Install System Update and let it do its thing. There may be one or two utilities it doesn't install - you can check Lenovo's device driver matrix for the machine after the system update to see what's left.
The F8 boot menu is a native Windows feature, not a ThinkPad feature. It should be working in a vanilla Windows install. Not sure why it isn't. -Mike On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:06 AM, Laurence <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
