User's Guide

Contents
About this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Chapter 1. Meet your computer . . . . . 1
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . 11
ThinkBook 14p G2 ACH . . . . . . . . . . 11
ThinkBook 16p G2 ACH . . . . . . . . . . 12
Statement on USB transfer rate . . . . . . . 13
Operating environment . . . . . . . . . . 14
Chapter 2. Get started with your
computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Get started with Windows 10 . . . . . . . . . 15
Windows account . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Windows desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Windows Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Lenovo Vantage and Lenovo PC Manager . . . . 18
Connect to Wi-Fi networks . . . . . . . . . . 18
Forget a Wi-Fi network . . . . . . . . . . 18
Turn airplane mode on and off . . . . . . . 18
The Novo Button menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Open the Novo Button menu . . . . . . . . 19
Interact with your computer . . . . . . . . . . 19
Keyboard hotkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Numeric keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Chapter 3. Explore your computer . . 23
Zero touch (for selected models) . . . . . . . . 23
Manage power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Check the battery status . . . . . . . . . 23
Charge the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Set power button behavior. . . . . . . . . 23
A power plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Set performance mode . . . . . . . . . . 24
Change settings in UEFI/BIOS setup utility . . . . 24
What is UEFI/BIOS setup utility . . . . . . . 24
Open the UEFI/BIOS setup utility . . . . . . 24
Change the startup sequence . . . . . . . 24
Change hotkey mode . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Enable or disable always-on . . . . . . . . 25
Set passwords in UEFI/BIOS setup utility . . . . . 25
Password types . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Set administrator password . . . . . . . . 25
Change or remove administrator password . . 26
Set user password . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Enable power-on password . . . . . . . . 26
Set hard disk password . . . . . . . . . . 27
Change or remove hard disk password . . . . 27
Reset or restore Windows . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Windows 10 recovery options . . . . . . . 27
Windows System Restore . . . . . . . . . 28
Reset Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Create a recovery drive . . . . . . . . . . 29
Use a recovery drive to restore or reset
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Chapter 4. Help and support . . . . . 31
Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . 31
Self-help resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
What is a CRU? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
CRUs for your product model . . . . . . . . . 32
Call Lenovo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Before you contact Lenovo . . . . . . . . 33
Lenovo Customer Support Center . . . . . . 33
Purchase additional services. . . . . . . . . . 34
Appendix A. Accessibility and
ergonomic information . . . . . . . . 35
Appendix B. Compliance
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Appendix C. Notices and
trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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