Feature request for Lenovo Power Manager

I typically like to keep my battery charge level at 40-50% in order to optimize the battery's life span. But, there are times when I need to charge fully and I may change this setting a few times a week.
Instead of having to wait for the Power Manager to open and dig around for the Battery Maintenance settings, could we have "Battery Charge Levels Min/Max" as part of the Power Plan options? That way, we can quickly toggle between configurations using FN+F3.

EDIT: Ah okay sorry now I got what you mean!
You mean Power MAnager needs quite some time to come up. Not only on boot, but also when trying to do something. Everything seems really slow: You click something and it needs 2-3 seconds to actually happen. Ad yes, bootup time is really worse with newest version of power manager. The battery status icon appears last on bootup and system is not really usable unitl then.
This app is completely bloated :-(.The features it provides neither really need so much cpu cycles nor that much RAM/resources and there is plenty of room for improvements. Same for Access Connections btw.! You press FN+F5 or F7 and for a few seconds nothing happens. This is really bad for a simple menu to pop up.
Message Edited by VPN-User on 09-08-2008 02:42 AM

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I installed Lenovo Power Management Driver (file: 7xua14ww.exe) and I would like to install also Power Manager utility (file: 7xua14ww.exe) but I always get this message:
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Can somebody help me? Thanks a lot.
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Why do you want to install that on your ThinkPad? It's for ThinkCentre desktop computers, not ThinkPad laptops.
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Hi Folks,
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No new T-Series here yet. I have a couple older ones loaned out.
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Top 10 feature requests for reliability

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7) Forced shutdown via power key should give OS and filesystem more of a chance for recovery. (Not sure how this would work, but if users are doing this, it should not be so often fatal.)
8) System maintenance scripts should have a method for running (other than cron) for those who don't leave their computer on 24/7.
9) & 10) coming soon ...
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5) The filesystem should should be able to fix itself with fsck (ala AppleJack) without being booted from install CD/DVD.
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followed by return key,
when done type:
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exit. This is documented here:
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Apple is readying a really good backup system in Time Machine in Leopard. You can read more about it here:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/timemachine.html
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Lenovo Power Manager in Windows 8

Hi guys,
Since Lenovo Power Manager is not available for Windows 8 (no matter my laptop is specified to be FOR Windows 8... grrrrr...) I've been playing around because I needed not the infamous power gauge taking space in my taskbar, but some advanced settings.
Well, I found a couple of things:
Power Manager (g6u432ww.exe) can be installed in Windows 8 and can be used. Even the power gauge.
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This has been tested on a ThinkPad Edge S430.
One important question left is:
Why Lenovo Power Manager 7.11 can't be downloaded and installed normally? I couldn't care less for the Metro Store Apps and bulky gadgets. But I want to be able to change some settings.
Cheers.
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There's a stickied thread at the top of this board which explains / discusses ThinkPad software for Windows 8, hopefully the information you are looking for is there.
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Installing Lenovo Power Management

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Hi Pacman,
please download Lenovo Energy Management Driver for Power Management
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Password Settings bug in Lenovo Power Manager ?

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ThinkPad Yoga: No Lenovo Power Manager?

Is there no Lenovo Power Management software for the ThinkPad Yoga? I liked the application. I noticed on the regular Yoga 2, there is an Energy Manager app.

Hi,
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If you are using Windows 8/8.1, I’m sorry to inform that Power manager doesn’t exist for the above said operating systems. Energy management is designed to work for Ideapads and ThinkPads are supported with a set of applications called Lenovo Think Vantage Toolbox. Unfortunately, Lenovo had to withdraw power manager for its ThinkPad models due to certain conflicts with Windows 8/8.1.
Hope this clarified your query!
Best regards,
Mithun.
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Registry issue with Lenovo Power Manager with X61

I have the following problem.
Hi guys,
Lenovo power manager v1,6 quit working properly lately so I googled for a solution which involved removing power schemes which had reproduced in the registry to cause an overload to the application.
Anyway because this wasnt really working (I ended up with having powerschemes but wasnt allowed to change them) I in my brightest moments decieded to delete the messed up part of my registry [HKEY_CURREN_USER --> Control panel --> PoweCfg] because it was preventing my reinstalations of said program from functioning properly since they resorted to the previosly present registryentrys.
Well it appears that when installing the powermanager it does not write these new registry entrys and Im stuck now without a way to get them back. I wonder at what point that registry entry is written in the first place, does anyone feel like exporting said part of their healthy registry...please...?

..this one is from an x200 with Server2003...seems like you're familiar enough with registry exports and wrapping and shoiuld be able to convert this into a *.reg form:
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00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,80,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,80,01,00,00,00,05,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,04,00,00,c0,01,00,00,00,\
04,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,0a,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,01,00,01,00,01,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,\
00,17,00,00,00
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies]
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\0]
"Name"="Home/Office Desk"
"Description"="This scheme is suited to most home or desktop computers that are left plugged in all the time."
"Policies"=hex:01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,2c,01,00,00,32,32,00,03,04,00,00,00,04,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,b0,04,00,00,2c,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,58,02,00,\
00,01,01,64,50,64,64,00,00
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\1]
"Name"="Portable/Laptop"
"Description"="This scheme is designed for extended battery life for portable computers on the road."
"Policies"=hex:01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,b0,04,00,00,84,03,00,00,32,32,03,03,04,00,00,00,04,00,\
00,00,01,00,00,00,14,f2,06,00,84,03,00,00,78,00,00,00,08,07,00,00,2c,01,00,\
00,01,01,64,64,64,64,a0,71
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\2]
"Name"="Presentation"
"Description"="This scheme keeps the monitor on for doing presentations."
"Policies"=hex:01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,84,03,00,00,32,32,03,02,04,00,00,00,04,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,2c,01,00,\
00,01,01,50,50,64,64,00,00
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\3]
"Name"="Always On"
"Description"="This scheme keeps the computer running so that it can be accessed from the network. Use this scheme if you do not have network wakeup hardware."
"Policies"=hex:01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,32,32,00,00,04,00,00,00,04,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,b0,04,00,00,84,03,00,00,00,00,00,00,08,07,00,\
00,00,01,64,64,64,64,00,00
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\4]
"Name"="Minimal Power Management"
"Description"="This scheme keeps the computer on and optimizes it for high performance."
"Policies"=hex:01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,2c,01,00,00,32,32,03,03,04,00,00,00,04,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,84,03,00,00,2c,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,84,03,00,\
00,00,01,64,64,64,64,00,00
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\5]
"Name"="Max Battery"
"Description"="This scheme is extremely aggressive for saving power."
"Policies"=hex:01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,05,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,b0,04,00,00,78,00,00,00,32,32,03,02,04,00,00,00,04,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,84,03,00,00,3c,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,b4,00,00,\
00,01,01,64,32,64,64,00,00
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\7]
"Policies"=hex:01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,32,32,00,00,04,00,00,00,04,00,\
00,00,00,00,3d,77,2e,f2,07,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,01,01,64,50,64,64,91,7c
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[T530] Change Lenovo Power Manager Profiles with [Fn]+[F3]

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Hello everybody. I hope someone can help me out as I can't solve this problem myself.
I used to have a R52 where I could use the keyboad shortcut [Fn]+[F3] to choose between the power profiles or to switch off the display.
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Is there a way to make it work like it did on the R52? I did find the executable (C:\Program Files (x86)\ThinkPad\Utilities\PWMOSDV.EXE). Is there a way to "reprogram" the key shortcut not to lock the screen but to execute the PWMOSDV.EXE file?
I would appreciate any help.

- [Fn]+[F7] -> choose between internal or external monitor or both.
- I know that option tab from my R52, but there is no such option in my Version of Power Manager (v6.45)
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What thinkpad model and Power Manager Version do you use?
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http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/W-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/W530-Fn-F3-F4-and-F5/td-p/958229

X220 Lenovo power manager vs. standard Windows controls

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I have installed Lenovo power manager on my x220 win7 32 bit laptop. Different settings can be configured in standard windows power settings and Lenovo tool, for example what happens when lid gets closed. Which of these two will take effect?

Hey there mmuza,
I actually had to go check this on my machine here to see what would happen. Through some trial I found that when you change the setting in one, it should change it in the other. For Example:
Using Windows Power Options you go in to the Power Plan you are currently using, click change plan settings, click change advanced power settings, and scroll down to lid options. You can change this to shut down. If you then go into the Lenovo Power Manager, open the dropdown for events and look at Lid, it changed to shutdown as well. I then switched this to sleep in the Power Manager, and then went back to the Windows Power Options. It reflected this change to sleep as well. It is important to note that when looking at these settings to make sure you are looking at the same power plans. For example maximum performance, or maximizing battery life.
I hope this helps mmuza.
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Lenovo Power Manager on T20?

Hello,
Probably impossible and being that T20 is IBM, Lenovo probably wants nothing to do with it.
Anyway I still use a couple T20s and long for the Battery options that I have on my T60. Lenovo Power Manager lets me set battery maintance options such as do not charge until below 75% and do not fully top off. I really like these and would really prefer this on my old, aging T20 batteries.
I've installed the new program (even though it says it's only for T40 or T60) and it runs fine but will not recognize the battery. Is there anyway to accomplish this or add % maintance type stuff to the older Battery Maximizer that the T20 uses?
Thanks.

Yes,
It is available. You also need the driver here are the links:
http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/thinkvantage_en/6ju410ww.zip
http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/6hku06ww.zip
Good luck!
Mats
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