USB Travel Keyboard with UltraNav

Hi,
I've a Lenovo USB Travel Keyboard with UltraNav (31P9496) to my X301. The keyboard works fine but I can't get the TrackPoint or the TouchPad to work. I've tried the keyboard on other computers and there the TrackoPoint/TouchPad works fine. The only thing that differ is that I use Vista x64 and the other computers uses Vista x32.
I love the keyboard and want my trackpoint to work - Please help me!

I ended up opening my keyboard and resoldering the ribbon cable on the TrackPoint PCB, and improving the connection of the ribbon cable to the main board and now it works! I believe the problem was in the ribbon cable connection to the main board--those ribbon cables and headers are very flimsy. TrackPoint, TouchPad and keyboard are all functioning well with the default Windows drivers.
I'm not going to bother with the Synaptic drivers, because they made my Mouse options in the Control Panel crash, and I have all of the functionality I want out of this keyboard without them.
Thanks anyway,
--Dan

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I feel your pain ringrose.
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