ThinkPad Button
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The Access IBM Button is a button situated in the upper left corner of the keyboard on modern ThinkPads. It is intended to be a means of quick access to help and support. Technically it is nothing else than a button that can be configured to launch a certain piece of software. On earlier models this button is labelled "ThinkPad". |
Linux support
Under Linux, the IBM ThinkPad(tm) special keys can be enabled using tpb.
I.e., to make pressing the Access IBM Button launch ntpctl, add the following line /etc/tpbrc file:
THINKPAD /usr/bin/X11/xterm -T ntpctl -e ntpctl
To make pressing the Access IBM Button launch the ThinkWiki homepage, add the following line:
THINKPAD /usr/bin/firefox http://www.thinkwiki.org
See the tpb page and the ThinkPad special keys HOWTO for more information.
Windows support (2000 or XP)
If you want to customize the program that is launched when the Access IBM button is pressed while the machine is running Windows (2000 or XP) you can change the following registry entry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IBM\TPHOTKEY\8001
Here are the default values:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IBM\TPHOTKEY\8001] "File"="C:\\Program Files\\IBM\\Access IBM\\\\aibm.exe" "DispName"="Access IBM"
