Lenovo S540 Lenovoprogramsoverview

•LenovoSettings

•LenovoSolutionCenter

•LenovoSupport

•LenovoThinkVantageTools

•PasswordManager

•SystemUpdate

Lenovoprogramsoverview

ThistopicprovidesabriefintroductiontosomeLenovoprograms.

Note:Dependingonyourcomputermodel,someoftheprogramsmightnotbeavailable.

•AccessConnections(Windows7)

TheAccessConnectionsprogr amisaconnectivityassistantprogramforcreatingandmanaginglocation

proﬁles.EachlocationproﬁlestoresallthenetworkandInternetconﬁgurationsettingsneededfor

connectingtoanetworkinfrastructurefromaspeciﬁclocationsuchasahomeoranofﬁce.

Byswitchingbetweenlocationpr oﬁlesasyoumoveyourcomputerfromplacetoplace,youcanquickly

andeasilyconnecttoanetworkwithnoneedtoreconﬁgureyoursettingsmanuallyandrestartthe

computereachtime.

•ActiveProtectionSystem(Windows7,Windows8,andWindows8.1)

TheActiveProtectionSystemprogr amprotectsyourharddiskdriveorhybriddrivewhentheshock

sensorinsideyourcomputerdetectsaconditionthatcoulddamagethedrive,suchassystemtilt,

excessivevibration,orshock.Theharddiskdriveorhybriddriveislessvulnerabletodamagewhenitis

notoperating.Thisisbecausewhentheharddiskdriveorhybriddriveisnotoperating,thesystemstops

itfromspinning,andmightalsomovethereadandwriteheadsofthedrivetoareasthatdonotcontain

data.Assoonastheshocksensorsensesthattheenvir onmentisstableagain(minimalchangeinsystem

tilt,vibration,orshock),itturnsontheharddiskdriveorhybriddrive.

•ClientSecuritySolution(Windows7)

TheClientSecuritySolutionprogramprotectsyourcomputerbysecuringclientdataanddeﬂecting

securitybreachattempts.Italsocanhelpmanageyourpasswords,recoveraforgottenpassword,

monitorsecuritysettingsonyourcomputer,andsuggesthowtoenhanceyourcomputersecurity .

•CommunicationsUtility(Windows7)

UsetheCommunicationsUtilityprogramtoconﬁguresettingsfortheintegratedcameraandaudiodevices.

•LenovoFingerprintManager(Windows7,Windows8,andWindows8.1)

Ifyoursystemcomeswithaﬁngerprintreader,theLenovoFingerprintManagerprogramenablesyou

toenrollyourﬁngerprintandassociateitwithyourWindowspassword.Asaresult,theﬁngerprint

authenticationcanreplaceyourpasswor dandenablesimpleandsecureuseraccess.

•LenovoCompanion(Windows8andWindows8.1)

ThroughtheLenovoCompanionprogr am,youcangettheinformationabouttheaccessoriesforyour

computer,viewblogsandarticlesaboutyourcomputer,andcheckforotherrecommendedprograms.

•LenovoSettings(Windows8andWindows8.1)

TheLenovoSettingsprogramenablesyoutoenhanceyourcomputingexperiencebyturningyour

computerintoaportablehotspot(forWindows8only),conﬁguringcameraandaudiosettings,optimizing

yourpowersettings,andcreatingandmanagingmultiplenetworkproﬁles.

•LenovoSolutionCenter(Windows7,Windows8,andWindows8.1)

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