Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge - Administrator Password; Password Considerations; Power-On Password; Setting, Changing, and Deleting a Password

moreinformationaboutyourcomputer.YoucanusethediagnosticsfeatureoftheLenovoThinkVantage
Toolboxprogramtotestdevices,diagnosecomputerproblems,createbootablediagnosticmedia,update
systemdrivers,andviewsysteminformation.
ToruntheLenovoThinkVantageToolboxprogramontheWindows7operatingsystem,clickStart➙All
Programs➙LenovoThinkVantageTools➙SystemHealthandDiagnostics.Followtheinstructionson
thescreen.
Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.Foradditionalinformation,refertotheLenovoThinkVantageToolbox
helpsystem.
LenovoSolutionCenter
TheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramenablesyoutotroubleshootandresolvecomputerproblems.It
combinesdiagnostictests,systeminformationcollection,securitystatus,andsupportinformation,along
withhintsandtipsformaximumsystemperformance.
Notes:
•TheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramisavailableonlyonmodelspreinstalledwiththeWindows7
operatingsystem.IfyourWindows7modelisnotpreinstalledwiththeprogram,youcandownloadit
fromhttp://www.lenovo.com/diagnose.
•IfyouareusingtheWindowsVistaorWindowsXPoperatingsystem,goto
http://www.lenovo.com/diagnoseforthelatestinformationondiagnosticsforyour
computer.
ToruntheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramontheWindows7operatingsystem,clickStart➙AllPrograms
➙LenovoThinkVantageTools➙SystemHealthandDiagnostics.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Foradditionalinformation,refertotheLenovoSolutionCenterhelpsystem.
Note:Ifyouareunabletoisolateandrepairtheproblemyourselfafterrunningtheprogram,saveandprint
theloglescreatedbytheprogram.YouwillneedthelogleswhenyouspeaktoaLenovotechnical
supportrepresentative.
PC-DoctorforDOS
YoucanalsodownloadthelatestversionofthePC-DoctorforDOSdiagnosticprogramfrom
http://www.lenovo.com/support.ThePC-DoctorforDOSdiagnosticprogramrunsindependentlyofthe
Windowsoperatingsystem.UsethePC-DoctorforDOSdiagnosticprogramifyouareunabletostartthe
Windowsoperatingsystemorifthetwodiagnosticprogramspreinstalledonyourcomputerhavenot
beensuccessfulinisolatingapossibleproblem.YoucanrunthePC-DoctorforDOSdiagnosticprogram
fromadiagnosticdiscthatyoucreated.
Creatingadiagnosticdisc
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtocreateadiagnosticdisc.
Tocreateadiagnosticdisc,dothefollowing:
1.Downloadaself-startingbootableCD/DVDimage(knownasanISOimage)ofthediagnosticprogram
from:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
2.UseanyCD/DVDburningsoftwaretocreateadiagnosticdiscwiththeISOimage.
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