Comments on: IBM Laptop Keyboards

by: Daniel

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:36:32 +0000

Fn+Home increases the brightness.

But it sounds like you might have other issues.

by: Yusuf

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:47:12 +0000

I NEED A HELP PLEASE. MY IBM THINKPAB LAPTOP SCREEN IS VERY DARK AND NOT BRIGHT OR SHARP. I HARDLY SEE ICONS ON MY DESKTOP. WHAT KEY CAN I USE TO SET THE BRIGHTNESS PLS

by: anyone

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 22:28:55 +0000

I’d like ibm have win key! the new t60 has, but no way on my t43.

by: Daniel

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:09:59 +0000

Hi Ganesan.

My Thinkpad has a ThinkVantage facility to change settings on the laptop, and there is a ‘Keyboard Customiser’ (you can find this in the Start Menu, and probably via the control panel and other routes), and you can assign different keys to act as the Winkey.

I have assigned the AltGr key (Right Alt Key) to act as the Winkey.

So AltGr+d shows the desktop and press it again and all the windows are returned.

Hope that helps.

by: ganesan

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 11:50:57 +0000

how can i minmise all the open screen , what is the short cut key, in other system we are using winkey+d to show the desktop. in ibm think pad there is no win key or can u tell me that any other key for that

by: Daniel

Fri, 28 Jul 2006 15:25:23 +0000

A keyboard in general might be OS-independent, but a Windows laptop keyboard…

by: benji

Fri, 28 Jul 2006 15:06:49 +0000

But you shouldn’t be relying on an operating system specific key on something like a keyboard (which is very much os-independant).

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by: Daniel

Thu, 27 Jul 2006 18:36:40 +0000

I do use other keyboard shortcuts now!

Winkey+m to minimise all windows, and Shift+Winkey+m to bring them all back into focus. That’s one I use a fair bit.

It’s not the point that there might be another way of doing it - it’s just that IBM remove the way I usually do it, and the way that I can do it on virtually any other make of laptop.

Can’t map the Fn key though - I can disable it, but I can’t have it do anything useful - such as act as the Ctrl key, as the key press is picked up outside Windows - if you know what I mean?

by: benji

Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:30:16 +0000

What do you use the Winkey for? You can use other keyboard shortcuts to get round this.