TheMessageCenterPluscanalsoprovidemessagesaboutnewupdatesavailabletokeepyourcomputer
current.
PasswordManagerThePasswordManagerprogramenablesuserstomanageandr ememberalltheirsensitiveand
easy-to-forgetapplicationandWebsitelogininformation,suchasuserIDs,passwords,andotherpersonal
information.
ToopenPasswordManager,dothefollowing:
•ForWindows7:SeeAccessingapplicationsinWindows7.
•ForWindowsXP:ClickStart➙AllPrograms➙ThinkV antage➙PasswordManager.
PowerManagerThePowerManagerprogramprovidesconvenient,exible,andcomplet epowermanagementforyour
computer.ByusingthePowerManagerprogram,youcanadjustyourpowersettingstogiveyouthebest
balancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving.
ToopenPowerManager,dothefollowing:
•ForWindows7:See“AccessingapplicationsinWindows7”onpage20.
•ForWindowsXP:ClickStart➙AllPrograms➙ThinkV antage➙PowerManager.
ProductRecoveryThisprogramenablesyoutocreaterecoverymediatorestorethecontentsofthesystemdriveorharddisk
drivetothesamestateaswhenthecomputerwasoriginallyshippedfromthefactory.
Forinformationabouthowtoopenandusethisprogram,referto“Creatingandusingrecoverymedia”
onpage69.
RescueandRecoveryTheRescueandRecovery®pr ogramisaonebuttonrecoveryandrestoresolutionthatincludesasetof
self-recoverytoolstohelpyoudiagnosecomputerproblems,gethelp,andrecoverfromsystemcrashes,
evenifyoucannotstarttheWindowsoperatingsystem.
ToopentheRescueandRecoveryprogram,dothefollowing:
•ForWindows7:See“AccessingapplicationsinWindows7”onpage20.
•ForWindowsXP:ClickStart➙AllPrograms➙ThinkV antage➙RescueandRecovery.
SystemUpdateTheSystemUpdateprogramhelpsyoukeepthesoftwareonyourcomputerup-to-datebydownloadingand
installingsoftwarepackages(ThinkVantageapplications,devicedrivers,UEFIFirmwareupdates,andother
thirdpartyapplications).Someexamplesofsoftwarethatyoushouldkeepupdatedareprogramsprovided
byLenovo,suchastheRescueandRecoveryprogram.
ToopenSystemUpdate,dothefollowing:
•ForWindows7:See“AccessingapplicationsinWindows7”onpage20.
•ForWindowsXP:ClickStart➙AllPrograms➙ThinkVantage➙Syst emUpdate.
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