Fn+F5 without Access Connections?

Is any way to have working Fn+F5 shortcut (manage wireless and radios) without Access Connection application? I've removed AC and after that my Fn+F5 doesn't work. I've reinstalled Hotkey Features Integration but without success. Please help.
happy x220 user

Well, what you need for hotkeys to work is also the power manager driver, not power manager, just the power manager driver. Why not run System Update and let it install the hotkeys. It'll automatically install the power manager driver also.
What I was getting at before is I think that you need the AC for the WWAN card to even work. WirelessLAN and bluetooth will work without it, but I think that WWAN won't.
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Hi,
try to disable firewall and Antivir. Sounds like this might change the sitation.
The fact, that this is present also without Access Connection is not that much surpricing, as AC is mainly using the Windows network manager, so this is more like a nice GUI for network management with advanced functionality.
Anyway, try to focus more on the Windows even log to see, what might be wrong.
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