AnintroductiontoLenovoprograms
ThistopicprovidesabriefintroductiontosomeLenovoprograms.
Note:Dependingonyourcomputermodel,someoftheprogramsmightnotbeavailable.
•CommunicationsUtility
TheCommunicationsUtilityprogramprovidesacentrallocationforintegratedcameraandmicrophone
settings.ItcontrolsadvancedsettingsfortheintegratedmicrophoneandcameratooptimizeWeb
conferencingandVoiceoverIP(VOIP)experience.
•FingerprintSoftware
Theintegratedngerprintreaderprovidedonsomekeyboardsenablesyoutoenrollyourngerprint
andassociateitwithyourpower-onpassword,harddiskpassword,andWindowspassword.Asa
result,ngerprintauthenticationcanreplacepasswordsandenablesimpleandsecureuseraccess.A
ngerprintreaderkeyboardisavailablewithselectcomputersorcanbepurchasedforcomputersthat
supportthisoption.
•LenovoCloudStorage
TheLenovoCloudStorageprogramisacloudstoragesolutionthatenablesyoutostoreyourles,such
asdocumentsandpictur es,onaserver .YoucanaccessthestoredlesthroughtheInternetfrom
differentdevicessuchaspersonalcomputers,smartphones,ortablets.Formoreinformationaboutthe
LenovoCloudStorageprogram,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/cloud.
•LenovoCompanion
ThroughtheLenovoCompanionprogram,youcangettheinformationabouttheaccessoriesforyour
computer,viewbolgsandarticlesaboutyourcomputer,andcheckforotherrecommendedprograms.
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Note:Dependingonyourcomputermodel,someoftheprogramsmightnotbeavailable.
AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows8operatingsystem
IfyourcomputerispreinstalledwiththeWindows8operatingsystem,youcanaccessLenovoprogramsby
doingeitherofthefollowing:
•ClicktheLenovoQuickLaunchiconfromthetaskbar.Alistofprogramsisdisplayed.Double-clicka
Lenovoprogramtolaunchit.Ifadesiredprogramisnotinthelist,clicktheplusicon+.
•PresstheWindowskeytogototheStartscreen.ClickaLenovoprogramtolaunchit.Ifyoucannotnd
theprogramyouneed,movethepointertothebottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.
ThenclicktheSearchcharmtosearchforthedesiredprogram.
YourcomputersupportsthefollowingLenovoprogr ams:
•FingerprintSoftware
•LenovoCompanion
•LenovoSettings
•LenovoSolutionCenter
•LenovoQuickLaunch
•LenovoSupport
•PasswordManager
•SystemUpdate