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- Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 1
Power Manager Deployment Guide Updated:July, 2011 - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 2
information and the product it supports, read the general information in Appendix B "Notices" on page 47. Sixth Edition (July 2011) © Copyright Lenovo 2008, 2011. LIMITED AND RESTRICTED RIGHTS NOTICE: If data or software is delivered pursuant a General Services Administration "GSA" contract, use - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 3
Directory and ADM or ADMX files . . . 5 Adding Administrative Templates 5 General Setting 6 Power Plan (Scheme) Deployments 8 Global Power Setting 29 Battery Maintenance 36 Power Agenda Deployments 37 Appendix A. Deploying power schemes for non-administrator groups or users on Windows XP - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 4
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provide instructions and solutions for working with Power Manager. If you have suggestions or comments, communicate with your Lenovo® authorized representative. To learn more about the technologies that can help you lower the total cost of ownership and to check for periodic updates to this guide - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 6
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® power plans. On the Power Plan tab, the user can view specific settings in any of the predefined power plans: Maximum Performance, Timers off (Presentation), Video Playback, Maximum Battery Life, Energy Saver (which is called as ThinkPad® Default or Energy Star on some systems), and Power Source - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 8
the client computers, inhibit the user's ability to switch between power plans, select a specific power plan, or create a power plan. For example, the IT administrator can disable ) Deployments policies, Global Power Settings policies, and Battery Maintenance policy. 2 Power ManagerDeployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 9
instructions provide supported on a client computer, the function is hidden in Power Manager. Installing the latest version of the following software is strongly recommended to enable the full range of functions in Power Manager. • BIOS update • ThinkPad Power Management Driver • Hotkey driver - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 10
Power Manager now option and click Finish. 6. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete installation and restart the computer. Power Manager version with your operating system. Power Manager designed specifically for Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems might not function - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 11
Settings, Battery Maintenance, and Power Agenda Deployments. Adding Administrative Templates Designed to save you time and effort, Lenovo provides the or ADMX files can be downloaded from the Lenovo Support Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-ADMIN Depending - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 12
Lenovo ThinkVantage Components. A sub-item named Power Manager for Vista/7 is present. To add the Power Manager ADMX files to the Group Policy Editor, do the following: 1. On the computer running the Active Directory that supports Lenovo ThinkVantage Components is present. d. Expand Lenovo - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 13
plan Do not allow client to select specific power plan Description Specifies whether to allow power plan is set to Maximum Performance or Maximum Battery Life, users cannot use the slider to modify for the Energy Saver power plan, which is called ThinkPad Default or Energy Star on some systems. b. - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 14
. Also, the Buy a battery link in Windows Power Option is deleted by selecting Delete in all down menus. Note: When the Buy a battery link is deleted by this policy, the files) Under Computer Configuration, click Administrative Templates ➙ Lenovo ThinkVantage Components ➙ Power Manager ➙ Power Plan (Scheme - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 15
(ADMX file) Under Computer Configuration, click Administrative Templates ➙ Lenovo ThinkVantage Components ➙ Power Manager for Vista/7 ➙ Power Plan plugged, and (DC) means the policy setting for client computers on battery power. Table 2. Power Plan (Scheme) Deployments Policy settings Plan Name - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 16
brightness levels. If a brightness level is high, the display gets bright. Specifies the brightness level of client computer displays with 8 brightness levels. 10 Power ManagerDeployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 17
policy setting, you must select a graphics mode. 2. This setting is not supported on Windows XP client computers. Specifies the power plan of the Intel graphics subsystem. Possible power plans include: • Maximum Battery Life • Balanced • Maximum Performance Note: If you enable this policy setting - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 18
15 minutes • 20 minutes • 25 minutes • 30 minutes • 45 minutes • Never Note: This setting is not supported in AC mode and it is not supported on Windows 7 client computers. Specifies the period XP only) • 5 minutes (Windows XP only) • 10 minutes (Windows XP only) 12 Power ManagerDeployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 19
(DC) Minimize display refresh rate (DC) Description • 15 minutes • 20 minutes • 25 minutes • 30 minutes • 45 minutes • Never Note: This setting is not supported in AC mode and it is not supported on Windows 7 client computers. Specifies the period of inactivity before Windows automatically reduces - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 20
minutes • 5 minutes • 10 minutes • 15 minutes • 30 minutes • 45 minutes • 1 hour • 2 hours • 3 select a time period. 2. This setting is not supported on Windows XP client computers. Specifies the period of minutes • 5 minutes • 10 minutes • 15 minutes • 30 minutes • 45 minutes • 1 hour • 2 hours • 3 - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 21
XP client computers, possible time periods include: • 1 minute • 2 minutes • 3 minutes • 5 minutes • 10 minutes • 15 minutes • 20 minutes • 25 minutes • 30 minutes • 45 minutes • 1 hour • 2 hours • 3 hours • 4 hours • 5 hours • Never For Windows Vista and Windows 7 client computers, you can specify - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 22
periods include: • 3 minutes • 5 minutes • 10 minutes • 15 minutes • 20 minutes • 25 minutes • 30 minutes • 45 minutes • 1 hour • 2 hours • 3 hours • 4 hours • 5 hours • Never minutes • 10 minutes • 15 minutes • 20 minutes • 25 minutes • 30 minutes • 45 minutes • 1 hour 16 Power ManagerDeployment - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 23
XP client computers, possible time periods include: • 1 minute • 2 minutes • 3 minutes • 5 minutes • 10 minutes • 15 minutes • 20 minutes • 25 minutes • 30 minutes • 45 minutes • 1 hour • 2 hours • 3 hours • 4 hours • 5 hours • Never For Windows Vista and Windows 7 client computers, you can specify - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 24
minutes • 3 minutes • 5 minutes • 10 minutes • 15 minutes • 20 minutes • 25 minutes • 30 minutes • 45 minutes • 1 hour • 2 hours • 3 hours • 4 hours • 5 hours • 5 minutes • 10 minutes • 15 minutes • 20 minutes • 25 minutes • 30 minutes • 45 minutes • 1 hour • 2 hours • 3 hours • 4 hours - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 25
enters hibernation mode. Possible time periods include: • 1 minute • 2 minutes • 3 minutes • 5 minutes • 10 minutes • 15 minutes • 20 minutes • 25 minutes • 30 minutes • 45 minutes • 1 hour • 2 hours • 3 hours • 4 hours • 5 hours • 6 hours • Never Note: The period should be longer than the period - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 26
generated to store the contents of RAM when the system enters sleep (Stand by) mode. This setting is not supported on Windows XP client computers. automatically to install updates. This setting is not supported on Windows 7 client computers. Specifies the performance of wireless adapters. Possible - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 27
when sharing media (DC) Description Specifies the performance of wireless adapters. Possible performances include: • Maximum Performance • • Moderate power savings • Maximum power savings This setting is not supported on Windows XP client computers. Specifies the action that the Windows operating - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 28
This setting is only supported on Windows 7 client power savings This setting is only supported on Windows 7 client computers. keyboard or mouse to keep the computer display on. This setting is supported keyboard or mouse to keep the computer display on. This setting is supported only - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 29
an individual port. If you enable this policy setting and select Enabled, the computer can suspend an individual port. This setting is not supported on Windows XP client computer. Specifies whether or not the computer can suspend an individual port. If you enable this policy setting and select - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 30
supported only on Windows 7 client computers. Specifies Windows thermal behavior on systems that support support active cooling features. Possible values include: • Available • Paused This setting is supported Sleep • Hibernate This setting is not supported on Windows XP client computers. Specifies - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 31
when a user presses the power button on the computer. Possible actions include: • Do nothing • Sleep • Hibernate • Shut down This setting is not supported on Windows XP client computers. Specifies the action that the Windows operating system takes when a user presses the power button on the computer - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 32
) to set the battery level that triggers the low notification. To set the action that is triggered, see the low battery action (AC) policy setting in Table 2 "Power Plan (Scheme) Deployments" on page 9. This setting is not supported on Windows XP client computers. 26 Power ManagerDeployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 33
do not configure it, users can see and change this setting. This setting is not supported on Windows XP client computers. Enables a user notification when the battery capacity remaining equals the low battery alarm level. If you enable this policy setting and select On, the Windows operating system - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 34
critical battery alarm action (AC) policy setting in Table 2 "Power Plan (Scheme) Deployments" on page 9. If you disable this policy setting or do not configure it, users can see and change this setting. This setting is not supported on Windows XP client computers. 28 Power ManagerDeployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 35
it, users can see and change this setting. This setting is not supported on Windows XP client computers. Specifies the action that the Windows operating system takes when battery capacity reaches the critical battery alarm level. Possible actions include: • Do nothing • Sleep • Hibernate • Shut down - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 36
Under Computer Configuration, click Administrative Templates ➙ Classic Administrative Templates ➙ Lenovo ThinkVantage Components ➙ Power Manager for Vista/7 ➙ Global Power Setting. hibernation mode. This setting is supported only on Windows XP client computers. 30 Power ManagerDeployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 37
be changed to Video Playback when WinDVD is playing Blu-ray. Specifies whether the brightness of the computer display automatically decreases in the following specific situations: • When the computer starts up or shuts down • When you log off the system • When you switch the user • When the computer - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 38
Fn+F4 Power button Lid closed 32 Power ManagerDeployment Guide Description Specifies the action that the Windows operating system clock is stopped if there is no activity. If you select Disabled, the battery life will be shorter. Specifies the action that the Windows operating system takes when - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 39
client computers. Specifies whether or not the computer enables the low battery alarm. This setting is supported only on Windows XP client computers. Specifies the percentage of battery capacity remaining that triggers the low battery alarm action. If you enable this policy setting, you must enter - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 40
in Table 3 "Global Power Setting" on page 30. Enables a user notification when the battery capacity remaining equals the critical battery alarm level. Possible notifications include: • No action • Message • Beep • Message and beep Note: This setting is supported only for the administrator account on - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 41
that the Windows operating system takes when battery capacity reaches the critical battery alarm level. For Windows XP client of inactivity in seconds. This setting is supported only when both the client computer and the external monitor support the Display Data Channel / Command Interface ( - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 42
supported on Windows XP client computers. Battery Maintenance The Battery Maintenance policy enables you to configure the battery maintenance settings. To configure the Battery Lenovo ThinkVantage Components ➙ Power Manager ➙ Battery 100%) • Optimize for battery lifespan (automatically change for - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 43
following: • For Windows XP client computers (ADM and ADMX files) Under User Configuration, click Administrative Templates ➙ Lenovo ThinkVantage Components ➙ Power Manager ➙ Battery Power Agenda Deployments. • For Windows Vista or Windows 7 client computers (ADM file) Under User Configuration, click - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 44
) Policy settings Delete PolicyStamp 38 Power ManagerDeployment Guide Description If you disable this policy setting, the policy stamp. 2. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the updated deployment will not be deployed to client computers and will not overwrite the previous one. - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 45
computers (ADMX file) Under User Configuration, click Administrative Templates ➙ Lenovo ThinkVantage Components ➙ Power Manager for Vista/7 ➙ Power Agenda Deployments ➙ Power Agenda*. Note: * stands for number 1 to 10. To deploy a specific power agenda on client computers, you can configure the - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 46
Table 6. Power Agenda* (continued) Policy settings Name Action 40 Power ManagerDeployment Guide Description Specifies the name of the power agenda to be deployed to client computers. If you enable this policy setting, you can input a specific name or leave it blank for this power agenda. Note: The - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 47
Plan (Scheme) Description - Idle Timer policy setting - Time policy setting • Shut down - Time policy setting • Set monitor brightness - ThinkPad LCD Brightness policy setting - External monitor brightness policy setting (Windows Vista/7 only) - Time policy setting • Peak power scheduler - Peak - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 48
settings ThinkPad LCD Brightness 16 ThinkPad LCD Brightness 8 External monitor brightness 42 Power ManagerDeployment Guide Description Power you select a higher brightness level. This policy setting does not support monitors with a brightness level higher than 7. Specifies the brightness level - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 49
policy setting does not support monitors with a brightness level higher than 100. 2. This setting is not supported on Windows XP client agenda runs or stops. If you enable this policy setting, you should set the specific time. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, but set the - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 50
If you enable when remaining battery level is less than, you must provide a value in percentage. When a battery remaining percentage is less than this value, the Peak power scheduler setting will be disabled. If you enable automatically by monitoring the battery - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 51
permissions to all subkeys option, and click OK. 8. Check there are two group policy objects generated in the Active Directory Users and Computers window: © Copyright Lenovo 2008, 2011 45 - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 52
information on how to use the powercfg.exe utility for power schemes in Windows XP operating systems, refer to the Web site at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/915160 After completing the configuration, the non-administrator group or user in the Windows XP client computers can have the - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 53
support applications where malfunction may result in injury or death to persons. The information contained in this document does not affect or change Lenovo product specifications . The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this Lenovo product, and use of those Web sites is - Lenovo ThinkPad R400 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 54
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