Windows 7 on T61

Hi,
A lot of Infos on Windows 7 for new shipping laptops is available on the Lenovo Website...
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Windows-7-Launch/Lenovo-and-Windows-7-Information/td-p/167070
Anyone knows how to get a Windows 7 CD/DVD for a T61 bought 1,5 year ago?
Including the Lenovo Drivers etc. I still consider W7 as a bugfix for the Vista Version the T61 was released with...
Lenovo Hotline didn't have a clue to this question...
Anyone??
Thanks in advance!!
Edwin

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Now I spending a few long evenings finding all the Lenovo drivers for my T61p
Does ThinkVantage System Update 4.0 not work on the T61?
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Tdc3, welcome to the forum,
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I am keep getting the stop error 0x00000116 failing with a blue screen while im browsing. I have observerd this quite a few times and also I could not find the correct video drivers for my t61 thinkpad in the ibm site. I could see the details as wxp & windows vista but not for win 7. Please find the link below which has all the video drivers fro t61. Please help me find the correct customized video drivers fro my t61 + win 7. Hope you understand my problem.
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Video chipsets:
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my video card is Intel PM965 chipset . Please help me to get the correct customized version of the video drivers for my thinkpad as I am getting this problem with video drivers and its getting restarted when I am in the middle of something. But it works find after that. I have tried to install drivers from intel and its saying i have customized version of lenovo drivers and I should contact you guys. I triedcomplete win 7 update from windows site and installed all patches and still getting the problem intermitently, but after restart it works fine. No hardware or software changes. Its that I need the correct version of video drivers for win 7. Please inform the lenovo about this and ask them to develop the good video drivers for win 7 + t61 model. Hope you understand my situation.
Please let me know if you need any kind of info so that i can provide.
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Are you kidding me ? You dont work for Lenovo and you are an active volunteer here in this forums. I have seen your replied many times and wont get paid by Lenovo, you are really crazy for ur stufee .Anyways thanks a lot for the link and the original lenovo staff were notable to provide the link and you could. Well I have tried that what you have said nd still I could not get the link, here you go..
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Important note: The symptoms and solutions described below address only a small subset of the possible causes for blue screen errors, aka BSOD. This information can help address blue screen errors specifically related to Turbo Memory, but may not solve errors related to other issues. Please read through the instructions completely, make sure they apply to your system, and after attempting the solutions please post back with your feedback for the community.
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2.    Click System and Maintenance.
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Thanks Tim,
I do have my T61p fully up-to-date to the latest drivers and updates (via System Update and the Drivers&Software web page when the former is not that up-to-date).
At the moment the most recurrent problem is this:
http://forum.lenovo.com/lnv/board/message?board.id=T_Series_Thinkpads&thread.id=55
which has been longly speculated here:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=47755
My other angst is the boot-time chkdsk hang-up problem:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=52765&highlight=chkdsk
I just wonder if this purely a Vista issue when using NV cache, the disk spinning down at almost exactly 1 hour from the beginning of the chdsk operation seems too much of a coincidence.
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I tried the "Fix problems with Windows Update" option in the Control Panel but received a message saying - An error occurred while troubleshooting: A problem is preventing the troubleshooter from starting. The error details say:
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Path: Unknown
Error Code: 0x8E5E0247
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I tried some of the other troubleshooting options and they all give similar errors - An error occurred while troubleshooting: A problem is preventing the troubleshooter from starting.
I then thought it might be a disk drive problem so I tried to do a CHKDSK /F but when the machine reboots the CHKDSK seems to start (there is a message that says it can be interrupted by pressing a key within 10 seconds) then, before the 10 seconds are up, it ends without checking the disk and the machine continues to boot up.
Has anyone seen any of these problems before? Did I miss something? Could this be related to the disk drive? Or missing device drivers? Bios?
Any help with this will be appreciated.
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A laptop drive that size is almost certainly an AF drive. You can check by looking up the model's specs on the vendor's site. You can also use the fsutil command to check the drive's physical sector size and verify that the size isn't getting reported correctly - which is what usually causes the update problem.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982018
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T61 no sound after Windows (Vista) update (?)

I have purchased a T61 in December 2007. The sound has always been low and now i have no sound at all. I cannot hear files locally or on the Net -- or any of the computer sounds.
i realize now that it has happened after a Windows (Vista) update. I have done every step but 6.
I have Speakers (SoundMax Integrated Digital HD Audio). The sound keeps defaulting to to Line 2 Muv Enum (Virtual Cable).
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948481
>> Update -- perhaps this will help someone else. After doing steps 1-5 (at support link), I redid step #3 and now it's working.
Message Edited by Suntea on 06-27-2008 12:50 PM

I have purchased a T61 in December 2007. The sound has always been low and now i have no sound at all. I cannot hear files locally or on the Net -- or any of the computer sounds.
i realize now that it has happened after a Windows (Vista) update. I have done every step but 6.
I have Speakers (SoundMax Integrated Digital HD Audio). The sound keeps defaulting to to Line 2 Muv Enum (Virtual Cable).
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948481
>> Update -- perhaps this will help someone else. After doing steps 1-5 (at support link), I redid step #3 and now it's working.
Message Edited by Suntea on 06-27-2008 12:50 PM

T61 and Windows 8 compatibility

Has anyone loaded Windows 8 on a ThinkPad T61? Is so, were there any incompatibilities? I currently run Vista Business 32-bit on my T61 but am considering moving on to Windows 8.
Solved!
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I did a clean install of Win 8 Pro on my T61 about a month ago and am very happy with the results.
I have the following software and drivers running with no issues whatsoever:
Lenovo Auto Scroll Utility  v1.11
Lenovo Patch Utility   v1.3.1.1
Lenovo Patch Utility 64 bit  v1.3.1.1
Lenovo Power Management Driver  v1.66.00.17
Lenovo Settings Dependency Package v1.0.5.6
Lenovo System Interface Driver  v1.05
On Screen Display   v6.61.00
ThinkPad FullScreen Magnifier  v2.40
ThinkPad Modem    v7.62
ThinkPad Ultranav Driver  v15.0.18.0
ThinkVantage Power Manager v6.36 (Installed using Win 7 compatibility)
ThinkVantage Active Protection System v1.77.0.9
ThinkVantage Fingerprint Software v5.9.8.7264
Lenovo System Update   v5.01.005
For the Nvidia video, Intel Wi-Fi and Bluetooth drivers I am using those supplied by Windows update.
Every function available in my T61 is fully operational!
E420, i5, 8GB, 500GB/7200, 32GB mSATA, Win 8.1 Pro x64
T61, 4GB, 500GB Hybrid, Win 8.1 Pro x64

Windows 7 on T61

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