IBM ThinkPad July 27, 2001
Configuration Utility Package for Windows 95/98/Me/2000
Version A-1.20
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What This Package Does
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This package contains the following small packages for Microsoft
Windows 95(*1)/98/Me/2000 users:
- Utility for Windows 95/98/Me/2000
- Utility for DOS
- Fuel-Gauge program
- Battery Information Support Driver
- Battery Information program
- Battery MaxiMiser Wizard
- Presentation Director Wizard
- Personalization Editor
- ThinkPad Configuration Profile Wizard
- Utility Data image files
This package enables or updates the Configuration Utility programs for
the following IBM ThinkPad computers:
- ThinkPad 570, 570E
- ThinkPad 600, 600E, 600X
- ThinkPad 770, 770E, 770ED, 770X, 770Z
- ThinkPad A20m, A20p
- ThinkPad A21e, A21m, A21p
- ThinkPad A22e, A22m, A22p
- ThinkPad T20, T21, T22, T23
- ThinkPad X20, X21
- ThinkPad i Series 1157 (*2)
- ThinkPad i Series 1600, 1800
- ThinkPad TransNote (*2)
NOTE:
*1: Under Windows 95, Internet Explorer version 4 or higher must be
installed.
*2: Supports Windows 98/Me/2000 only.
Released Versions
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Version 1.00 Initial release
Version 1.01 Support for new models, new functions and problem fixes
Version 1.01a A problem fix
Version 1.02 Support for new models and problem fixes
Version 1.03 A problem fix
Version 1.04 Support for new models and problem fixes
Version 1.10 Support for new models, new functions and problem fixes
Version 1.11 Support for new models and new functions
Version 1.11s Support for new models
Version 1.12 Support for new models, new functions and problem fixes
Version 1.12a A problem fix
Version 1.12b A problem fix
Version 1.13 Support for new functions and problem fixes
Version 1.13a A problem fix
Version 1.14 Support for new models and new functions
Version 1.14a Problem fixes
Version 1.15 Support for new models and problem fixes
Version 1.16 Support for new models, new functions and problem fixes
Version 1.16a A problem fix
Version 1.17 Support for new models and new functions
Version 1.17a Support for future enhancement
Version 1.18 Support for new models, new functions and problem fixes
Version 1.18s Support for new models
Version 1.19 Support for new models
Version 1.19a A problem fix
Version 1.19b A problem fix
Version 1.20 Support for new models, new functions and problem fixes
Summary of Changes
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Where: <n.nn> Version (for example, 1.00 means Version 1.00)
(New) New function or enhancement
(Fix) Correction to existing function
<1.00>
-(New) Initial release.
<1.01>
-(New) Support for ThinkPad 770X and 600E.
-(New) Support for the installation option for ThinkPad
Configuration for DOS.
-(Fix) Fuel-Gauge program consumes GUI resource while charging.
-(Fix) Fuel-Gauge program displays an error message when F1 key is
pressed.
-(Fix) DVD playback is not smooth when Battery MaxiMiser Gauge is on
the Task Tray.
<1.01a>
-(Fix) UltraBay Properties button is displayed on machines which
support only UltraBay IDE devices warm swapping.
<1.02>
-(New) Support for ThinkPad T20.
-(Fix) Battery MaxiMiser Gauge causes an error when Windows 2000
shutdown.
-(Fix) Battery MaxiMiser Gauge shorten battery remaining time.
<1.03>
-(Fix) Battery MaxiMiser Gauge causes Windows 98 startup error when
Lotus program was installed.
<1.04>
-(New) Support for ThinkPad X20.
-(Fix) Battery MaxiMiser Gauge fails to set LCD brightness when
connecting/disconnecting AC adapter.
-(Fix) Battery MaxiMiser Gauge displays battery figure even after the
installed battery was removed.
-(Fix) Battery MaxiMiser Gauge battery figure may be sometimes grayed
out.
-(Fix) Restore display settings button in Presentation Director does
not work correctly.
<1.10>
-(New) Support for ThinkPad 770Z.
-(New) Support for Windows 95.
-(New) Utility packages have been re-organized.
In installation, there is no need to do from a diskette.
-(New) Support for ThinkPad A21e/m/p and T21.
-(New) Supported copyright and version information.
-(New) Changed Battery MaxiMiser Wizard and Presentation Director
screen design from usability point of view.
-(Fix) Vertical button bar is not displayed correctly sometimes.
-(Fix) Battery MaxiMiser Gauge causes Windows 2000 SysFader error
at shutdown.
-(Fix) Battery MaxiMiser Gauge loads many modules to run.
<1.11>
-(New) Support for ThinkPad 570.
-(New) Support for ThinkPad A22m, A22p, T22 and X21.
-(New) Removed BIOS part number field from the system Information
screen.
-(Fix) Buttons next to scheme names don't work in Battery MaxiMiser
Wizard.
-(Fix) Wrong Hibernation File size is displayed in Battery MaxiMiser
Wizard screen on Windows Me.
-(Fix) There is no limitation of the number of the schemes for
Battery MaxiMiser.
-(Fix) There is no limitation of the number of characters for
a scheme name in Presentation Director Wizard.
-(Fix) SpeedStep setting is not done by Battery MaxiMiser.
-(Fix) CPU Speed 'Slow' item is displayed even in an environment
which doesn't support the slow setting.
-(Fix) Windows 2000 permission level is not considered correctly.
-(Fix) When ClassicShell option is enabled in Registry,
Battery MaxiMiser Gauge displays a page fault error.
<1.11s>
-(New) Support for ThinkPad TransNote.
<1.12>
-(New) Support for ThinkPad A22e.
-(New) Support for ThinkPad 600X and 570E.
-(New) A menu for On Screen Display is supported.
-(Fix) Unexpected result occurs when the system docked to 2nd
docking station.
-(Fix) Screen Expansion setting may not be correctly saved,
depending on a condition.
-(Fix) Volume Control Beep is not set correctly.
-(Fix) Parallel EPP mode is not set correctly on 570 family.
-(Fix) When Utility is installed to long directory, the driver does
not work correctly.
-(Fix) RingCentral program does not work when Battery MaxiMiser works.
-(Fix) SysFader error may occur when shutting down Windows 2000.
-(Fix) Battery Information program takes time to display information.
<1.12a>
-(Fix) Power scheme setting changes unintentionally after finishing
Battery MaxiMiser Wizard.
<1.12b>
-(Fix) Object type for Object insertion of Microsoft Word contains
an incorrect item.
<1.13>
-(New) Support for Windows 2000 formally.
-(New) IBM on the web menu is removed.
-(Fix) Tooltip help may not be displayed in button bar mode.
-(Fix) Hot docking/undocking takes too much time.
-(Fix) Screen Blanking button sets HDD timer on Windows 95.
It causes mismatch with another program.
<1.13a>
-(Fix) Hot Key Service fails to start when network card is installed.
<1.14>
-(New) Support for ThinkPad A20m/A20p.
-(New) The default installation path and folder were changed.
<1.14a>
-(Fix) Uninstallation causes an error on A20m/A20p.
<1.15>
-(New) Support for ThinkPad T20.
<1.16>
-(New) Support for ThinkPad X20.
-(New) Installation program was modified to support new ThinkPad
Configuration for DOS of memory reduction version.
-(Fix) ThinkPad Configuration fails to be loaded when log on/off
Windows 2000.
-(Fix) On Screen Display volume indicator is displayed when Fn Key
lock setting is done.
<1.16a>
-(Fix) On Screen Display is not launched properly sometimes on
Windows 2000.
<1.17>
-(New) Support for ThinkPad A21e/m/p and T21.
-(New) Removed On Screen Display installation support
from installation program.
-(New) Supported new ThinkPad Configuration tray icon.
<1.17a>
-(New) Support for T21 future enhancement.
<1.18>
-(New) Support for ThinkPad A22m, A22p, T22 and X21.
-(New) Support for Lid close action beep function for A2x/T2x
family.
-(New) Installation program removes OS Battery Meter icon
when Battery MaxiMiser Gauge icon is put into the tray by
default on Windows Me.
-(Fix) PCI IRQ view does not match with Device Manager in ACPI
environment.
-(Fix) Grayed out items are not seen correctly when High contrast
is selected in Display Property.
-(Fix) Once Yes is selected in reboot message displayed by a dialog
opened from a tray menu, any dialog will never open
from the next time.
-(Fix) Power Property tabs are not displayed in other mode than
Administrator on Windows 2000.
-(Fix) Some settings cannot be done in other mode than Administrator
on Windows 2000.
<1.18s>
-(New) Support for ThinkPad TransNote.
<1.19>
-(New) Support for ThinkPad A22e.
<1.19a>
-(Fix) Blue screen error may occur on Windows 2000.
<1.19b>
-(Fix) Installation fails once ThinkPad Configuration is opened from
Control Panel on Windows 2000.
<1.20>
-(New) Support for ThinkPad T23.
-(New) Support for Add-on devices and PC card resource management.
-(New) Support for View system summary menu.
-(New) Support for new System Information dialog.
-(New) Support for Infrared communication option on Windows 95/98.
-(New) Support for Resource Conflict resolve menu.
-(New) Support for presentation on TV.
-(New) Support for a new option to prevent interuption from other
applications on Windows 2000 or onwards.
-(New) Support for Global battery settings to longer battery life.
-(Fix) Device Bay option name is not correct.
Installation instructions
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NOTE:
- If you already installed A-1.14, please uninstall it first before you
install newer version.
- If Version A-1.17 or later was installed on hard disk drive over Version
A-1.16a or earlier was installed to, then install the On Screen Display
package also.
From Version A-1.17 or newer, this package does not install the On
Screen Display package. Another installation program is supported for the
On Screen Display.
- If you install a newer version after uninstalling a previous version on
Windows 2000, reboot the system after uninstallation.
Installing
1. Start Windows 95/98/Me/2000. If using Windows 2000, logon with
administrative privileges.
2. Extract the drivers to the hard disk drive.
3. Close all open applications.
4. Click Start, then click Run.
5. In the Open field, type C:\DRIVERS\W9X\UTILITY\SETUP.EXE. Click OK to
start the installation process. If you extracted the files to a
different location, specify that location instead.
6. At the Welcome screen, click the Next button.
7. At the Choose Destination Location window, verify the location is
where you want the Configuration Utilities installed, and click the
next button.
NOTE: The default destination path and folder are changed from Version
A-1.14. If you are upgrading from this installed version,
uninstall it first or change the destination path and folder
to the same as before.
8. Leave the Setup Type set to Typical and click the Next button. Only
advance users should choose Custom to configure the installation.
9. At the Select Program Folder, leave the default folder information.
This screen specifies where the Configuration Utility will appear on
the Start menu. Clicking the Next button will start the installation
process.
10. At the Setup Complete window, there are two choices to either restart
the system now or later. The default is to restart the system now.
Determining which version is installed
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For the different Wizards, to display the version information on the first
screen of the Configuration Utility:
1. Start the ThinkPad Configuration program. The main screen will be
displayed.
2. Click Help, then click About. The About dialog window will be
displayed.
3. The version will be displayed next to Utility Data.
Trademarks
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* IBM, ThinkPad and OS/2 are registered trademarks of IBM Corporation.
* Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
Other company, product, and service names may be registered trademarks,
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