Power Manager - big graphical footprint in taskbar + quick profile selection

Is there any way to make the green battery and charger icons in the taskbar smaller?
I run Win 7 Pro and have changed to the old classic desktop scheme.
The taskbar should then be quite slim, but the height of the Lenovo Power Manager tool is made for the new Win 7 desktop theme with a slightly taller taskbar.
To get a slim taskbar, I have to disable the Lenovo Power Manager tool all together. :-(
Is there any way to configure the PM to use old WinXP style icons?
Another change to the worse, compared to the Power Manager in WinXP, is that a single mouseclick on the green batterly in the taskbar no longer popup a quick selection meny with the different power schemas. Instead the entire lenovo Power manager application is started.
Is there any way to get the quiick selection back?

welcome to the community.
which version of Power Manager are you running?
the machine i've got in front of me right now, running the aero interface, is still on v6.07 and the PM "toolbar" icon doesn't change the taskbar size at all. my taskbar is set to use small icons, by default. also, on this machine, PM advanced options are set to open its power scheme selector with Fn+F3.
i'll check another machine later today which is running PM v6.32 to see if it's different in some way.
regards.
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W500: using the switchable graphics with vista ultimate without the power manager software?

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Message Edited by Agotthelf on 28-04-2009 08:45 AM

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NEW Lenovo Power Manager On Taskbar

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone knows if the new power manager and other Think Vantage applications are available for Windows 7. I mean the ones that were actually made for Windows 7. Check the taskbar in the picture below with the new power manger, is that available yet? I've been using all Vista software, but the power manager doesn't work that well.
http://www.winsupersite.com/images/win7/win7_thinkpads_05.jpg
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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
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X301 graphics scramble and can't launch power manager

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Thank you for being a part of the Lenovo Family,
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T61, WinXP SP2: Windows Power Options vs Thinkpad Power Manager (Standby/LID/etc)

My message is similar to this one:
http://forum.lenovo.com/lnv/board/message?board.id=T_Series_Thinkpads&message.id=4885
but show clear source of problem.
So I start...
I have [brand new ] T61 with XP SP2 Russian, installed from R&R disks from Lenovo through Vista Downgrade deal.
1. I set Windows Power Management (W.P.M.) to:
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- asks for password after wake up from Anabiosis (standby or hibernate).
2. Close lid -- notebook go to standby; open lid -- notebook wakes up. Fine.
3. Close lid -- nothing to do. Open lid - notebook runned a usual, no standby preparations ;(
4. Go to ThinkPad Power Manager (TP.P.M.) (useful left-click from Big Green Gauge in taskbar) -- all settings looks fine: options, checkboxes etc.
5. Open W.P.M. -- all settings messed up with random values:
- "no action" on closing lid
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6. Setting up needed options in W.P.M. again, repeat steps 2..3..4 -- nothing changes: W.P.M. saves options for first close lid action, then options messed up.
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As I see, ThinkPad Power Manager builds on top of Windows Power Management and overwrites its options on some actions (power up/power down/close lid/etc) in unsmart way, turn off close lid action and bring *potentially security breach* by resetting option for asking password.
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My other experience on close/open lid:
- Very old R43 at my work acts fine. TP.P.M. installed.
- HP 6820s works fine with standard W.P.M.
- HP nx7010 works fine with standard W.P.M.
Software versions:
- ThinkPad Power Management Driver: 1.44
- ThinkPad Power Manager: 1.30b
- All the hotfixes listed in similar topics installed by R&R disks
==================================
I... am... VERY... DISAPPOINTED! (c) Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg
Is there a way to fix this TP Power Management suite behaviour?
Should I reinstall some of components?
Can I throw out TP Power Management toys and use WinXP native Power Management, ot there will be some ghosts like "yellow undrivered question marks" in Device Manager?
Thank you.
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Message Edited by andyP on 04-22-2008 09:37 AM

I solved this trouble without Lenovo intervention:
- create clean WinXP Pro setup disk from R&R recovery diskset and install WinXP from it;
- install all the TP utilities & drivers manually, checking LID Close/LID open actions twice after each program;
- make full system backup (not R&R way) every 3..4 installed programs.
Entire process spend one week of my time.
Message Edited by abcdenis on 05-10-2008 03:51 AM

X60 - Screen flickers and screen shutoff - problem with power management or hardware failure?

Hello everyone,
this is one of the longest unsolved threads in Lenovo Forum. To keep a summary of the posts for new victims (as suggested by PDG in page 23, edited by me):
Bottom line:
This is a video driver problem
If you have XP and can, roll back to 4450 (I currently run with 4860 in XP without problems)
If you have Vista you are basically screwed. No one has posted any link to a functioning V32 driver.
You can find a link to a backlevel XP driver on p.21 or thereabouts.
{Windows 7, Linux} may or may not help. (no problems for me with Ubuntu 8,9 currently)
LENOVO WILL NOT HELP. Don't waste your time. Lenovo will say its a hardware problem because that's all they know and charge you big bux to do basically nothing when you ship them your PC.
This is the original entry:
Hi,
I always stay at the current level of available drivers with System Update.
In the last days the screen starts to flicker / jiggle once in several minutes until suddenly the whole screen turns black and can't be reactivated. I then put the X60 into standby and it wake up right after. The screen is then turned on again...
Its a 1706-AA7...
I rolled back the graphics driver to an earlier version, didn't help. Does it look like some faulty power management? Or a potential HW issue?
dsp
UPDATE: this time the screen was totally light blue... same workaround: standby -> wakeup
UPDATE2: I removed the driver completely and installed it manually from the driver matrix page. It took a couple of reboots. In between resolution was down to 640x480 with 4 bit. Not its working again without flickering...
Was this a wrong driver pushed via System Update?
Message Edited by dsp on 04-07-2008 07:01 AM
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Hi,
no - 2 video adapters are correct! You should not remove them. Read the Intel FAQ here.
Strange - could it be that it also updated your video driver the same time? When I rolled back the video driver to a very old version, I never experienced the flicker again. No colorful blanks anymore.
The Intel downloadpage offers a backlevel driver for the chipset;
* Microsoft Windows* XP
* Driver Revision: Production Version 14.32.3
* Package: 43262
* Graphics: 6.14.10.4906
* HDMI Audio: 5.10.0.1030 But I don't know whether I should try. This release doesn't appear in the Thinkpad video driver history. Hopefully the bug will be acknowledged and they work for a fix. Where should bugs be reported, when they are not taken serious by the first level support?
dsp
Message Edited by dsp on 05-06-2008 01:19 PM

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One of the most usefull features, having Power Manager to display the remaining battery charge on the task bar, disappeared when I installed Power Manager 3.0.0114 (or something).
Before I upgraded it worked great! Well, Power Manager crashed horribly, but the battery charge display as a toolbar on the taskbar did!
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Same problem here, the only workaround is ALT+F2 and r. Not always works. My graphic card is:
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Required By : None
Conflicts With : nvidia-96xx nvidia-173xx
Replaces : None
Installed Size : 3944.00 K
Packager : Ionut Biru <[email protected]>
Architecture : x86_64
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Last edited by Koven (2011-05-12 13:37:10)

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