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Power Manager Deployment Guide Updated:July, 2011 - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 2
" 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, reproduction, or disclosure is subject to restrictions set forth in Contract No. GS-35F-05925. - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 3
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 client computers 45 Appendix B. Notices 47 Trademarks 48 © Copyright Lenovo 2008 - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (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 T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 6
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than Windows® 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 - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 8
between power plans, select a specific power plan, or create a power plan. For example, the IT administrator can disable the Maximum Performance power plan and users cannot select it. Also, the IT administrator can configure settings for the General Setting policies, Power Plan (Scheme) Deployments - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 9
of functions in Power Manager. • BIOS update • ThinkPad Power Management Driver • Hotkey driver • Access Connections™ Installing Power Manager To install Power Manager without user's interaction, do the following: 1. Start the Windows XP, Windows Vista®, or Windows 7 operating system, and then log - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 10
systems and the other is for Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems. When you install Power Manager on your computer, match the Power Manager version with your operating system. Power Manager designed specifically for Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems might not function correctly - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 11
.ADM" and "PMVGPO.ADMX" for Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems, which can be used with Group Policy Editor to set the policies for Power Manager. These ADM or ADMX files can be downloaded from the Lenovo Support Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 12
For Windows Vista or Windows 7 client computers (ADMX file) Under Computer Configuration, click Administrative Templates ➙ Lenovo ThinkVantage Components ➙ Power Manager for Vista/7 ➙ General Setting. This table provides detailed information about each policy setting. 6 Power ManagerDeployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 13
specific power plan Description Specifies whether to allow switching power plan on client computers. If this policy setting is enabled and users a. Power Manager looks for the Energy Saver power plan, which is called ThinkPad Default or Energy Star on some systems. b. If the above search fails or - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 14
specified by this policy, the user is able to change active power plan after Power Manager startup. Specifies whether or not to hide the Internet access. If you enable this policy setting, all Web links in Power Manager are hidden. Also, the Buy a battery link in Windows Power Option is deleted by - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 15
Vista or Windows 7 client computers (ADMX file) Under Computer Configuration, click Administrative Templates ➙ Lenovo ThinkVantage Components ➙ Power Manager for Vista/7 ➙ Power Plan (Scheme) Deployments. This table provides detailed information about each policy setting. In this table, (AC) means - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 16
CPU Deeper Sleep (DC) Optimize fan control to (AC) Optimize fan control to (DC) Display Brightness 16 (AC) Display Brightness 16 (DC) Display Brightness 8 (AC) Description performance type, the Maximum CPU Speed setting and Intel Graphics Power Plan setting will be overwritten. Specifies the system - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 17
computer displays with 8 brightness levels. Specifies the graphics mode of the NVIDIA switchable graphics. Possible graphics modes include: • Energy Saving • High Performance Notes: 1. If you enable this policy setting, you must select a graphics mode. 2. This setting is not supported on Windows XP - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 18
replaced within 10 minutes. Specifies whether to automatically turn off the optical drive setting is not supported in AC mode and it is not supported on Windows 7 client computers. Specifies the period of inactivity before lowering the display brightness when the Lower display brightness 8 setting - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 19
period of inactivity in seconds. Note: This setting is supported only on Windows 7 client computers. Specifies the period of inactivity before Windows automatically reduces the display brightness and the brightness level when the Dim display setting takes effect after the specified period. You can - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 20
include: • 2 minutes • 5 minutes • 10 minutes • 15 minutes • 30 minutes • 45 minutes • 1 hour • 2 hours • 3 hours • Never Notes: 1. If you enable this policy setting, you must select a time period. 2. This setting is not supported on Windows XP client computers. 14 Power ManagerDeployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 21
If you specify the value as 0 second, the Monitor off Timer will be set to Never. Specifies the period of inactivity before the Windows operating system turns off the display. For Windows XP client computers, possible time periods include: • 1 minute • 2 minutes • 3 minutes • 5 minutes • 10 minutes - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 22
. If you specify the value as 0 second, the Monitor off Timer will be set to Never. Specifies the period of inactivity before the Windows operating system turns off the hard disk drive. For Windows XP client computers, possible time periods include: • 3 minutes • 5 minutes • 10 minutes • 15 minutes - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 23
in seconds. If you specify the value as 0 second, the HDD off Timer will be set to Never. Specifies the period of inactivity before Windows enters the sleep mode. For Windows XP client computers, possible time periods include: • 1 minute • 2 minutes • 3 minutes • 5 minutes • 10 minutes • 15 minutes - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 24
specify the value in seconds. If you specify the value as 0 second, the Standby Timer will be set to Never. Specifies the period of inactivity before the Windows operating system enters hibernation mode. Possible time periods include: • 1 minute • 2 minutes • 3 minutes • 5 minutes • 10 minutes • 15 - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 25
hours • 6 hours • Never Note: The period should be longer than the period of inactivity specified in the Standby Timer setting on Windows XP client computers. For Windows Vista and Windows 7 client computers, you can specify the value in seconds. If you specify the value as 0 second, the Hibernation - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 26
RAM when the system enters sleep (Stand by) mode. This setting is not supported on Windows XP client computers. Specifies whether to allow the Windows operating policy setting, the system, for example, might wake automatically to install updates. This setting is not supported on Windows 7 client - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 27
the active state when the PCI link is idle. Possible states include: • Off • Moderate power savings • Maximum power savings This setting is not supported on Windows XP client computers. Specifies the active state when the PCI link is idle. Possible states include: • Off • Moderate power savings - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 28
and users select On from the pull-down menu, the Windows operating system will automatically adjust the setting based on what users do with their keyboard or mouse to keep the computer display on. This setting is supported only on Windows Vista client computers. 22 Power ManagerDeployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 29
computers. Specifies the search speed and performance of indexing. Possible values include: • Power Saver • Balanced • High Performance This setting is supported only on Windows Vista client computers. Specifies whether or not the computer can suspend an individual port. If you enable this policy - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 30
is not supported on Windows XP client computers. Specifies the action that the Windows operating system takes when pressing the Fn+F4 keys. Possible actions include: • Do nothing • Sleep • Hibernate This setting is not supported on Windows XP client computers. 24 Power ManagerDeployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 31
XP client computers. Specifies the action that the Windows operating system takes when a user closes the lid on a notebook 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 - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 32
from the Start menu. Possible actions include: • Sleep • Hibernate • Shut down This setting is supported only on Windows Vista client computers. Specifies the action that the Windows operating system takes when a user selects the power button from the Start menu. Possible actions include: • Sleep - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 33
to Do nothing. 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. Enables a user notification when the battery capacity remaining equals the low battery alarm level. If you enable this policy - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (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 T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 35
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. Specifies the action that the Windows operating system takes when battery capacity reaches the critical battery alarm level. Possible actions - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 36
Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems, this setting takes effect only when the User Account Control (UAC) feature is disabled. Specifies whether to enable the computer to enter hibernation mode. This setting is supported only on Windows XP client computers. 30 Power ManagerDeployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 37
enable this policy setting, you must select a specific situations: • When the computer starts up or shuts down • When you log off the system • When you switch the user • When the computer is locking the screen • When the computer is displaying a screen saver Specifies the action that the Windows - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 38
Table 3. Global Power Setting (continued) Policy settings Power Management CPU Power Management PCI bus Fn+F4 Power button Lid closed 32 Power ManagerDeployment Guide Description Specifies the action that the Windows operating system takes when there is no system activity for a specified interval. - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 39
alarm notification Description Specifies the action that the Windows operating system takes when a user selects the power button from the Start menu. Possible actions include: • Sleep • Hibernate • Shut down This setting is supported only on Windows Vista client computers. Specifies whether or not - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 40
"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 Windows XP - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 41
policy setting does not support monitors with a brightness level higher than 100. 2. This setting is not supported on Windows XP 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 T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 42
higher than 100. 2. This setting is not supported on Windows XP client computers. Battery Maintenance The Battery Maintenance policy enables you to configure the battery maintenance settings. To configure the Battery Maintenance policy, do the following: • For Windows XP client computers (ADM and - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 43
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 Administrative Templates ➙ Classic - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 44
settings Delete PolicyStamp 38 Power ManagerDeployment Guide Description If you disable this policy setting, the Edit button is unavailable and users cannot edit the selected power agendas. Note: To allow users setting and the updated deployment is different from the previous one, the updated - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 45
*. • For Windows Vista or Windows 7 client 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 - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (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 T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 47
(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 power - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 48
Table 6. Power Agenda* (continued) Policy settings ThinkPad LCD Brightness 16 ThinkPad LCD Brightness 8 External monitor brightness 42 Power ManagerDeployment Guide Description Power Plan (For Windows Vista/7) or Switch to a Power Scheme (For Windows XP), users cannot use this power agenda on - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 49
a brightness level higher than 100. 2. This setting is not supported on Windows XP client computers. Specifies the time interval of the power agenda execution. Possible frequency includes: • Daily • Weekly If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users cannot use this power agenda on - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 50
should select the days of a week. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, but set the Frequency policy setting to Weekly, users cannot use this power agenda on client computers. See the frequency policy setting in Table 6 "Power Agenda*" on page 39. Specifies whether or not to notify - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 51
defined here." option, and click OK. The Add Object window opens. g. Select the Propagate inheritable 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 T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 52
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 permission to apply the deployed Power Manager power scheme. 46 Power ManagerDeployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 53
that these measurements will be the same on generally available systems. Furthermore, some measurements may have been estimated through extrapolation. Actual results may vary. Users of this document should verify the applicable data for their specific environment. © Copyright Lenovo 2008, 2011 47 - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 54
or both: Access Connections Lenovo ThinkPad ThinkVantage Microsoft, Active Directory, Windows, Windows Media, and Windows Vista are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. Other company, product, or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. 48 Power ManagerDeployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad T500 | (English) Power Manager Deployment Guide - Page 55
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