Chapter 3. General Information; Lenovo Welcome; Lenovo Thinkvantage Tools; Thinkvantage Productivity Center - Lenovo ThinkCentre M81 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Chapter 3. General information

This chapter provides general information that applies to all machine types supported by this manual.

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.

Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools

The Lenovo ThinkVantage
access to various tools to help you work more easily and securely.
Note: The Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools program is only available on computers preinstalled with the
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Microsoft Windows 7 operating system from Lenovo.
To access the Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools program, click Start ➙ All Programs ➙ Lenovo ThinkVantage
Tools.
The following table lists the programs that you can access from the Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools program. To
access a program, double-click the corresponding icon.
Table 1. Program icon names in Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools
Program name
Create Recovery Media
Fingerprint Software
Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox/Lenovo Solution Center
SimpleTab
ThinkVantage Password Manager
ThinkVantage Power Manager
ThinkVantage Rescue and Recovery
ThinkVantage System Update

ThinkVantage Productivity Center

The ThinkVantage Productivity Center program contains information sources and tools designed to make
computing easy and secure. It provides easy access to various technologies, such as:
• Client Security Solution
• Power Manager
• Productivity Center
• Product Recovery
• Rescue and Recovery
• System Update
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Tools program guides you to a host of information sources and provides easy
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Icon name in Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools
Factory Recovery Disks
Fingerprint Reader
System Health and Diagnostics
SimpleTab
Password Vault
Power Controls
Enhanced Backup and Restore
Update and Drives
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