Windows 7 ThinkVantage Active Protection (beta) driver

The driver is available from this web page: Lenovo Windows 7 Beta Driver Site
Let's use this post to discuss the ThinkVantage Active Protection beta driver (only)!
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ThinkVantage Active Protection for Windows XP, Vista, and 7 missing from driver matrix

Recently, while checking the Software link: http://support.lenovo.com/ca/en/documents/ht037696
I noticed:
Active Protection System
Like an airbag's sensor, it can detect sudden changes in motion and temporarily stop the hard drive to help protect your valuable data from some crashes that could occur due to everyday notebook accidents.
Windows 8 (32-bit), 7 (32-bit), Vista (32-bit), XP, 2000
12 Mar 2014
v1.79.0.3
Windows 8 (64-bit), 7 (64-bit), Vista (64-bit)
09 Mar 2014
v1.79.0.3
If you try to follow the links to the ThinkVantage Active Protection System, you are presented with a document labeled: ThinkVantage Active Protection System for Windows 8 (32-bit) - Laptop or a document labeled: ThinkVantage Active Protection System for Windows 8.1 (64-bit) – Notebook
No reference to Windows XP, VISTA or Windows 7 in the current version of the documents, yet the text file pointed to by the download links states that this driver still supports all the older ThinkPads and is applicable to Windows 7 and VISTA. The text file does say that Windows XP support has been withdrawn with this release, and that XP users should use the previous version. It does not, however, provide a link to any document or mechanism where an XP user can obtain the previous driver.
So, is the document correct, or is the text file correct?
Where is the current driver for VISTA and Windows 7?
When I went to the support sites to see the supporting documents there, I discovered that the ThinkVantage Active Protection entries were gone from the R61, R500 and T500 driver matrices. The only reference I could find to the ThinkVantage Active Protection System was in the above mentioned SOFTWARE link.
ThinkPad R61 8932-CTO T8300 2.40 Ghz 3GB RAM Win XP
ThinkPad R500 2714-CTO P8600 2.40 Ghz 3GB RAM Win XP; Two ThinkPad R500's 2714-CTO T9600 2.80 Ghz 4GB RAM Win 7
ThinkPad T500 2241-DB9 T9600 2.80 Ghz 4GB RAM Win 7
ThinkCenter A63 5237-CTO 3GB Ram Win XP; A21m and a pair of 380XD's

Still no change to the driver matrices. ThinkVantage Active Protection is still missing. There has been a change in the web site, as follows:
Active Protection System
Like an airbag's sensor, it can detect sudden changes in motion and temporarily stop the hard drive to help protect your valuable data from some crashes that could occur due to everyday notebook accidents.
Windows 8.1 (32-bit)
27 Jan 2015
v1.80.3.0
Windows 8.1 (64-bit)
27 Jan 2015
v1.80.3.0
Windows 8 (32-bit)
27 Jan 2015
v1.80.3.0
Windows 8 (64-bit)
27 Jan 2015
v1.80.3.0
Windows 7 (32-bit)
27 Jan 2015
v1.80.3.0
Windows 7 (64-bit)
27 Jan 2015
v1.80.3.0
Windows Vista (32-bit)
27 Jan 2015
v1.80.3.0
Windows Vista (64-bit)
27 Jan 2015
v1.80.3.0
So now there are numerous separate entries, but none of them claim to support any 'legacy' machines. Most of the above entries point to the same driver (at present). The puzzling aspect to all this is that if you read the text documents that accompany most of the above driver packages, you will note that the text document claims that the driver supports quite a number of legacy machines. That information just never made it to the web page.
So do I manually update a driver because the text document says it is applicable to my legacy R500, or 'believe' the web page which states that only some current models are supported, but not the R500, T500 or R61.
Very inconsistant and highly unprofessional.
ThinkPad R61 8932-CTO T8300 2.40 Ghz 3GB RAM Win XP
ThinkPad R500 2714-CTO P8600 2.40 Ghz 3GB RAM Win XP; Two ThinkPad R500's 2714-CTO T9600 2.80 Ghz 4GB RAM Win 7
ThinkPad T500 2241-DB9 T9600 2.80 Ghz 4GB RAM Win 7
ThinkCenter A63 5237-CTO 3GB Ram Win XP; A21m and a pair of 380XD's

ThinkVantage Active Protection System Dissapeared after Win 8.1 Upgrade

The ThinkVantage Active Protection System dissapeared from my ThinkPads after upgrading to Win 8.1.
I was going to reinstall it from the Lenovo ThinkVantage page but the Win 8 64bit version is not available for download.
Oddly enough, the 32bit version is available.
Is this a temporary situation? Will there be a Win 8.1 version?
Can someone from Lenovo explain what to expect?
E420, i5, 8GB, 500GB/7200, 32GB mSATA, Win 8.1 Pro x64
T61, 4GB, 500GB Hybrid, Win 8.1 Pro x64
Solved!
Go to Solution.

OK, Active Protection 64 bit for Win 8.1 is now available for download and working great!
I guess I panicked and was thinking that Lenovo would quit supporting this excellent tool (It has happened before)!
E420, i5, 8GB, 500GB/7200, 32GB mSATA, Win 8.1 Pro x64
T61, 4GB, 500GB Hybrid, Win 8.1 Pro x64

Thinkpad L430 Error Msg: 2000 thinkvantage active protection sensor diagnostics failed

One morning after I shutdown my laptop to leave for work and start it up again on the train. It gave me the: 2000 thinkvantage active protection sensor diagnostics failed. Everything is working fine. Is there a fix for this?
Edit: I realised this is in the wrong section. Can someone help me move this please? Thank you.

No, it happened for the rest of the day, even when I turned on the computer at work on my desk.
I restarted the laptop numerous times and it still gave me that message with the couple of loud beeps.
I believe it is fixed now, though I believe there is 75% chance I have found the reason. I just tried restarting it twice and I wasn't getting the message anymore.
I recall that the previous night, my laptop attempted to update my MS Office 365 but for some reason that update failed. I turned my laptop off and it wasn't when I was on the train the next day that I got the 2000 error message. I used my laptop as usual, nothing but MS office programs. Later that night I did a system restore, but that didn't fix the program, however my office update succeeded. As I cannot think of any other factors, I believe this could have been the reason.

U160 APS (Active Protection System) driver

Hi,
I upgraded my IdeaPad U160 to Windows 7 64bit, and the download pages do not show any APS drivers. The driver that was stored in the software partition on the hard drive does not work with 64bit; in fact it prevents Windows from booting even in safe mode, so that I had to use a partition image to restore the system. Does anyone know where to download this driver? I tried the driver for the U330; it did install, but it reports very abrupt motion and parks the HDD heeds while the IdeaPad is rock steady. I do not know if it is the wrong driver or if the motion sensor does not work correctly.
Best regards
Mandos
Solved!
Go to Solution.

try this first, if it doesn't work, take a look at this thread.

E-MU Announces New Beta XP/Vista/Windows 7 PCI/PCIe Beta Driver

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Maybe stupid question now but has your posting anything to do with Toshiba and Toshiba notebooks?

Active Protection causes computer to lock up

Hi,
I have a problem with my X61 tablet. The Thinkvantage Active Protection System causes the computer to lock up every time it is moved. It freezes and a hard reset is required.
I am virtually certain that the active protection system is at least part of the problem. The lockups occur when the computer is moved, and you can see the icon in the task bar indicating that the active protection has kicked in on the frozen screen. I turned off the active protection system and it has not locked up since.
I've had the tablet for almost a year and although it has occasionally locked up, the problem has just in the past few days become severe: now it locks up whenever it is moved even a little bit -- a severe shock is not required to trigger it.
A google search gave me a couple forums where people proposed that the problem was due to the interaction of active protection and Intel Turbo Memory, but I disabled my intel turbo memory and the problem remained. There was also a proposed solution involving hybrid hard drive power saving mode, but I have that diabled, and in any case the problem occurs when the computer is plugged in.
Does anyone know what the problem is? Is there a fix? Obviously I would prefer to have the active protection system running.
Thank you.
Update!
Just got the lock-up even with the active protection disabled. So it appears I was mistaken -- possibly a hardware problem? Maybe I'll try reposting over in the x group instead of the thinkvantage group after some more tests.
Message Edited by crlamb on 02-09-2009 03:17 PM
Message Edited by crlamb on 02-09-2009 03:17 PM

Yes ther is a problem vith Active protection system. 1.62 ang got lot worse when i upgraded HDD to Seagate Momentus 5400.6 (500GB) = ST9500325AS... Fix is to unstall ActiveProtectionSXystem until is fixed.
(it was better with old drive Hitachi 160GB, but it not usabele with new one more locups per day, Notebook in not usable in a car any more, as wont iven completly boot until a freeze ....) Firs i tought i bought defective drive, but drive should be ok...
(removing turbo memory tid not fix the problem)...
it supports Unload capability, but there is som huge incompatibility with TV APS software.
When can we expect new release of APS ?

Thinkvantage active protection sensor diagnostics

I dropped my laptop. (ThinkPad T60p)
At Boot time I get the message: Thinkvantage active protection sensor diagnostics.
Then: hard drive not found.
When I replaced the HD with a new one and tried to re-install the OS from the CD I get the same message:
hard drive not found.
What is Thinkvantage active protection sensor diagnostics?
How do I fix the problem?
Thanks,
Eugene Verne
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Hi Eugene-Verne,
While installing Windows from the CD, did you set SATA AHCI to Compatibility mode in the BIOS? If the answer is yes then the hard drive connectors on the laptop may have been damaged due to the fall.
Additionally, you can try running HDD diagnostic program from the BIOS to see whether it is even being detected by the BIOS.
Hope it helps.
Maliha (I don't work for lenovo)
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ThinkVantage Active Protection System will not install

Hi,
Every time I try to install ThinkVantage Active Protection System, I get this error on the setup "This installation package is not supported by this processor type." My processor is an Intel T3400.
Thanks,
Daniel

Hello mate,
You need a ThinkPad to install Active Protection System, i don't think it will work with a Lenovo 3000.
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ThinkPad T510 4313-CTO Windows 8 x64 - Intel Core i7-620M - NVIDIA NVS 3100M - 8GB RAM - 240GB SSD- Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 - Gobi 2000.
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Previous versions of drivers; Screensaver Install; Active Protection Icon

Hello,
I'm having a few issues and was wondering if someone could offer some assistance. I have a X200 which is running Vista 64-bit OS. I just completed a clean install of Vista-64.
Issue #1 (old *.scr file) - Is it posible to run my old Lenovo screensaver post-install? I saved it as a *.scr file to an external hard drive before deleting everything but the file will not work on my clean system by just copying it over into the appropriate folder. I get an error messasge when trying to preview it from within screensaver options. Does anyone have an excutable version of the "Think" screensaver (circa 2009/2010)?
Issue #2 (Previous versions of Lenovo drivers) - In the past it seemed to me that installing new drivers on my system has caused certain components to stop working correctly. For example, after an update to the audio last year, I lost sound to my external speaker and just had audio when plugging in headphones. Does anyone know where I could find previous versions of drivers on a reputable website? Specifically, does anyone have a copy of a previous version (circa 2009-2010) of the Conexant Audio driver/software for Vista (64-bit) for the X200?
Issue #3 ("ThinkVantage Active Protection") I installed this software and it is working normally. However, although I've selected, "Show active protection icon on the system tray" the icon is not displayed and I would like it to be displayed. Does anyone know what the problem may be? This happened to me before and I think I had to roll back the driver but I cannot do this right now since this is a new clean install.
Thank you very much for any help you may be able to provide.

hi.
if you prefer to manage device driver updates yourself, here is the complete driver matrix:
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/research/hints-or-tips/detail.page?&LegacyDocID=MIGR-70476
hth a bit.
cheers.
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X131e 3371 Active Protection installation failing with thininstaller

I am having and issue with the ThinkVantage Active Protection System is not installing on a new x131e type 3371 and it is setup correctly in Update Retriever and Thininstaller is running and all of the other components install just fine. Is there a pre-request or another package that is supposed to be installed first? Nothing noticeable in the log either?
Thanks,
Jason

Hi,
Check permission on archive log directory as RC =8 means system is not able to access file.
Thanks
Sunny

Win 7 Pro.. X60T TPM Driver, Active Protection NO GO!

BIOS has been updated to the latest release (1.15)
The TPM device is recognized in Windows, however there is no driver available for it.
The fingerprint software is installed and works fine; when going past the Power on password and HDD Password, however It seems not to work within windows. I can not find it "installed" under "ThinkVantage" or "Control Panel' either. The program is viewable in "add/remove" programs
Active Protection installs, reboot and nothing available!! It is present under "add/remove" programs but not under "ThinkVantage" or "Control Panel'
There are other issues, but the two above are the "most used" as well as the Screen Rotation.
All "on-screen" display options are working (volume, etc), however the rotation button and the screen "auto-rotation" is not. Got that going, auto-upate will not get MOST DRIVERS. Going to the driver matrix and installing what is available for "Win7" Helped in adding additional button/s functionality and getting the screen roation to work...now if I could get the other two!!!!
If anyone has any ideas, it would be greatly appreciated...
Currently own: X220T, X201, X200, T61 X2, X61T X3

Got the Active Protection working...I installed it three times...it is working now.
For the TPM...
I FORCED the install of this driver "Atmel TPM (Trusted Platform Module)". It can be found here: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-58054.html
So far...so good (knocks on wood!)
EDT: I forgot to add! I tried to install the "ThinkVantage Client Security Solutions 8.21" for the TPM issue, it would error out during the install.
Currently own: X220T, X201, X200, T61 X2, X61T X3

Active Protection System Fail On Windows 7 RTM x64

I have a ideapad u110 and installed 64bit windows 7 RTM...
After installing APS, windows 7 shows blue screen and going to restart...
How do i resolve this problem or how can i find correct driver for windows 7 rtm x64?

When i try to install this driver "http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/WIN7-BETA.html#tvap", installer shows "This sistem does not support Active Protection" alert. I have a ideapad u110 notebook..

Unable to turn on windows process activation service thus IIS (CBS files uploaded in sky drive)

Hi,
I am trying to turn on/install IIS for local host and for that it require WAS to be installed and running. When try to turn on the feature of WAS i get the error "Error Occured. Not all the features were successfully changed." I had applied all
the patches that I could find on the net and tried cleaning and re installing the .NET. None of them worked. Please help me out as I am in critical situation and need to develop something in really quick time.
I had uploaded the files at "C:\Windows\logs\CBS" to my sky drive.
Please provide the solution for the same as I can not format my system at this point of time.
Thanks in advance.
Warm Regards,
Kuldeep
John

Hi,
There are two tools that can be used to fix this issue quickly:
System Update Readiness Tool
MSConfig.exe
As for your situation, I suggest MSConfig.exe.
When you install IIS then installer adds WPAS for you automatically as one of the dependencies.
BUT when you uninstall IIS WPAS does not get uninstalled automatically – leaving the core binaries intact (this is done for a reason and is not a BUG.
In short, it’s not uninstalled to make sure we don’t end up breaking other services on the box that consume this process model explicitly – like WCF service).
One has to make sure WPAS is explicitly uninstalled by going to features under server manager and choosing “Windows Process Activation Services” to uninstall.
The detail can be found at:
http://www.iis.net/learn/troubleshoot/installation-issues/troubleshooting-iis-7x-installation-issues
Meanwhile, you’d better post the OneDrive link where you post the CBS file.
Regards
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MBAM bitlocker-protected removable drives recovery keys saved on sql database not active directory

Hi Guys
I need help in saving bitlocker protected removable drives on the sql database instead of active directory .
I have tried to play around with the policy and I am not winning , currently my GPO : Choose how bitlocker-protected removable drives can be recovered has only the allow data recovery agent chosen and I have left out all the AD DS option unticked
Please point me in the right direction on how to achieve this , I want all my keys in a SQL database so the users can recover the keys themselves using the mbam helpdesk website

Under client management, define your endpoint URLs. You can see the help and the description section for that particular policy. Copy and paste the URL removing the port number and replace the name of the Server with that of your MBAM Web server.
Also, Disable or don't configure the policy "Choose how bitlocker protected removable Drives can
be recovered".
This will save your recovery keys to the MBAM DBs.
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