ThesectionsinControlPanel,thegreentexts,andtheapplicationsarelistedinthefollowingtable.
Table2.ApplicationsinControlPanel
ApplicationControlPanelsectionGreentextintheControlPanel
AccessConnectionsNetworkandInternetLenovo-InternetConnection
ActiveProtectionSystemSystemandSecurity
HardwareandSound
Lenovo-AirbagProtection
CommunicationsUtilityHardwareandSoundLenovo-WebConferencing
FingerprintSoftwareSystemandSecurity
HardwareandSound
Lenovo-FingerprintReader
or
Lenovo-NotebookFingerprint
Reader
LenovoThinkVantageT oolboxSystemandSecurityLenovo-SystemHealthand
Diagnostics
MobileBroadbandActivateNetworkandInternetLenovo-3GMobileBroadband
PasswordManagerSystemandSecurity
UserAccountsandFamilySafety
Lenovo-PasswordVault
PowerManagerHardwareandSound
SystemandSecurity
Lenovo-PowerControls
RecoveryMediaSystemandSecurityLenovo-FactoryRecoveryDisks
SystemUpdateSystemandSecurityLenovo-UpdateandDrivers
RescueandRecoverySystemandSecurityLenovo-EnhancedBackupand
Restore
ThinkVantageGPSNetworkandInternet
SystemandSecurity
Lenovo-GPS
AccessConnections
AccessConnections™isaconnectivityassistantprogramforcreatingandmanaginglocationproles.Each
locationprolestoresallthenetworkandInternetcongurationsettingsneededforconnectingtoanetwork
infrastructurefromaspeciclocationsuchasahomeoranofce.
Byswitchingbetweenlocationprolesasyoumoveyourcomputerfromplacetoplace,youcanquicklyand
easilyconnecttoanetworkwithnoneedtorecongureyoursettingsmanuallyandrestartthecomputer
eachtime.
ToopentheAccessConnectionsprogram,dothefollowing:
•ForWindows7:See“AccessingapplicationsinWindows7”onpage20.
•ForWindowsXP:ClickStart➙AllPrograms➙ThinkVantage➙AccessConnections.
ActiveProtectionSystem
TheActiveProtectionSystemprotectsyourharddiskdrivewhentheshocksensorinsideyourcomputer
detectsaconditionthatcoulddamagethedrive,suchassystemtilt,excessivevibration,orshock.Thehard
diskdriveislessvulnerabletodamagewhenitisnotoperating;sothesystemstopsitfromspinning,and
mayalsomovetheread/writeheadsofthedrivetoareasthatdonotcontaindata.Assoonastheshock
sensorsensesthattheenvironmentisstableagain(minimalchangeinsystemtilt,vibration,orshock),it
turnstheharddiskdriveon.
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