ThinkVantageTechnologiesandsoftware
LenovopreinstallsonyourPCusefulandhelpfulsoftwareapplicationstohelpyougetstarted,tostay
productivewhileonthemoveandtokeepyouandyourcomputerworking.Lenovooffersenhancedsecurity,
wirelesscomputing,data-migrationandothersolutionsforyourcomputer.
FollowingsectionsprovideinformationaboutThinkVantage®technologiesandothercomputingsolutions,
offeredbyLenovo.
•“AccessingapplicationsinWindows7”onpage15
•“AccessConnections”onpage17
•“ActiveProtectionSystem”onpage17
•“LenovoSolutionCenter”onpage17
•“LenovoThinkVantageTools”onpage17
•“LenovoThinkVantageToolbox”onpage18
•“MessageCenterPlus”onpage18
•“PasswordManager”onpage18
•“PowerManager”onpage18
•“ProductRecovery”onpage18
•“PresentationDirector”onpage19
•“RescueandRecovery”onpage19
•“SimpleTap”onpage19
•“SystemUpdate”onpage19
•“ThinkVantageGPS”onpage19
•“ThinkVantageProductivityCenter”onpage19
Note:TolearnmoreaboutThinkVantagetechnologiesandothercomputingsolutions,offeredbyLenovo,
gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
AccessingapplicationsinWindows7
IfyouareusingtheWindows7operatingsystem,youcanaccessapplicationsbyfollowingoneofthe
methodsbelow:
•YoucangettheapplicationsfromtheLenovoThinkVantageT ools.
ClickStart➙AllPrograms➙LenovoThinkV antageTools.Thendependingontheapplicationyou
wanttoaccess,double-clickthecorrespondingicon.
Note:IfanapplicationiconintheLenovoThinkVantageToolsapplicationnavigationwindowisdimmed,it
indicatesthatyouneedtoinstalltheapplicationmanually.T oinstalltheapplicationmanually,double-click
theapplicationicon.Then,followtheinstructionsonthescreen.Whentheinstallationprocesscompletes,
theapplicationiconwillbeactivated.
Table1.ApplicationsonLenovoThinkVantageTools
ApplicationIconname
AccessConnectionsInternetConnection
ActiveProtectionSystemAirbagProtection
LenovoScreenReadingOptimizerReadingOptimization
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