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IBM ThinkPad Feature Program for Windows NT
============================================
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.
1.0 Installation
-----------------
To install this program, follow the instruction below.
1-1 Start Windows NT (V3.51 or higher) on your ThinkPad
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.
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.
"Installation complete for ThinkPad Feature NT driver.
Shutdown and restart Windows NT.
Run INSTALLN to install ThinkPad Feature program after Windows NT
is started."
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.
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.
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.
2.0 Using ThinkPad Features
-----------------------------------------
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.
2-1 Fuel Gauge program
----------------------
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:
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.
There is a "hibernation" icon on the same menu but using the hibernation
function is not recommended because of the same reason of suspend.
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:
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.
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.
WARNING:
YOU MUST MANUALLY SHUTDOWN THE SYSTEM WHEN LOW BATTERY CONDITION OCCURS.
SYSTEM DOES NOT GO TO SUSPEND AUTOMATICALLY AT LOW POWER BATTERY.
2-3 Inhibiting suspend operation
--------------------------------
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:
- Set the "Power Mode" to "Customized"
- Set the "Suspend time" to "0" (disable timer suspend)
Save the above option in the Power Mode menu.
- Click "Fuel gauge" icon to open the fuel gauge program
- Double click the "Current Power Mode" icon until power mode icon changes
to "Customized" mode.
Customized power mode is now becomes effective.
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.
2-4 Using Personalization Editor
--------------------------------
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.
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.