Volume and Brightness Not Displaying when Changed

Hey all, I've recently formatted my laptop, a HP Pavilion DV5-2040ca, and have noticed that (even after installing the drivers), it doesn't display the current volume/brightness when it is changed via the hotkeys bound to the F-Keys. I was wondering which driver will enable this feature on my laptop, as it would be great to have.
Thanks in advance.
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Hi,
For your notebook, the on screen display for volume/brightness is provided by HP MediaSmart SmartMenu - you can download this from the link below.
Note:  You should have at least 1 other MediaSmart software installed ( doesn't matter which ) before installing this.
http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp48501-49000/sp48552.exe
When the installation has completed, restart the notebook.
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