User's Manual

ForWindows7:SeeAccessingapplicationsinWindows7”onpage34.
ForWindowsVistaandWindowsXP:ClickStartAllProgramsThinkVantagePassword
Manager.
PowerManager
ThePowerManagerprogramprovidesconvenient,exible,andcompletepowermanagementforyour
computer.ByusingthePowerManagerprogram,youcanadjustyourpowersettingstogiveyouthebest
balancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving.
ToopenPowerManager,dothefollowing:
ForWindows7:SeeAccessingapplicationsinWindows7”onpage34.
ForWindowsVistaandWindowsXP:ClickStartAllProgramsThinkVantagePowerManager.
ProductRecovery
Thisprogramenablesyoutocreaterecoverymediatorestorethecontentsofthesystemdriveorharddisk
drivetothesamestateaswhenthecomputerwasoriginallyshippedfromthefactory.
Forinformationabouthowtoopenandusethisprogram,referto“Creatingandusingrecoverymedia”on
page109.
PresentationDirector
PresentationDirectorisadisplaycongurationutilitythatenablesyoutogivepresentationsconveniently.It
alsoenablesyoutocreateandmanagethedisplayschemes.However,bydefault,PresentationDirectorhas
somepredenedpresentationschemes.Youcanapplythemtoyourpresentationwithnoneedtosetupa
newscheme.Toapplyapresentationscheme,youcanalsousetheFn+F7keycombination.
ToopenPresentationDirector,clickStartAllProgramsThinkVantagePresentationDirector.
Note:IfyourcomputerisaWindows7model,PresentationDirectorisnotsupportedbecausetheWindows
7operatingsystemhandlestheexternaldisplaysinstead.
RescueandRecovery
TheRescueandRecoveryprogramisaonebuttonrecoveryandrestoresolutionthatincludesasetof
self-recoverytoolstohelpyoudiagnosecomputerproblems,gethelp,andrecoverfromsystemcrashes,
evenifyoucannotstarttheWindowsoperatingsystem.
ForWindows7:SeeAccessingapplicationsinWindows7”onpage34.
ForWindowsVistaandWindowsXP:ClickStartAllProgramsThinkVantageRescueand
Recovery.
SystemUpdate
TheSystemUpdateprogramhelpsyoukeepthesoftwareonyourcomputerup-to-datebydownloadingand
installingsoftwarepackages(ThinkVantageapplications,devicedrivers,UEFIBIOSupdates,andotherthird
partyapplications).Someexamplesofsoftwarethatyoushouldkeepupdatedareprogramsprovidedby
Lenovo,suchastheRescueandRecoveryprogram.
ToopentheSystemUpdate,dothefollowing:
ForWindows7:SeeAccessingapplicationsinWindows7”onpage34
.
ForWindowsVistaandWindowsXP:ClickStartAllProgramsThinkVantageSystemUpdate.
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