What's the *minimum* i need to reinstall my T61?

I'm going to reinstall my T61 with a vanilla version of xp and plan to install the minimum required downloads from lenovo.
Please, lenovo, could you identify what these are?
- Specifically, do I need to install any special drivers for this laptop?
- The only user-level features I want are the blue function keys and the trackpad. I can happily live without the fingerprint reader, "thinkvantage" button etc
thanks,
graham.
ps - the reason I want a vanilla install is:
- I'm fed up of the slow startup and ridiculous number of processes running on this machine; it's the fastest machine i own, and the slowest to login and logout.
- i can't get wireless connectivity to work properly - "access connections" seems to be obstructing the connection being made: if I choose "set up in xp" it doesn't let me close the relevant dialogs; if I try to set up the connection details within "access connections" it doesn't appear to support WPA2-PSK.
- if i disable "access connections" the machine BSODs every so often; not necessarily due to lenovo software, but it would be good to remove one of the possible variables (and "access connections" provides no functionality i need anyway)
- perhaps i need an update of lenovo software - but "check for updates" fails with "can't get user data"

Hi Grhm,
Its a shame to hear you are having issues with the think vantage software. I my self have never had any issues with it from my T41, T43p, T60, and X61t. lol
If you want to do a clean install i would recomend after the install is complete downloading the "System Update" program from the Think Vantage collection. This software will then identifi what drivers need to be downlaoded and installed. It should not how ever download any other TVT programs.
Once the program has downloaded and isntalled all the necessary drivers you can then uninstall the "System Update" program.
Just a note the WPA2 is AES based and not supported on certian wireless cards so it could be that your wireless card doesnt support that. It might also be that you need to be running XPSP3 for windows to be able to use that function.
Before going down the reinstall route I would disable as many startup programs as necessary, update the wireless drivers and reinstall access connections.
Hope This Helps.
Peter.

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