External usb ultranav keyboard; no trackpoint using ibm/lenovo driver in Win XP

I just got an external USB ultranav travel keyboard (product #31P9490) and I am trying to make it work with Windows XP.
When I just plug in the keyboard, the default windows USB keyboard and mouse drivers work well enough that I can use the keyboard as well as the touchpad and the trackpoint.
But, when I install the two official drivers (one for the keyboard "hotkeys", the other for the touchpad and trackpoint from Synaptics) then I lose the trackpoint fuctions. These are the two latest drivers linked to this web page:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-60649
After the Synaptics driver is installed, the option to enable the trackpoint is greyed out. All the touchpad functions (scroll zones, tapping, etc.) seem to work. The keyboard function keys work also. But, the trackpoint is non-responsive. The "Synaptics touchstyck" driver doesn't seem to do anything. The trackpoint is no longer associated with the generic USB mouse driver, so the trackpoint stick and three buttons no longer do anything.
My situation is similar to what is described here, except I don't think there is any mechanical problems since the trackpoint works fine with the default mouse driver:
http://forums.lenovo.com/lnv/board/message?board.id=Options&message.id=322&query.id=75669#M322
I tried the drivers on two different Dell PCs and got the same result.
Has anybody have one of these keyboards gotten the trackpoint to work with the IBM/lenovo drivers?
Thanks,
Doug

I'm obviously doing something wrong. Several reboots later, I'm stuck with the same inability to turn the touchpad off. Here is what I did.
1) Uninstall the driver - success. Prompted to reboot.
2) Rebooted.
3) Installed installation program (started at page MIGR-60649); ran the downloaded file (q2kyb02us13.exe) and changed install path from the default C:\IBMTOOLS\drivers\q2kyb02us13 to c:\Drivers\q2kyb02us13 .
4) Ran setup.exe from that location.
5) It seemed to work properly and I was prompted to reboot. I started the process but was alerted to a window telling me to check the installation and possibly redo it for compatibility with recommended settings. I did *not* do this but forced the reboot.
6) Back up, I clicked on Start ... Devices and Printers, and right-clicked on IBM Keyboard with UltraNav. I had options for the mouse and keyboard, but nothing about Ultranav.
7) I tried to uninstall, but this driver no longer appeared on my list of installed programs. Yikes! I tried again, this time going with the default location (C:\IBMTOOLS\drivers\q2kyb02us13) and catching the compatibility wizard - and letting it reinstall with recommended settings.
8) Reboot and still can't update the Ultranav - and still don't see it listed in installed programs.
Help! What am I doing wrong??

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