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Chapter2.Installation

ThefollowinginstructionsprovideinstallationproceduresforPowerManager.

NetFrameworkdependence

PowerManagerrequiresMicrosoft

.NETFramework3.0orlater.Y ouneedtoinstallthe.NETFramework

beforeinstallingPowerManager.Y oucandownloadacompatibleversionofthe.NETFrameworkfromthe

followingMicrosoftWebsite:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/default.aspx

Note:TousePowerManagerinWindows2000operatingsystems,installPowerManagerversion1.48.

Considerationsforinstallation

VariousfunctionsinPowerManagerhavedependencyonhardware,BIOS,drivers,andotherThinkVantage

Technologies(TVTs).Whenafunctionisnotsupportedonaclientcomputer,thefunctionishiddeninPower

Manager.Installingthelatestversionofthefollowingsoftwareisstronglyrecommendedtoenablethefull

rangeoffunctionsinPowerManager.

•BIOSupdate

•ThinkPadPowerManagementDriver

•Hotkeydriver

•AccessConnections™

InstallingPowerManager

ToinstallPowerManagerwithoutuser'sinteraction,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheWindowsXP ,WindowsVista

,orWindows7operatingsystem,andthenloginwith

administrativeprivileges.

2.ExtractthePowerManagersoftwarepackagetotheharddiskdrive.Forexample:

C:\Drivers\Vista\PWRMGRV

3.Dependingontheoperatingsystem,dooneofthefollowing:

•ForWindowsXPoperatingsystemusersClickStart➙Run,andthentypecmdintheOpenboxto

openthecommandpromptwindow.

•ForWindowsVistaorWindows7operatingsystemusersClickStart,typecmdintheStartSearch

box,andthenselectrunasadministratortoopenthecommandpromptwindow.

4.InstallPowerManagersilentlywithadefaultpathforinstallationlogbyusingthefollowingcommandline:

<path>\setup.exe-S–SMS

ToinstallPowerManagerinteractively,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheWindowsXP,WindowsVista,orWindows7operatingsystem,andthenloginwith

administrativeprivileges.

2.Double-clickthePowerManagersoftwarepackage.TheReadytoInstallwindowopens.

3.IntheSelectDestinationLocationwindow,clickNext.Ifyouwouldliketoselectadifferentfolder,

clickBrowse.

4.IntheReadytoInstallwindow,clickInstall.Allthenecessaryleswillbeextractedtothefolder

selectedinstep3.

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