Lenovo ThinkCentre M76 (English) User Guide - Page 11

Enhanced Backup and Restore, ThinkVantage Rescue and Recovery

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Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools The Lenovo ThinkVantage® Tools program guides you to a host of information sources and provides easy access to various tools to help you work more easily and securely. For more information, see "Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools" on page 75. Lenovo Welcome The Lenovo Welcome program introduces some innovative built-in features of Lenovo to you and guides you through some important setup tasks to help you make the most of your computer. Product Recovery The Product Recovery program enables you to restore the contents of the hard disk drive to the factory default settings. ThinkVantage Rescue and Recovery The ThinkVantage Rescue and Recovery® program is a one button recovery and restore solution that includes a set of self-recovery tools to help you diagnose computer problems, get help, and recover from system crashes, even if you cannot start the Windows operating system. Note: If the Enhanced Backup and Restore icon in the Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools program is dimmed, it indicates that you need to install the Rescue and Recovery program manually before enabling its features. To install the Rescue and Recovery program, do the following: 1. Click Start ➙ All Programs ➙ Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools, and double-click Enhanced Backup and Restore. 2. Follow the instructions on the screen. 3. When the installation process completes, the Enhanced Backup and Restore icon is activated. Password Manager The Password Manager program automatically captures and fills in authentication information for Windows applications and Web sites. Note: If the Password Vault icon in the Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools program is dimmed, it indicates that you need to install the Password Manager program manually before enabling its features. To install the Password Manager program, do the following: 1. Click Start ➙ All Programs ➙ Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools, and double-click Password Vault. 2. Follow the instructions on the screen. 3. When the installation process completes, the Password Vault icon is activated. Power Manager The Power Manager program provides convenient, flexible, and complete power management for your ThinkCentre® computer. By using the Power Manager program, you can adjust your power settings to achieve the best balance between system performance and power saving. ThinkVantage System Update The ThinkVantage System Update program helps you keep the software on your computer up-to-date by downloading and installing software packages (ThinkVantage applications, device drivers, BIOS updates, and other third party applications). Fingerprint Software The integrated fingerprint reader provided on some keyboards works with the Fingerprint Software program to enable you to enroll your fingerprint and associate it with your Windows password. As a result, fingerprint authentication can replace your password and enable simple and secure user access. A fingerprint reader keyboard is available with certain computers or can be purchased for computers that support this option. Chapter 1. Product overview 5

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Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools
The Lenovo ThinkVantage
®
Tools program guides you to a host of information sources and provides easy
access to various tools to help you work more easily and securely. For more information, see “Lenovo
ThinkVantage Tools” on page 75.
Lenovo Welcome
The Lenovo Welcome program introduces some innovative built-in features of Lenovo to you and guides you
through some important setup tasks to help you make the most of your computer.
Product Recovery
The Product Recovery program enables you to restore the contents of the hard disk drive to the factory
default settings.
ThinkVantage Rescue and Recovery
The ThinkVantage Rescue and Recovery
®
program is a one button recovery and restore solution that
includes a set of self-recovery tools to help you diagnose computer problems, get help, and recover from
system crashes, even if you cannot start the Windows operating system.
Note:
If the
Enhanced Backup and Restore
icon in the Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools program is dimmed, it
indicates that you need to install the Rescue and Recovery program manually before enabling its features. To
install the Rescue and Recovery program, do the following:
1. Click
Start
All Programs
Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools
, and double-click
Enhanced Backup
and Restore
.
2. Follow the instructions on the screen.
3. When the installation process completes, the
Enhanced Backup and Restore
icon is activated.
Password Manager
The Password Manager program automatically captures and fills in authentication information for Windows
applications and Web sites.
Note:
If the
Password Vault
icon in the Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools program is dimmed, it indicates that
you need to install the Password Manager program manually before enabling its features. To install the
Password Manager program, do the following:
1. Click
Start
All Programs
Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools
, and double-click
Password Vault
.
2. Follow the instructions on the screen.
3. When the installation process completes, the
Password Vault
icon is activated.
Power Manager
The Power Manager program provides convenient, flexible, and complete power management for your
ThinkCentre
®
computer. By using the Power Manager program, you can adjust your power settings to
achieve the best balance between system performance and power saving.
ThinkVantage System Update
The ThinkVantage System Update program helps you keep the software on your computer up-to-date by
downloading and installing software packages (ThinkVantage applications, device drivers, BIOS updates,
and other third party applications).
Fingerprint Software
The integrated fingerprint reader provided on some keyboards works with the Fingerprint Software program
to enable you to enroll your fingerprint and associate it with your Windows password. As a result, fingerprint
authentication can replace your password and enable simple and secure user access. A fingerprint reader
keyboard is available with certain computers or can be purchased for computers that support this option.
Chapter 1
.
Product overview
5