Think pad yoga function keys

Hi, I have a 3 month old Think pad yoga running on Win 8.1 pro. The keys F8-F12 stop working when the laptop comes off sleep or hibernation. Restarting gets them to work again. Bios was updated to the latest version and it did not help. Any suggestions? Thanks SR

HI, No change for me I’m really hoping that they don’t contact me on the 9th march to tell me it’s been delayed againl, I will finally snap if they do.
You can’t find a review anywhere of this machine so i don’t think anyone has one yet, i also question the honesty of either digital river or Lenovo as i suspect the machine was never going to be ready back in Jan /Feb Maybe they just want to take orders and don’t give long lead times that will discourage people? Do we think they did not know chineese new year was coming ! that must have been factored in just think of the size of the company and the logistics of a factory the size of town..
You will see the lead time of the web site went up and then kept going down and has now stabilized but i have suspicion they always knew it was going to be almost April before these went out. Iv a friend who runs an IT business and his suppler said the new Lenovo stuff won’t be in until April...
I’ll be Curious as to what compensation you are offered so private message me and I’ll do the same, What country are you ordering from BTW ?
untill then iv got my fingers crossed for the 9th as a ship date.

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Having ordered a think pad yoga on the 21st of January it said usually ships in 3 days (that now say 13 days)   3 weeks have elapsed and my order still says “order in process”
I have read that lead times can be affected be 1 week occasionally if there is a” part on back order” however that 2 + 1 lead has gone and my machine is still in China. Having spoken to a nice guy at customer services he says that they can’t get this product yet and does not know when they will be able to, its still selling it online in the uk though..
Does anybody have the same issue or has any one got this machine yet? i cant find any reviews online alough its been avalible for 4 weeks..
If any one could any put some light on the issue it would be appreciated
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HI,   No change for me I’m really hoping that they don’t contact me on the 9th march to tell me it’s been delayed againl, I will finally snap if they do.
You can’t find a review anywhere of this machine so i don’t think anyone has one yet, i also question the honesty of either digital river or Lenovo as i suspect the machine was never going to be ready back in Jan /Feb Maybe they just want to take orders and don’t give long lead times that will discourage people? Do we think they did not know chineese new year was coming !   that must have been factored in just think of the size of the company and the logistics of a factory the size of town..
You will see the lead time of the web site went up and then kept going down and has now stabilized but i have suspicion they always knew it was going to be almost April before these went out. Iv a friend who runs an IT business and his suppler said the new Lenovo stuff won’t be in until April...
I’ll be Curious as to what compensation you are offered so private message me and I’ll do the same, What country are you ordering from BTW ?
untill then iv got my fingers crossed for the 9th as a ship date.

Yoga 3 1470 Windows 10 function keys

I'm using a Lenovo Yoga 3 1470. After upgrading to windows 10, the function key for the following to not working. 1) Lenovo Paper Display (logo of paper appears, but screen colour did not change)2) Disable touchpad (No logo appear, touchpad still able to use) Have tried re-installing both Lenovo paper display & Lenovo utility driver. Anyone facing the same issue?

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Is there any way to change the default behavior of the function keys (e.g., F1, F2, F3...) back to function keys like all other computers? When using Excel, it is extremely annoying not to be able to access key one-key functions like F2 and F4.
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Function keys status is not showing on screen

Hi... please help me. I m havin lenova ideapad s10-2 netbook. In this when i press fn + function keys action is performing but its status is not displaying on screen. So if i want to switch on WLAN when i press fn+F5 screen is not showing. Also usb devices are not detecting my laptop. Please help me out.......
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shiva2shetty wrote:
Thanks 4 information. I will try it. Also QS (Quick start) and "one key recovery" is not working when OS is loaded. I need to open from start menu. After that only QS and Function key status display are working. So can you tell me how to load these twodefault when OS boots.
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Hi for Qucikstart ... if there is still installed .. you could activate in in two ways... Start Computer press immidiate F2 for BIOS in move with arrow keys to CONFIG Page there you could found Quickstart set to enable... leave with press F10 save and exit...
or in windows XP start control panel you found QUICKSTART Configuration Tool click on this program you could activate at startup save and exit...
Or if Quickstart is not installed .. download from here S10-2 Driver Site
there you can also found OKR
sincerely KalvinKlein
by the way ... did you re-install the system ? which OS did you use? , you didnt say that in your first post ... that sounds to me that you try to re-install or use an old XP without SP3 ....
To fulfill your quest here is the driver page... for all ... pick your S10-2 OS drivers and install at first the chipset driver...
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Function keys not working in XP under Boot Camp

I have a slight problem with Boot Camp with XP.
When I first installed it long ago, I recall there was a Boot Camp icon in the Windows tool bar, and the function keys could be used to change the volume, brightness, and keyboard backlight. Now, there isn't, and they don't.
I've run 'repair' from the Leopard DVD, but still the functionality hasn't returned. This is particularly irritating within a game because I can't even change the volume without quitting to desktop.
Note that the Boot Camp partition is also used by Parallels, just in case that's a factor. Other than that, I can't think what it was I might have done to have caused whatever Boot Camp installed to facilitate this functionality, be removed/disabled.
Any ideas how I can repair it without starting again from scratch?

I'm having similar issues with no real luck. The only 'solution' I've found is to manually start the KbdMgr.exe program each and everytime I turn on Windows. The program is in the Bootcamp folder, and I put a shortcut on my desktop.
KbdMgr is set to start with Windows, but it doesn't. I've even done a repair install of Windows, removed and reinstalled Bootcamp drivers with no success. I can't find an actual solution anywhere, just workarounds.

How do you reset the special keyboard function keys?

I used to use an older external keyboard that had Dashboard as F4. Now I got a newer keyboard that has Launchpad as F4. I was used to the old way, so I went into the keyboard shortcut for Dashboard and set it as F4. To my disappointment, however, it only works when I hold 'fn'. (I didn't expect this, as when the key was set to F13 holding fn wasn't required.) So anyway, that is even worse, and I wanted to change it back. However, it wouldn't let me. (In Launchpad & Dock > Keyboard Shortcuts, there used to be a checkmark next to Show Launchpad with a blank area on the right, but now when I try to click Restore Defaults, it forces me to choose a key... and pressing F4 without holding fn doesn't register.) And I know I can make it use all function keys as standard function keys, but not just for F4. And if I do it for all of them, I lose the other keyboard controls and I don't want that. I don't want to have to be stuck with the FunctionFlip 3rd party tool forever... How can I actually reset they key (or ideally, make it bring up dashboard without holding down fn)? You'd think that if it's so simple to change a setting one way it would be simple to change back. I'd even delete some prefs file if i had to.

I figured out that if you remove the ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist file and restart, that restores the keyboard.
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How can I use Automator to toggle the Function Keys?

I am trying to create a Automated process to toggle the Function Keys on my keyboard. This is because I use several programs, including After Effects, which use the F1-12 keys, but when I am not using that program I commonly use the Apple-defined shortcuts on the keyboard. I have a full-sized keyboard, hence no Fn key. So that's out right away – I've read several comments on this topic where people suggested that this is the ONLY option. I refuse to beleive that.
Automator contains a "Watch Me Do" feature, which I have tried to use to record this process. Problem is, it never clicks the right object. If I record clicking the dock, the magnification (I suspect) throws off the virtual-controlled mouse and picks the wrong object. If I record the Apple Menu route, it gets it about 1/2 the time.
I think what I'm really looking for is a console command I can feed into the Terminal which toggles the keys. It seems to be that this HAS to be an option, even if it is more than one line of commands. I believe if I can feed this process into Automator, it would work.
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iKey lets you define function keys per application. You seem to want to turn on & off the defined apple keys. Not sure if these keyboard re-mappers will do the trick.
Here is my other most favored application. Of course, I haven't checked these out in newer OS's. I'm a Tiger man myself.
iKey is a front end program that simulates typing and mouse movements. I use iKey to remap the Function keys.
"iKey is an automation utility, a program that creates shortcuts to accomplish repetitive tasks. In essence, an iKey shortcut is a little program in its own right, but you don't need to know the first thing about programming to create an iKey shortcut. All you have to do is put together three necessary parts of a shortcut: One or more commands that give the shortcut its functionality, a context in which it runs, and a launcher that defines how the shortcut is activated."
http://www.scriptsoftware.com/ikey/
iKey has a little more function then the previous free version called youpi key. For many years, I used youpi key before switching to iKey. It works fairly well for me in MAC OS 10.4 although not officially supported. The youpi key download is hard to find & no longer here.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/11485&vid=75326
( Send me a message for a copy of youpi key. )
*Examples:*
I have the common programs that I use assigned to function keys. I have F4 assigned to Firefox. When I want to start FireFox, I press F4. When I want to switch to firefox, I press F4! Starting & switching to an application in Mac OS are the same thing in Mac OS.
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http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=10361085#10361085
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tell application "Finder"
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   --set position of Finder window 1 to {33, 44}
   set position of Finder window 1 to {60, 45}
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end tell
The second portion of this script was generated in the script editor record mode. After I recorded the script and did some editing, I copy the script to ikey/youpi key.
Full Key Codes
http://download.cnet.com/Full-Key-Codes/3000-2094_4-44175.html
Spark
"Spark is a powerful, and easy Shortcuts manager. With Spark you can create Hot Keys to launch applications and documents, execute AppleScript, command iTunes, and more... You can also export and import your Hot Keys library, or save it in HTML format to print it. Spark is free, so use it without moderation!"
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/22675
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by vivek
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Keyboard Maestro is a powerful macro program for Mac OS X (including Tiger and Leopard) which has received glowing reviews. Keyboard Maestro will take your Macintosh experience to a new level in “Ease of Use”. With Keyboard Maestro you can design a custom action sequence with your own shortcuts and use them at any time, you can navigate through running applications and open windows with Program Switcher, and you can work with an unlimited number of clipboards - all by pressing simple keystrokes.
http://www.keyboardmaestro.com/main/
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Possible to redefine function keys via Ansi ESC sequences in terminal?

If it is possible, I would be be very grateful if somebody could be so kind as to show me a couple of examples.
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I want to reconfigure my function keys in terminal,via ansi-escape-sequencenses from
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It's really nifty, if you want to see som manpages, without ending up with a zillion of terminalwinwindows, and you can name the windows too, so you can easily see the difference between
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I want to store other keypresses, like [^A"] on functionkey F2 for instance.
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Thank you. That wasn't what I had in mind, but thats what I'll go for, as I can't seem to figure out how to send and ansi escape sequence that does it, and creating a new terminfo file with the new settings, exporting it, and and creating a new subshell is just too much work. "Screen" runs fine now, with some function-key bindings.
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I have an IBM Think Pad and since installing the latest version of Firfox, the trackpoint scrolling on my mouse no longer works

I have an IBM Think Pad and since installing the latest version of Firfox, the trackpoint scrolling on my mouse no longer works

Try to modify the pref ui.trackpoint_hack.enabled on the about:config page from the default value -1 to 0 or 1 to see if that makes the scroll pad work. 
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From my knowledge this must be a Toshiba US notebook series.
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I need function keys for the warehousing system I run for work.
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Hi Jim,
Thanks for the post. I researched on your issue using different combinations of VI, pane, and path control event and was unsuccessful in getting an event to fire when the drag starts outside of the LabVIEW window. I think you are on the right path with using a Windows API, which then could be interfaced into LabVIEW using ActiveX or .NET containers. If you are able to detect it, then you can use a user event to fire a drag start in LabVIEW. This should then allow you to successfully fire a drag over event. The NI Developer Zone article below will get you started on creating and using user events:
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Hi Jonah,
Thanks for your efforts in confirming my results. I'd prefer not to use any activex or .net containers, since this will make the code extremely coupled to a specific platform. If I can find a way to do this, using window handles or something, via WinAPI that would be preferable, because I could use a conditional disable structure to comment out the code on non-windows machines.
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Yeah I agree the white keyboard was clunky, I dont really miss it. The problem is you can't just use the new lighter keyboards with the white imacs bc the operating system is outdated. The apple store told me I needed to upgrade my operating system and it would cost me 170 dollars, which I found incredulous.
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Hi Keany,
I already had found that option because I would like to use directly the standard F1/F12 functions and not the special functions (as default setting by Toshiba). When I want to change for example brightness I now press Fn+ F2 (brightness down) or Fn + F3 (brightness up).
The Fn+ F12 key nicely toggles the WiFi on or Off. I now understand that the way Toshiba displays this is not the same as with Windows 7?
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I there someone who can tell me? At the moment I only see 2 states when toggling with Fn+ F12, WiFi on or WiFi off.

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