Operation Manual

ActiveProtectionSystem

TheActiveProtectionSystemprotectsyourharddiskdrivewhentheshocksensorinsideyourcomputer

detectsaconditionthatcoulddamagethedrive,suchassystemtilt,excessivevibration,orshock.Thehard

diskdriveislessvulnerabletodamagewhenitisnotoperating;sothesystemstopsitfromspinning,and

mayalsomovetheread/writeheadsofthedrivetoareasthatdonotcontaindata.Assoonastheshock

sensorsensesthattheenvironmentisstableagain(minimalchangeinsystemtilt,vibration,orshock),it

turnstheharddiskdriveon.

ToopenActiveProtectionSystem,dothefollowing:

•ForWindows7:See“AccessingapplicationsinWindows7”onpage20

•ForWindowsXP:Toconguretheprotectionsystem,clickStart➙AllPrograms➙ThinkVantage➙

ActiveProtectionSystem.

FingerprintSoftware

Ifyoursystemcomeswithangerprintreader,theFingerprintSoftwareprogramenablesyoutoenrollyour

ngerprintandassociateitwithyourWindowspassword.Asaresult,thengerprintauthenticationcan

replaceyourpasswordandenablesimpleandsecureuseraccess.

Toopenthengerprintsoftware,dothefollowing:

•ForWindows7:See“AccessingapplicationsinWindows7”onpage20.

•ForWindowsXP:ClickStart➙AllPrograms➙ThinkVantage➙ThinkVantageFingerprintSoftware.

LenovoSolutionsCenter

Note:Dependingonthedatewhenyourcomputerwasmanufactured,yourcomputerispreinstalledwith

eithertheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramortheLenovoThinkVantageToolboxprogramfordiagnostic

purposes.ForadditionalinformationabouttheLenovoThinkVantageToolboxprogram,see“Lenovo

ThinkVantageToolbox”onpage23

TheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramenablesyoutotroubleshootandresolvecomputerproblems.It

combinesdiagnostictests,systeminformationcollection,securitystatus,andsupportinformation,along

withhintsandtipsformaximumsystemperformance.Formoreinformation,see“Diagnosingproblems”on

page131.

TostarttheLenovoSolutionCenterprograminWindows7,see“AccessingapplicationsinWindows7”

onpage20.

LenovoThinkVantageT ools

TheLenovoThinkVantageToolsprogramhelpsyouworkmoreeasilyandsecurelybyprovidingeasyaccess

tovarioustechnologies,suchas:

•LenovoSolutionCenterorLenovoThinkVantageToolbox(dependingonthedateofmanufacture)

•PowerManager

•RescueandRecovery

•SystemUpdate

ToaccesstheLenovoThinkVantageToolsprogram,clickStart➙AllPrograms➙LenovoThinkVantage

Tools.

Note:LenovoThinkVantageToolsisavailableonlyinWindows7.

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