Disabling Thinkvantage F11 key

We do not want the F11 key enabled in Windows XP. It conflicts with iSeries Access and othe software on our user's PCs. Pressing it now causes the Think Vantage Productivity center to appear.
We've used msconfig to kill the start up of the two Thinkvantage jobs we could find, but this cause F11 not to work at all
We've tried deleteing the Lenovo TPHOTKEY entry in the registry edit as suggested in another thread, but it did nothing to disable the key.
We've looked in the BIOS and googled till our fingers bled.
Any ideas on how to do what should be a very simple task?
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cjustincombs wrote:
Can you explain the solution in a little more detail, I ran into the same problem today.
Thanks
Extemporaneously speaking, what the other guys are suggesting is that if you delete Productivity Center icon from the desktop, the F11 key will subsequently stop thinkvantage Productivity center to appear on screen.
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