Hotkey utility on Windows7

Hi all, I am new here, so please bear with me.
Is the hotkey utility available in windows 7? Might me able to get hold of a cheap copy of windows7 to replace Vista on my Toshiba L350 laptop, and I am just collecting info about it and just wondered if the hotkey utility (the one that drops down from the top of the screen when you hold down the Fn key) is available in windows 7? I can't seem to be able to find it in the download section?
Thanks very much

Download section for Win7 you can find under http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/windows7_drivers.jsp
Check if all this stuff is available for your notebook model. If not it will be available soon. Satellite L300 is definitely supported for Win7 and it is just matter of time when you will find all Toshiba drivers, tools and utilities for download.

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{quote:title=I said:}I've found the XP drivers of other components for my computer on the Toshiba European driver page {quote}
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{Edit2:}
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