TheMessageCenterPluscanalsoprovidemessagesaboutnewupdatesavailabletokeepyourcomputer
current.
PasswordManager
ThePasswordManagerprogramenablesuserstomanageandrememberalltheirsensitiveand
easy-to-forgetapplicationandWebsitelogininformation,suchasuserIDs,passwords,andotherpersonal
information.
ToopenPasswordManager,dothefollowing:
•ForWindows7:See“AccessingapplicationsinWindows7”onpage16.
•ForWindowsXP:ClickStart➙AllPrograms➙ThinkVantage➙PasswordManager.
PowerManager
ThePowerManagerprogramprovidesconvenient,exible,andcompletepowermanagementforyour
computer.ByusingthePowerManagerprogram,youcanadjustyourpowersettingstogiveyouthebest
balancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving.
ToopenPowerManager,dothefollowing:
•ForWindows7:See“AccessingapplicationsinWindows7”onpage16
.
•ForWindowsXP:ClickStart➙AllPrograms➙ThinkVantage➙PowerManager.
ProductRecovery
Thisprogramenablesyoutocreaterecoverymediatorestorethecontentsofthesystemdriveorharddisk
drivetothesamestateaswhenthecomputerwasoriginallyshippedfromthefactory.
Forinformationabouthowtoopenandusethisprogram,referto“Creatingandusingrecoverymedia”
onpage69.
PresentationDirector
PresentationDirectorisadisplaycongurationutilitythatenablesyoutogivepresentationsconveniently.It
alsoenablesyoutocreateandmanagethedisplayschemes.However,bydefault,PresentationDirectorhas
somepredenedpresentationschemes.Youcanapplythemtoyourpresentationwithnoneedtosetupa
newscheme.Toapplyapresentationscheme,youcanalsouseF6.
ToopenPresentationDirector,clickStart➙AllPrograms➙ThinkVantage➙PresentationDirector.
Note:IfyourcomputerisaWindows7model,PresentationDirectorisnotsupportedbecausetheWindows
7operatingsystemhandlestheexternaldisplaysinstead.
RescueandRecovery
TheRescueandRecovery
®
programisaonebuttonrecoveryandrestoresolutionthatincludesasetof
self-recoverytoolstohelpyoudiagnosecomputerproblems,gethelp,andrecoverfromsystemcrashes,
evenifyoucannotstarttheWindowsoperatingsystem.ToopentheRescueandRecoveryprogram,
dothefollowing:
•ForWindows7:See“AccessingapplicationsinWindows7”onpage16.
•ForWindowsXP:ClickStart➙AllPrograms➙ThinkVantage➙RescueandRecovery.
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