Table2.ApplicationsinControlPanel(continued)
ApplicationControlPanelsectionGreentextinControlPanel
SystemUpdateSystemandSecurityLenovo-UpdateandDrivers
ThinkVantageGPSNetworkandInternet
SystemandSecurity
Lenovo-GPS
AccessConnections
AccessConnections™isaconnectivityassistantprogramforcreatingandmanaginglocationproles.Each
locationprolestoresallthenetworkandInternetcongurationsettingsneededforconnectingtoanetwork
infrastructurefromaspeciclocationsuchasahomeoranofce.
Byswitchingbetweenlocationprolesasyoumoveyourcomputerfromplacetoplace,youcanquicklyand
easilyconnecttoanetworkwithnoneedt orecongureyoursettingsmanuallyandrestartthecomputer
eachtime.
ActiveProtectionSystem
TheActiveProtectionSystem™protectsyourharddiskdrivewhentheshocksensorinsideyourcomputer
detectsaconditionthatcoulddamagethedrive,suchassyst emtilt,excessivevibration,orshock.The
harddiskdriveislessvulnerabletodamagewhenitisnotoperating;sothesystemstopsitfromspinning,
andmightalsomovetheread/writeheadsofthedrivetoareasthatdonotcontaindata.Assoonasthe
shocksensorsensesthattheenvironmentisstableagain(minimalchangeinsystemtilt,vibration,or
shock),itturnstheharddiskdriveon.
LenovoScreenReadingOptimizer
TheLenovoScreenReadingOptimizerprogramprovidesyouaconvenientwaytouseelectronicreading
software.Itcandetecttheorientationofyourcomputerandrotatethescreenaccordingly.Italsoenables
youtoadjustthescreenbrightness.
LenovoSolutionCenter
Note:Dependingonthedatewhenyourcomputerwasmanufactur ed,yourcomputerispreinstalledwith
eithertheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramortheLenovoThinkVantageToolboxprogramfordiagnostic
purposes.ForadditionalinformationabouttheLenovoThinkV antageToolboxprogram,see“Lenovo
ThinkVantageToolbox”onpage18.
TheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramenablesyoutotroubleshootandresolvecomputerproblems.It
combinesdiagnostictests,systeminformationcollection,securitystatus,andsupportinformation,along
withhintsandtipsformaximumsystemperformance.F ordetailedinformation,see“Diagnosingproblems”
onpage127.
TostarttheLenovoSolutionCenterprograminWindows7,see“AccessingapplicationsinWindows7”
onpage15.
LenovoThinkV antageT ools
TheLenovoThinkVantageToolspr ogramhelpsyouworkmoreeasilyandsecurelybyprovidingeasyaccess
tovarioustechnologies,suchas:
•LenovoSolutionCenterorLenovoThinkVantageToolbox(dependingonthedateofmanufacture)
•PowerManager
•RescueandRecovery
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