I have a t-pad which had a stealthy bit of malware attack while I was away from
backups and means to recover. After commercial fixit service (cleaned and saved
my data, but could not fully scrub the OS/installed programs) it now has a
generic windows install and a minimal kit of device-specific drivers.
Thus it doesn't have an ibm windows image. Some functions work, e.g. the
keyboard light, but most thinkpad functions don't - fn-keys, battery maximizer,
ect. The ibm utilities (Access ibm, Battery/power, Access Connection etc) were
(obviously) not part of the generic install. I also noted that F8 does not
bring up the boot menu options.
In theory I could back up my recovered data, restore the machine with original
recovery disks and proceed with a lengthy reinstall. But I've found that using
Windows update to bring such a system up to date is not a reliable process -
even with SP3 intalled it was neccessary to call Microsoft to straighten out
the update chain. In addition my backups are a few months old and apparrantly
have a stealthy bit of malware hiding in them, so I'd have some fussing should
I restore from one.
How can I add the various thinkpad function to the generic XP I have now?
Should I install ibm system update and allow it to add what it chooses, or
should I take specific packages only from the lenovo site?
Can I restore the F8 boot menu options and Access IBM functions?
The machine is a T40p, XP pro.
-- LS
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