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- IBM ThinkPad Feature Program for Windows NT
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- This documents describes how to install IBM ThinkPad Feature Programs on
- Windows NT and provides some technical information using this Utility Program.
- Before installing this program, read carefully how to use this program.
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- 1.0 Installation
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- To install this program, follow the instruction below.
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- 1-1 Start Windows NT (V3.51 or higher) on your ThinkPad
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- 1-2 Insert this Utility Diskette into your floppy drive (A:) and go to
- Windows NT "File Manager". Select drive A on the File Manager menu.
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- 1-3 Double click "INSTDRV.EXE" to run this program. ThinkPad Feature NT
- device driver is installed in your system.
- When this driver is installed, following message appears on the NT
- DOS screen session.
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- "Installation complete for ThinkPad Feature NT driver.
- Shutdown and restart Windows NT.
- Run INSTALLN to install ThinkPad Feature program after Windows NT
- is started."
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- Note: If you have already installed old version ThinkPad Features and
- running Fuel Gauge program, close this program before installing
- the device driver. If not, "DLL load error" message will appears.
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- 1-4 Shutdown and restart Windows NT. Go to Windows NT "File Manager" and
- select drive A. Double click "INSTALLN.EXE" to proceed to install the
- ThinkPad Feature program. Follow the instruction appears on the screen.
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- 1-5 Logoff Windows NT and log on again to start using ThinkPad Feature
- program. Fuel Gauge program icon will be automatically created and
- will become active on the screen.
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- 2.0 Using ThinkPad Features
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- This section describes how to use the ThinkPad Features, Fuel Gauge Program
- and Personalization Editor. Refer to ThinkPad Features Online Help for the
- general information. This section contains some unique information associated
- with Windows NT environment which are not included in the Online Help.
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- 2-1 Fuel Gauge program
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- On the fuel gauge screen, clicking the "suspend icon" will let the system
- going to suspend. But this function is not recommended to use because of
- the following reasons:
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- Set the system going into suspend mode will cause erroneous situation on NT
- such as delay of Time of day clock during suspend and erroneous power down
- for certain internal devices after resuming the system.
- To avoid this situation, set the system going into stand-by by pressing
- Fn+F3 key whenever you leave the machine unattended during the battery mode
- operation.
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- There is a "hibernation" icon on the same menu but using the hibernation
- function is not recommended because of the same reason of suspend.
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- 2-2 Suspend/Resume options at Power Mode Setting
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- If you set "Will not suspend even if LCD is closed" as an option at
- Suspend/Resume options on power mode icon menu, this option is used as
- the following manner on Windows NT environment:
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- This option allows not only inhibiting the suspend operation at LCD is
- closed, but also inhibiting ANY suspend condition such as Fn+F4 suspend
- key, suspend selection at battery gauge icon menu, automatic suspend with
- suspend timer and low battery suspend.
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- To set this mode effective, click this option on the menu and "save" it.
- Then shutdown and restart NT. When you boot NT, this mode becomes effective.
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- WARNING:
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- YOU MUST MANUALLY SHUTDOWN THE SYSTEM WHEN LOW BATTERY CONDITION OCCURS.
- SYSTEM DOES NOT GO TO SUSPEND AUTOMATICALLY AT LOW POWER BATTERY.
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- 2-3 Inhibiting suspend operation
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- You can inhibit the automatic timer suspend operation using the "Power" mode
- menu on ThinkPad Features. Unless you specify "Will not suspend even if
- LCD is closed" option at suspend/resume option, it is required at least
- to set the following power mode in order to avoid going to suspend:
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- - Set the "Power Mode" to "Customized"
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- - Set the "Suspend time" to "0" (disable timer suspend)
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- Save the above option in the Power Mode menu.
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- - Click "Fuel gauge" icon to open the fuel gauge program
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- - Double click the "Current Power Mode" icon until power mode icon changes
- to "Customized" mode.
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- Customized power mode is now becomes effective.
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- Disabling automatic suspend will avoid the erroneous situation occurring on
- Windows NT. This is minimum thing that should be done in order to avoid
- automatic suspend either in AC power mode or battery power mode.
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- 2-4 Using Personalization Editor
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- Using the Personalization Editor, you can create your own personal
- information, editing bitmap data. Windows NT Paintbrush is operational
- with personalization editor. When you finish creating the personal data,
- data must be saved in the ThinkPad Utility Diskette 2 which is supplied as
- a part of set of Utility Diskette. Please make sure that you prepare
- Utility Diskette 2 which is separately released. This Windows NT ThinkPad
- Feature install diskette does not include the function available in
- Utility Diskette 2, such as storing the personalization data into
- ThinkPad nonvolatile memory.
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- 2-5 Others
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-
- Although ThinkPad Feature provide you almost the same menu for device mode
- setting, it does not mean that all device are supported under NT.
- For example, enabling Infrared Port by this program does not mean that you
- can use Infrared port. Without installing the necessary device drivers and
- application program, it is not possible to use the infrared port.
- As of today, there is no infrared device drivers/application program run
- on NT. So, setting this port enabled is not meaningful.
- Device mode setting menu does not always provide you the all device can
- be available under Windows NT.
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