Power Manager settings ignored by Windows 7 (Thinkpad X201)

Hi,
even when I have set "Change when computer sleeps" to "Never" for both "AC" and "Battery", the system sleeps as set in the Windows 7 own Control Panel - Power Options settings. Why do I need to set one setting on two different places? What is the benefit of using Lenovo's Power Manager then?
Thanks,
Lukas.

I had this problem too - I found that if you run the Lenovo Power Manager as an administrator it will change the windows power settings. Running it as a standard user won't do a thing - the settings panel should be changed by lenovo to automatically require an admin password when run.

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