diff --git a/examples/colloid/in.colloid b/examples/colloid/in.colloid
index 4ab4e5909d..589b4478e3 100644
--- a/examples/colloid/in.colloid
+++ b/examples/colloid/in.colloid
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pair_coeff	1 1  1.0 1.0 5.0 5.0 12.5
 pair_coeff	1 2  5.0 1.0 5.0 0.0 7.0
 pair_coeff	2 2 10.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 2.5
 
-fix		1 all npt 2.0 2.0 1.0 xyz 0.0 1.0 10.0 drag 1.0
+fix		1 all npt temp 2.0 2.0 1.0 iso 0.0 1.0 10.0 drag 1.0
 fix		2 all enforce2d
 
 dump		1 all atom 200 dump.colloid
diff --git a/examples/ellipse/in.ellipse.gayberne b/examples/ellipse/in.ellipse.gayberne
index 61e38c015d..870c7bfe2b 100644
--- a/examples/ellipse/in.ellipse.gayberne
+++ b/examples/ellipse/in.ellipse.gayberne
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ dump	     1 all custom 100 dump.ellipse.gayberne &
 #dump	     1 all custom 100 dump.ellipse.resquared &
 #	     id type x y z quatw quati quatj quatk
 
-fix	     1 all npt/asphere 2.0 2.0 0.1 xyz 0.0 1.0 1.0
+fix	     1 all npt/asphere temp 2.0 2.0 0.1 iso 0.0 1.0 1.0
 fix	     2 all enforce2d
 
 compute_modify 1_temp extra ${dof}
diff --git a/examples/ellipse/in.ellipse.resquared b/examples/ellipse/in.ellipse.resquared
index 2bd270a88a..2843dfd701 100644
--- a/examples/ellipse/in.ellipse.resquared
+++ b/examples/ellipse/in.ellipse.resquared
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ timestep     0.002
 dump	     1 all custom 100 dump.ellipse.resquared &
 	     id type x y z quatw quati quatj quatk
 
-fix	     1 all npt/asphere 2.0 2.0 0.1 xyz 0.0 1.0 1.0
+fix	     1 all npt/asphere temp 2.0 2.0 0.1 iso 0.0 1.0 1.0
 fix	     2 all enforce2d
 
 compute_modify 1_temp extra ${dof}
diff --git a/examples/min/in.min.box b/examples/min/in.min.box
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9850309034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/min/in.min.box
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# 2d Lennard-Jones melt and subsequent energy minimization
+
+units		lj
+dimension	2
+atom_style	atomic
+
+lattice		sq2 0.8442
+region		box block 0 20 0 20 -0.1 0.1
+create_box	1 box
+create_atoms	1 box
+mass		1 1.0
+
+velocity	all create 5.0 87287 loop geom
+
+pair_style	lj/cut 2.5
+pair_coeff	1 1 1.0 1.0 2.5
+pair_modify	shift yes
+
+neighbor	0.3 bin
+neigh_modify	delay 0 every 1 check yes
+
+fix		1 all nve
+fix		2 all enforce2d
+
+dump		1 all atom 100 dump.min
+
+thermo		100
+
+run		1000
+
+neigh_modify	delay 0 every 1 check yes
+
+
+velocity	all create 0.0 1
+dump_modify	1 every 25
+thermo		50
+minimize	1.0e-6 0.001 1000 10000
+
+fix             3 all box/relax x 1.0 y 2.0 vmax 1.0e-4 nreset 1000
+
+thermo_style    custom step temp pe pxx pyy pxy
+
+min_modify      line quadratic
+minimize	0.0 1.0e-3 10000 100000
diff --git a/examples/nemd/in.nemd b/examples/nemd/in.nemd
index f0df5f31f5..07cf0f0ab3 100644
--- a/examples/nemd/in.nemd
+++ b/examples/nemd/in.nemd
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ pair_coeff	* * 1.0 1.0 1.0
 neighbor	0.3 bin
 neigh_modify	delay 0 every 1
 
-fix		1 all nvt/sllod 1.0 1.0 1.0 
+fix		1 all nvt/sllod temp 1.0 1.0 1.0 
 fix		2 all deform 1 xy erate 0.01 remap v
 
 dump		1 all custom 500 dump.nemd id type x y z
diff --git a/examples/peptide/in.peptide b/examples/peptide/in.peptide
index 6b46439203..0acdb7a214 100644
--- a/examples/peptide/in.peptide
+++ b/examples/peptide/in.peptide
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ timestep	2.0
 thermo_style	multi
 thermo		50
 
-fix		1 all nvt 275.0 275.0 100.0
+fix		1 all nvt temp 275.0 275.0 100.0
 fix		2 all shake 0.0001 10 100 b 4 6 8 10 12 14 18 a 31
 
 group		peptide type <= 12
diff --git a/examples/prd/in.prd b/examples/prd/in.prd
index 0e88ad8195..e6e1ed6bf5 100644
--- a/examples/prd/in.prd
+++ b/examples/prd/in.prd
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ pair_coeff * * Si.sw Si
 
 thermo          10
 
-fix             1 all nvt $t $t 0.1
+fix             1 all nvt temp $t $t 0.1
 
 timestep        1.0e-3
 neighbor        1.0 bin