Last few weeks have been very hectic. I moved to Houston from Redmond, we/iLink opened a new office here. Finally, dust is starting to settle down and I cannot wait to dive deeper into Crescent, Denali and Windows 8.
Most of the Windows 8 functionality from the developer preview is working on my laptop (Lenovo X61 Thinkpad). Windows 8 is looking nice. Microsoft has changed many common functions. For example, it took me couple of minutes to figure out how to shut down the laptop. For people out there who have just installed Windows 8 and are struggling with the same problem, here is how you do it:
1. Take your mouse at the bottom-left corner of the screen
2. Wait until the “Charms” menu appears with Search, Share, Devices and Settings option
3. Click on Settings, and a bar appears on the right side of the screen.
4. Select Power option
5. Select Shut Down
Let me know if you are able to find a better way or shortcut to get to the power menu.
I am also not able to get touch working on this laptop. Since there is no touch driver available for Windows 8 on Lenovo site (understandably), I have tried installing Windows Vista and Windows 7 versions but to no use. Let me know if any of you have run into similar issues and have any suggestions.
Feels good to be back.
Cheers!!
Most of the Windows 8 functionality from the developer preview is working on my laptop (Lenovo X61 Thinkpad). Windows 8 is looking nice. Microsoft has changed many common functions. For example, it took me couple of minutes to figure out how to shut down the laptop. For people out there who have just installed Windows 8 and are struggling with the same problem, here is how you do it:
1. Take your mouse at the bottom-left corner of the screen
2. Wait until the “Charms” menu appears with Search, Share, Devices and Settings option
3. Click on Settings, and a bar appears on the right side of the screen.
4. Select Power option
5. Select Shut Down
Let me know if you are able to find a better way or shortcut to get to the power menu.
I am also not able to get touch working on this laptop. Since there is no touch driver available for Windows 8 on Lenovo site (understandably), I have tried installing Windows Vista and Windows 7 versions but to no use. Let me know if any of you have run into similar issues and have any suggestions.
Feels good to be back.
Cheers!!
1 comment:
I finally got the touch functionalities to work after uninstalling current drivers, and re-installing the Windows 7 version of the touch drivers from Lenovo for X61 thinkpad models.
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