Lenovo 114155U Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox, Message Center Plus, Password Manager, Power Manager

Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox

Note: Depending on the date when your computer was manufactured, your computer is preinstalled with either the Lenovo Solution Center program or the Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox program for diagnostic purposes. For additional information about the Lenovo Solution Center program, see “Lenovo Solutions Center” on page 22.

The Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox program enables you to view symptoms of computer problems and find solutions for them. It also includes automatic notification when action is required, computing assistance, advanced diagnostics, and diagnostic history.

To open Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox, do the following:

• For Windows 7: See “Accessing applications in Windows 7” on page 20.

For additional information about running the Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox program, refer to the Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox help system.

Message Center Plus

The Message Center Plus displays messages to inform you about helpful software that has been preinstalled on your computer. The software enables you to manage wired and wireless connections, protect your data in the event of a problem and automatically diagnose and resolve potential problems with your computer. The Message Center Plus can also provide messages about new updates available to keep your computer current.

Password Manager

The Password Manager program enables users to manage and remember all their sensitive and easy-to-forget application and Web site login information, such as user IDs, passwords, and other personal information.

To open Password Manager, do the following:

•For Windows 7: See Accessing applications in Windows 7.

•For Windows XP: Click Start ➙ All Programs ➙ ThinkVantage ➙ Password Manager.

Power Manager

The Power Manager program provides convenient, flexible, and complete power management for your computer. By using the Power Manager program, you can adjust your power settings to give you the best balance between performance and power saving.

To open Power Manager, do the following:

•For Windows 7: See “Accessing applications in Windows 7” on page 20.

•For Windows XP: Click Start ➙ All Programs ➙ ThinkVantage ➙ Power Manager.

Product Recovery

This program enables you to create recovery media to restore the contents of the system drive or hard disk drive to the same state as when the computer was originally shipped from the factory.

For information about how to open and use this program, refer to “Creating and using recovery media” on page 69.

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