Presentation Director for Win 7

Hi
I miss Presentation Director in Win 7.
I have problems using an external beamer (Panasonic) with my X301 with Win7 32 through a VGA cable.
The images are confused and with mixed colours.
Pressing Fn+F7 all I get is a window for choosing options between different configurations (LCD+beamer, only LCD, only beamer, etc.). This is not Presentation Director but a part of Windows.
All my drivers are up to date. Where can be the problem?
I want Presentation Director back!c
Regards
Occam
600, R52, T61p, X301

You may not want to read this; Presentation Director is not available for W7, see Matt Kohut's blog on Windows 7 and ThinkVantage Technologies as to why.
Sorry
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Hi there,
If you are not satisfied with the built in Win7 tool, maybe the following also works for you: I just installed the Lenovo Presentation Director v4.64 for Vista 64bit on a T61p and on my new W520 (2960XM, K2000 Graphics) and it works perfectly! You have to ignore only one error message. As soon as you need more than 4 profiles and you don't like the typical Win7 mixing up of desctop icons, this is in my opinion the only and also best solution.
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Presentation Director for T410?

Hi all,
I just got a new T410 Thinkpad for work and it looks like none of the ThinkVantage software is loaded - the OS is Windows XP SP3. I already miss the Presentation Director so I can Function-F7 my way to different monitors at home and work. Is there a way I can just install Presentation Director? Where do I find and download this software?
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RickyS,
Download the ThinkVantage System Update and select all the applications from there. Since you do not want the wifi manager (Access Connections) then you can leave it untick.
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Presentation Director

I have a T41 and have attached it to a Sony WEGA TV. I can get the the systems linked but the picture is black and white only.
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Presentation Director is not supported for use with Windows 7, so that is why you are unable to run it.
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SL300 - Ultranav Driver, EasyEject utility, Presentation Director

Hi,
I have problems getting the touchpad to work and quite few other features after installing win7.
Right now the UltraNav driver wont install, tried both versions:
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Hi,
I only get a message of: Install Failed! ThinkPad UltraNav
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Problems with Presentation Director

Hello,
I enjoy really to work with the Presentation Director (PD); I also enjoy now working with Windows 7 x64
But the problem is, that the PD doesn't work for me on Win 7
In the best case it does nothing, in the worst case it tries to change the settings ever and ever again and makes it impossible to do anything else! A logoff is at the latter the only help ...
Is there any solution in sight?
Thank you very much!
With very kind regards,
sonny
Message Edited by sonny_G on 05-28-2009 04:07 PM
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hubertlam wrote:
For me, Windows 7 works well enough without Presentation Director -- it actually remembers your settings!
Yeah, what Hubert said. I kind of stopped using Presentation Director when Vista came out - although Presentation Director works OK (it does what it says it will do), I honestly don't think it is necessary any more.
I frequently switch back and forth between a dock with an external DVI monitor, using the laptop by itself, and using the laptop with an external projector. The computer manages to figure out on its own what it is connected to and send the signal out to the right device. I don't think I have used Presentation Director since the end of 2007. I just don't need it anymore, and I find that the "simpler" I can keep the computer (meaning, the fewer the number of little helper applications are installed), the easier life is.
Truth be told, same goes for Access Connections, although I don't use a VPN or anything complex like that.
Michael
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ThinkPad Presentation Director

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Whoa, someone with the exact same T61 model as me. I too have a 7662-CTO, and I own a Samsung SyncMaster 205BW (20inch widescreen monitor with native 1680 x 1050 resolution).
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Judging from the pictures you posted, I would try the monitor config settings on the monitor itself. Can you try to adjust the picture there? Also, what exactly are the steps you using to get the output? I typically have just done it within videos where I select the external display and say "extend desktop to external monitor" and then slide the resolution setting to 1680x1050 and it comes up fine.

S205 :Sad with Lenovo Driver support for Win 8

Sorry for my bad english, but I need to tell you my frustrating experience.
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But at this point strarts the big issues with the unrecognized devices, that tahnks of god were less than expected but drivers fron Lenovo site were all wrong !!!!! Yes wrong, it seems a joke but was the true,
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Windows 8 detect and show you in autonomy soud level and brightnes when you press FN+Arrow keys ant that are the most important but ALL the FN+F Keys are not showed on screen even if probably they are working (for ex. Fn+F6 correctly enabel1disable touchpad) but not icon showen on screen !! Well I can leave without OSD but once again seems Lenovo don't try EnergyManagement on a Win8 pc.
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CONCLUSION: Lenovo is the new n.1 pc producer in the world but it seems realy not professional when check his drivers and public it on the website. Could be s205 is the cheapest and not business line notebook but ... I am realy sad whit the way Lenovo put new drivers without any preventive control in the homesite driver's page.
It seems it was a lottery, extracting a number and put the corresponding driver on the S205 drivers page :-(
Sir this is not the good behaviour, is the bast way to loose users !!!! Very disappointed, very sad and I hope this post can help S205 users taht want use the new Windows 8 system to catch the correct solutions
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There are not present some utility for win 8 as for example the CAPSLOCK keys utility that was present for 7 but not for 8 (I have to try if the older work on 8) or the Lenovo OneKey that seems not ready for 8..
So far so good winodws 8 works great on S205 and is a good choice if you catch the correct drivers as I explain here.
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Once angain sorry for my language mistake but I'm not English
Hore this post can help in some case
Bye

Hi Romagnolo1973!
Thank you for posting all the things you learned, and how you got your S205 working with Windows 8! Hopefully this will help others.
To be fair to Lenovo, they list Windows 8 as not supported on the S205.
http://download.lenovo.com/express/WIN8-INDEX.html
As you found, it is sometimes possible to work around the problems and get things working to your satisfaction!
I don't work for Lenovo. I'm a crazy volunteer!

Presentation Director loses settings when switching between Chinese and English

I've done the "Install files for East Asian languages" and then set the "Language for non-Unicode programs" to "Chinese (PRC)". I do this for our presales people so they can show our prospects that our software is translated (for those that have plants in China and the US). I have the default language set to English. I don't believe it's relevant but I should also mention that this is on a Lenovo T61 with XP-SP3.
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I changed the Unicode setting back to Chinese, reboot, and Presentation Director shows all of them still there, some in Chinese and some in English like before.
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Presentation Director Monitor Drop Down Menus Blank

I'm trying to get Presentation Director functioning properly, but there are a couple of screwy things going on:
If I check the properties of the "Capture" profile, it has the resolution of external monitor incorrect. (1920 x 1200 Vs Captured 1024X768). Yes, even after re-capturing.
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(I'd post a picture, but the work firewall won't let me get to any image hosting options.)
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I assumed you were running XP. This video driver persistency feature is implemented on XP as well as Vista/Win7. I don't know why the PD settings are blank.
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T42 LCD is dark, external monitor sometimes works, Presentation Director seems worthless

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The black on screen presentation director didn't appear when i press FN + F7

hi everyone,
the black on screen presentation director didn't appear when i press the hotkey FN + F7! presentation director itself works when i start it trought thinkvantage productivitycenter (the white one.
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T400 XP Presentation Director Problem

I just did a clean install of XP on T400, and could not get Presentation Director to work.
Whenever I was trying to apply or test a scheme (even the "Captured display settings" with no external monitor), I got this error message "The following settings you have selected cannot be applied properly. Change the setting and try again.
Display Configuration".
I suspect there was a conflict between Presention Director and Catalyst Control Center.(CCC could control the displays without problem.)
The lenovo ATI driver was just released in March, while the PD was released last year.
Could that be a problem? I am reluctant to downgrade to old ATI driver. Did Lenovo not test their drivers for compatibilty before release?
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Been there, but its been a while, and although I can't give you an exact step-by-step solution, I hope given the urgency on your side that I can point you in a direction you haven't gone or gone far enough in. I fixed the same nagging problem by working with both the basic and Advanced menus at: Desktop Right-Click>Display Properties>Settings. In particular check all settings for both displays in the tabs of the Advanced menu. It is a careful process to be sure you check the properties of EACH monitor and not just run through them once which will apply for just the default monitor. The cause in my case was a conflict of a setting between the Presentation Director and the Display Settings. You may do best if you nix the presentation director while getting the settings sorted out. Also, ATI has a great display management program similar to Windows' Presentation Director. I am sorry to be strapped on time as I write this. You may have been through everything I suggest, but I do hope something I wrote helps you get it fixed. I'll check back when possible today. TSRing
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Presentation Director: Perpetual Error Message about Color + Resolution

I got my Presentation Director installed but now everytime I try to switch to my Dell 2405FPW through DVI, Presentation Director gives me an error that says "unable to display current settings. check resolution and color depth." However, it still displays the 1920x1200 resolution at 32 bit color - it just displays that error message when I try to use that profile - then Presentation Director just crashes completely ....
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T61_Wide | Model No. 7662 - CTO
Core 2 Duo T7250 | 2GB OCZ DDR2-800
82566MM Gigabit | 4965AGN Centrino Pro
Solved!
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Okay, here's how it works. I think this works ... please someone try to verify.
To create the DVI output (docked) profile
1. Plug the laptop into the dock
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6. Open presentation director and create a new profile
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9. Disable the external LCD (uncheck "extend desktop onto this monitor")
10. Set the appropriate resolution for the laptop LCD (sometimes after running Presentation director, it gets all weird)
11. Select "my normal display settings"
12. Click "capture"
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