T60 - Battery/Pwr and Enter Standby Function Keys stopped working.

T60 - Battery/Pwr (Fn+F3) and Enter Standby (Fn+F4) Function Keys have stopped working.
This laptop, T60 200749U , had these function keys working when it ran XP PRO.
Since upgrading to Win 7 Pro both keys have stopped. Anyone have the solution?
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PROBLEM SOLVED! Another person with same problem on a T61 ended with a fix that worked on my T60.
His name is seiscons and the answer is to use an older PwrMgt file for a different Lenove Laptop...
Use SL series > SL500 > 6.66.1
I can now use the FN+F3 or FN+F4 functions plus the battery icon is back on the Task Bar.

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