility (Communications * .exe) and many more.
If you install the hotkey driver (SIhotkey*.exe), you will find that Fn+F3 (power management), Fn+F8 (Little Red Riding Hood and touchpad settings) are not available, and Fn+F5 (wireless) The setting) becomes the flight mode of the switch Win8. Fn+F6 (camera and audio settings) will display the message as shown below.
So how to solve it, looking for new Win8 drive on it, if you look carefully at Lenovo's official website, then will find more than a new drive under Win8 drive, is the Lenovo Settings Dependency (setting *. Exe), this driver is only available for Windows 8 installation, but after installation, these hot keys still have problems before.
But in terms of name, this is not a separate program. After installing this program, you need to go to the Windows 8 app store to download a Metro app called “Lenovo Settings”, which installs the application as shown below. You can find that Fn+F6 is ready for use after installation, and it includes not only the previous camera and audio settings, but also power, wireless hotspots and other settings.
Solutions for power management problems:
Although Lenovo wants to use the new Metro interface to manage common settings on Windows 8, the options that can be set in Lenovo Settings are still less, especially Power management settings. Under Lenovo Settings, you can only check the connection status of the power supply, the health of the battery (it shows a Good, what is the difference with it), in addition to the yellow port USB charging settings and whether the battery delay is enabled, so we You also need to install power management software like Win7.
If you download Win7's power manager (v6.4x) directly from the official website, you will be prompted to install the error, but what is more interesting is that if you download v6.30, you can install it directly. Of course, recommended that you install the Lenovo ThinkVantage System Update software, install the update after the next acquisition will find even prompt you to update to the Power Manager v7.34, have updated it as shown below, but do not know why the official line do not have this drive.
After installation, you can see the power manager icon in the system's power options like Win7. You can also open the power manager to check the battery status and set the power configuration as before.
What is the difference between Win7 and Win8 hotkeys?
So far, although the power manager is installed, Fn+F3 is still not available. In fact, this is because the hotkey driver under Win8 is different from Win7. . If you have previously customized the hotkey driver for Win7, you may know that its hotkey is defined in the registry under HKLMSOFTWAREIBMTPHOTKEYClass or HKLMSOFTWARELenovoTPHOTKEYClass, as shown in the following figure.
However, on Win8, the location defined by the hotkey in the registry has changed, its location is under HKLMSOFTWARELenovoShortcutKeyAppLaunch, and since it supports both desktop and Metro applications, it also adds an AppType. Attribute, where AppType=2 means that this hotkey corresponds to the Metro application, under which an item named Metro should be created, and a string named URI and PackageName should be added. For example, after installing Lenovo Settings Dependency, the following will appear. Key value.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARELenovoShortcutKeyAppLaunch6]
" AppType " = dword: 00000002
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARELenovoShortcutKeyAppLaunch6Metro]
" URI " = " lenovo-metro-settings: PARAM & quot? ;
"PackageName"="LenovoCorporation.LenovoSettings_4642shxvsv8s2"
If it is for the desktop application, then AppType=1, and an item named Desktop should be created, and the key in the Desktop item is associated with TPHOTKEY. Correspondence can be, for example, if Fn+F3 is turned on for power management, a registry entry similar to the following should be created (the specific directory may be different).
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARELenovoShortcutKeyAppLaunch3]
" AppType " = dword: 00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARELenovoShortcutKeyAppLaunch3Desktop]
" File " = " C: PROGRA ~ 2ThinkPadUTILIT ~ 1PwmOSDV.exe "
"LockedMode"=dword:00000001
"Parameters"=""
This way you can open the dialog box for selecting the power scheme via Fn+F3 like Win7.
If you need Fn+F8 to set up Little Red Riding Hood and touchpad, you also need to install UltraNav helper program (UltraNavUtility*.exe). This program is not available in Win8 driver, but it has been tested and applied to Win7 version. Applicable to Win8, so just download the corresponding Win7 version. After installing the same as the corresponding TPHOTKEY, for example, the following registry key (the specific directory may be different).
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARELenovoShortcutKeyAppLaunch8]
" AppType " = dword: 00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARELenovoShortcutKeyAppLaunch8Desktop]
" File " = " C: PROGRA ~ 1ThinkPadULTRAN ~ 1UNAVOSD.exe "
"Parameters"="/OSD"
[Postscript]
The same, you can also customize Fn+F5, ThinkVantage (serial number Ex_17) and other buttons, because I have no Bluetooth There is no 3G, so Fn+F5 becomes flight mode. For me, I haven't installed Access Connections anymore. If you are interested, you can try it yourself.