T550 Switching graphic cards on windows 7 Ultimate

I've googled around and found that you switch Graphic cards with this green battery icon at the bottom right
i cannot find this icon, a similar icon does not allow me to switch the cards, devices only show a standard graphics card, not the more powerful one
My friend installed the OS for me, is there a way i can switch cards?
Windows 7 Ultimate
Lenovo Y550 ideapad (black and orange one)
is there something i have to install? Thankyou very much
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Hey don't give up yet. Sounds like video drivers are not installed on your ideapad. First identify which video card your system has:- http://consumersupport.lenovo.com/en/DriversDownloads/drivers.html
Then go to proceeding link to download driver for it:-
http://consumersupport.lenovo.com/en/DriversDownloads/drivers_list.aspx?CategoryID=207087
Hope it helps.
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