Lenovo ThinkPad X40 Away Manager Customization Guide - Page 7

Customizing Away Manager The Away Manager Customization Guide is intended for administrators in a large enterprise environment. The Away Manager program provides features that can be customized for large enterprise use. This guide offers information on the following areas: v Installing the Away Manager program v Adding a new task to a task list v Placing a task in whisper mode This guide also supplements the Away Manager help system, which provides step-by-step instructions on how to perform specific end-user tasks within the Away Manager program. Away Manager Overview There are a number of challenges that users face today in keeping their computers healthy from a maintenance and a security perspective. Some anti-virus and backup applications offer scheduling capabilities, but others do not. Even simple tasks take a long time when anti-virus and backup applications are running. The Away Manager program solves these problems by providing system maintenance and security applications that run at the user's convenience. This allows users to start the Away Manager program and have it run these maintenance tasks in sequence while they are away from their computer. The Away Manager program also enables users to run tasks in whisper mode, which automatically limits the resources used to run the selected maintenance tasks based upon the level of resources you specify. The whisper mode feature maximizes the performance of the selected tasks while working to minimize the impact on the performance of other applications. The tasks available through the Away Manager 1.0 program include: v Symantec Antivirus scan v Symantec Quick scan v Windows® Disk Cleanup operation v Windows Defragment operation v ThinkVantage Rescue and Recovery backup operation v Windows Backup operation Installing the Away Manager program Away Manager 1.0 is a standard feature on select ThinkPad®, ThinkCentre™, and Lenovo™ computers. However, if you are working with custom images or need to install Away Manager as a stand-alone application, you can download and install the Away Manager program as follows: 1. Close any open programs. 2. Go to the http://www.lenovo.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle= lenovo&lndocid=TVAN-PRDCTR Web site. © Copyright Lenovo 2006 1-1