Windows 7 Install and Thinkvantage Key Functionality

Hello,
I plan to install Windows 7 Home, however, I don't want to loose the Thinkvantage key and related functionality. If someone could provide an outline to maintain Thinkvntage key functionality with Windows 7 install I would greatly appreciate it.
Current OS: Windows XP SP3
Thinkvantage T60/Type 1953-D7U
Thank you

I installed Windows 7 Enterprise x64 on a W500 and all keys are working fine. Some of the tools are discontinued for Windows 7. One of them is the productivity center which enable the blue Thinkvantage button. I installed the latest version of the productivity center for Vista and works fine for me even if not supported on Windows 7. I'm sure Lenovo will find another use for the Thinkvantage button under Windows 7 tho. Also the presentation director is discontinued so the Fn-F7 will start the built-in feature of Windows 7 which will basically do the same thing instead of starting the presentation director. If you used the advanced features of the presentation director you might find the Windows 7 features a bit limited, but Fn-F7 work properly.
To make all the special keys work properly for your computer using Windows 7 you would need the following:
Lenovo System Interface Driver
Hotkey Features
ThinkVantage Productivity Center (The Vista version)
As i said the productivity center is discontinued for Windows 7 so there will probably be no support from Lenovo in case of problems with the productivity center.
I'm not sure what you mean about related functionality so not sure about that one. If you could be a bit more specific it would be easier to say if it will work or not. The choices find in productivity center (when you press the Thinkvatange button) is mostly shortcuts to other applications/tools that have to be installed to work and don't know what you are currently using.
You can find the available drivers and tools for your system here:
T60, 1953-D7U drivers
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