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Paul Ruszczyk
Feb 4, 2010, 2:03:16 PM2/4/10
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If you go to here, it will walk you through step by step.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=210510
Or here is the important stuff
Where do you get them? They aren't easy to find sometimes. Here is the links to get drivers;
http://modly.net/cf-28/
ftp://ftp.panasonic.com/pub/Panasoni...notebooks/Cf28
http://panasonic.ca/english/customer...twarequery.asp
Those links should contain almost everything for a stock toughbook CF-28.
RandyCF-28 found an updated graphics driver here, if you'd like to try that out.
If you've got a touchscreen, you may be pulling your hair out trying to get it to work. Once you figure it out it's easy, but it's tricky that first time.
Start by getting some drivers (use the above section's links). Run the installer. Once it's done, open up your System control panel, go to the Hardware tab, and click on Device Manager.
Expand the "Mice and other pointing devices" hardware, and double click on the mouse (PS/2 Compatable mouse) that it found. This will open up a new window.
Click on the driver tab, and click on "Update Driver". On the next screen, select "No, not this time" and hit next. On the next screen, select "Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)", and hit next again. Choose the option "Don't search. I will choose a driver to install", and hit next again.
Select "Have Disk...", and browse to the directory C:\util\drivers\mouse , and open up the folder inside (it'll be different for different OS's), and select the Fidmou.inf file inside of that folder. Once the file is selected, hit Ok, and it should start installing.
Once it's installed, you'll need to restart the OS to use it. When it's rebooted, you'll see a new icon in the system tray next to the clock. Right click on the icon that looks like a poorly drawn mouse in front of a monitor, and go to Calibrate. Use a rounded hard device (Pencil eraser, rounded pen caps, etc) to get the X's as close as possible. The closer you get this, the better your touchscreen will operate.
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http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=210510
Or here is the important stuff
Drivers
Where do you get them? They aren't easy to find sometimes. Here is the links to get drivers;
http://modly.net/cf-28/
ftp://ftp.panasonic.com/pub/Panasoni...notebooks/Cf28
http://panasonic.ca/english/customer...twarequery.asp
Those links should contain almost everything for a stock toughbook CF-28.
RandyCF-28 found an updated graphics driver here, if you'd like to try that out.
Touchscreen activation
If you've got a touchscreen, you may be pulling your hair out trying to get it to work. Once you figure it out it's easy, but it's tricky that first time.
Start by getting some drivers (use the above section's links). Run the installer. Once it's done, open up your System control panel, go to the Hardware tab, and click on Device Manager.
Expand the "Mice and other pointing devices" hardware, and double click on the mouse (PS/2 Compatable mouse) that it found. This will open up a new window.
Click on the driver tab, and click on "Update Driver". On the next screen, select "No, not this time" and hit next. On the next screen, select "Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)", and hit next again. Choose the option "Don't search. I will choose a driver to install", and hit next again.
Select "Have Disk...", and browse to the directory C:\util\drivers\mouse , and open up the folder inside (it'll be different for different OS's), and select the Fidmou.inf file inside of that folder. Once the file is selected, hit Ok, and it should start installing.
Once it's installed, you'll need to restart the OS to use it. When it's rebooted, you'll see a new icon in the system tray next to the clock. Right click on the icon that looks like a poorly drawn mouse in front of a monitor, and go to Calibrate. Use a rounded hard device (Pencil eraser, rounded pen caps, etc) to get the X's as close as possible. The closer you get this, the better your touchscreen will operate.
On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 10:55 AM, <toughboo...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
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- Touch Screen Problem, HELP [1 Update]
Topic: Touch Screen Problem, HELPJcbklyn21 <jcbk...@aol.com> Feb 03 10:09PM -0800 ^
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Hi, I have a toughbook cf-28 running windows xp pro. HOW CAN I GET
THIS TOUCH SCREEN GOING? I'm reading update mouse driver but that
doesn't seem to be working, any ideas. Thank you
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