USB Sleep button gadget

[mthrichard]

Hey everyone

I have this USB Sleep button gadget (press the green button and PC goes to sleep mode) that does not work with Win7.
Here is a link to a similar product EcoButton (Computer Standby Button)
Same idea, different picture on the button.
On the packaging it does say that its compatible with XP, Vista and Mac.
I was assuming that since it was Vista capable that Win7 would not be a problem, but I get the "Device may not work properly" message.

Any ideas? Help is really appreciated.

Thanks

 

[richc46]

Here, better than the gadget
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/61430-sleep-shortcut-create.html

 

[JDobbsy1987]

Thumbs Up to richc46 for this suggestion...

I would have thought it would work though, have you looked to see if there are any Win7 updates for your Button?

 

[mthrichard]

thanks richc46 for that suggestion.
I would still like the button to work however, if possible. I like the soft slow it emits, and the fact that is works as a shortcut to sleep mode is a bonus of sorts.

JDobbsy1987: I did check windows updates and it did not find anything for this gadget

Any suggestions finding a driver that would fix this?

I am not too worried about it, I got it for $1, I just wanted to see if I could make it work.

On a side note, I do dual-boot XP with my Win7, and it did work perfectly on XP

 

[JDobbsy1987]

thanks richc46 for that suggestion.
I would still like the button to work however, if possible. I like the soft slow it emits, and the fact that is works as a shortcut to sleep mode is a bonus of sorts.

JDobbsy1987: I did check windows updates and it did not find anything for this gadget

Any suggestions finding a driver that would fix this?

I am not too worried about it, I got it for $1, I just wanted to see if I could make it work.

On a side note, I do dual-boot XP with my Win7, and it did work perfectly on XP

Do you have the Make/Model for this device?

 

[mthrichard]

Make is Kikkerland, no model for it

 

[mthrichard]

Silly me, a simple restart fixed the problem.

Odd however that in device manager, it did not recognized it before, and now it does.
Problem solved

Thanks JDobbsy and Richc

 

[richc46]

Your very welcome, I know that you are not going to use the shortcut. Put the information in safe keeping, one day you may be interested.
Glad that it all worked out.

 

[JDobbsy1987]

And it all comes down to a good old restart lol

:roflmao::roflmao::roflmao:


I'm glad you managed to sort it.