Yoga 2 Pro Auto-Rotate Disabled (button is gray) on Win 10

Hi all, Upgraded my Yoga 2 Pro to Win 10 today, and the auto-rotate feature stopped working. The enable auto-rotate button on Win 10 is disabled, and in the display settings, the auto-rotate is switched on, but this doesn't make a difference. Don't know if the problem is with Lenovo or Microsoft, but would appreciate any help I can get...

Folks - any of you restored back to windows 8 to see if it still works? I did after my win 10 upgrade (with no rotation) and to my dismay, rotation no longer works in the factory image. I spoke to Lenovo and they are treating it like a hardware failure (apparently the factory reimage is the smoking gun for them). I'm starting to wonder if the Win 10 upgrade could have hosed the sensor!? FWIW - I have installed windows 10 about 5 times now on my Yoga 2 Pro, and in every case, the rotation lock function appears as a option (after the graphics drivers are updated by windows update) and pressing the button causes the on screen display to indicate that the autorotate is being toggled.

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Some time ago (after switching to SSD) I reinstalled Windows 8 and upgraded to 8.1. I have made a fresh installation as I could not get the image copying from HDD to SSD to work properly.
The OS has been working great so far, but the one thing I am really missing is the auto-rotate lock button next to the power button. It does not work at all and never has.
I do have the System Update 5 software for installing packages from Lenovo and have installed all of the drivers it recommended except for Password Manager and IRST which I do not need.
I have also manually installed the 'Hotkey Features Integration for Windows 8.1 (32-bit, 64-bit) - ThinkPad' package which I expected to be the thing I was missing.
Is there any additional software that I should install or something that I should enable to get the functionality?
I know Windows+O does the same thing, but when you are in tablet mode that key is not that handy.

Hi Wojciechka,
Welcome to Lenovo Community!
As per the query, we understood that you are facing issue with auto rotate lock button on your ThinkPad S230u.
We have a solution for this issue, please visit the below link and follow the steps provided in that.
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/S-Series-ThinkPads-ThinkPad-Yoga/ThinkPad-Twist-s230u-Auto-rotate-is-no...
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Hemanth Kumar
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Re: Yoga 2 Pro - Auto brightness feature and how to disable in Windows 8.1

I got my YOGA 2 PRO, and after 15 days (I did not copied my files to it yet!) I already have the screen brightness diming without any control. It seems like it goes brigther and darker alone while I am reading a page at firefox or explorer. I saw the recommendation on this forum
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Guilherme1010,
Welcome to the forum. I see that you left this comment on this KB article on autobrightness and so I moved it out here so that others in the community would be more likely to see it and chime in with suggestions.
If you have not installed your own applications or data yet, and you are having issues with the system not responding to check for updates even if there is internet connection, and not opening settings, then you can try to debug this, or you might consider doing a system reset to restore to factory condition.
Sometimes, the preloaded image gets corrupted and can just be reset, and then will work fine.
Here are some instructions on how to reset. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/restore-refresh-reset-pc
I realize this may be a bold step, and it will wipe out all data and settings on the system so make sure you are ready to do that.
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Mark
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Auto Rotate Disable for Photos ....... Sort-of ..... Trick / Tip

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As of 10.1.2 we no longer talk about "auto-rotate and center". Page scaling for 1-up output is always registered to the center point, and the new dialog only refers to orientation.
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Yoga 11s: kein Auto-rotate nach win8.1

Hallo,
ich brauche dringend den neusten Sensor Firmware für das Auto-rotate.
Nach dem Update auf win8.1 geht die Ausrichtung des Bildschirm nicht mehr.
Kann mir da jemand helfen?

Hallo,
ich habe deine eigene Lösung im englischen Forum gefunden. Du hast also den Sensor im GeräteManager deinstalliert und einen Neustart durchgeführt.
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Zuzana
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I was able to fix my problem and would like to share the solution with others in case this also happens to you.
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Dear Redv
Welcome in lenovo forums
All what you need to Disable the auto Rotate Screen is to press on the highlighted button as shows below :-
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hi
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Intel Display Power Saving Technology or Intel DPST
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Solid Cruver
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uliwooly wrote:
That's the way it's supposed to work
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Dear NX3
Welcome to Lenovo forums
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