The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Dell Quickset question

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by pdp76, Jan 27, 2008.

  1. pdp76

    pdp76 Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    5
    Messages:
    69
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I actually like the on screen visual popups for the volume and screen brightness features on my Vostro 1400. However, somehow the volume popup ends up in the upper lefthand corner of my screeen while the brightness popup is in the lower righthand corner. First of all, is this normal? And 2nd, how can I, or is it possible to, change the default location of the volume/brightness popups? I would like both in the lower righthand corner.
    p.s. forgot to mention I am running Vista Basic and I just downloaded the latest Quickset install from Dell a few days ago.
     
    pdp76, Jan 27, 2008
    #1
  2. K3VIN

    K3VIN Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    136
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    u can click on it then drag it down.
     
    K3VIN, Jan 27, 2008
    #2
  3. pdp76

    pdp76 Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    5
    Messages:
    69
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Yes, but once I restart Windows, it goes back.... is there a way to set the default?
     
    pdp76, Jan 27, 2008
    #3
  4. K3VIN

    K3VIN Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    136
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Really? I just found out about it too..I haven't restart my laptop yet. Sorry cant help.
     
    K3VIN, Jan 27, 2008
    #4
  5. SilentException

    SilentException Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    2
    Messages:
    32
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    hey i had the same problem and it was driving me crazy.

    so today i reverse engineered the quickset v8.2.17 to see what's going on. long story short, after some work i managed to fix it and now it remembers the position correctly. i have the "fixed" quickset.exe, dont know if i'm supposed to put it here (don't wanna break any rules :))
     
    SilentException, Mar 12, 2008
    #5
  6. pdp76

    pdp76 Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    5
    Messages:
    69
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    hehe, you don't have to post the modified code or anything, but if you just give me some pointers on what you did, I'm sure that won't break any rules? Did you have to actually rip apart the executable and manipulate the compiled assembly code or did it have to do more with changing some registry or .ini type files?
     
    pdp76, Mar 12, 2008
    #6
  7. SilentException

    SilentException Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    2
    Messages:
    32
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    i had to modify the exe assembly. the reg editing just didnt do it coz the quickset just kept replacing my values with default ones..

    working on setpoint mouse speed and sensitivity reset atm. think that will be just the registry setting :)
     
    SilentException, Mar 12, 2008
    #7
  8. joshua wood

    joshua wood Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    8
    Messages:
    181
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Wonder if you can use a resource hacker to change this in the exe. I'm wondering about using this to possibly change the graphics used also.
     
    joshua wood, Mar 12, 2008
    #8
  9. SilentException

    SilentException Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    2
    Messages:
    32
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    you sure can.. some of the resources are in the IMAGE resource part, others in ICON. i did a quick test:

    [​IMG]

    [​IMG]

    :D

    btw, i managed to patch KHALMNPR.exe too (logitech setpoint driver). now it doesnt reset touchpad settings to default after each restart. i'll maybe write a tutorial if i see some interest. meantime, you can pm me for both fixes (quickset or setpoint)
     
    SilentException, Mar 13, 2008
    #9
  10. alekto

    alekto Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    32
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    That's exactly what I was looking for (new Vostro 1400 user here). I would be grateful if you could send me the file as well (PM with EMail-address sent). Thanks a million!
     
    alekto, Apr 29, 2008
    #10