
 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
 ------------------------------------------------

   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
 ----------

 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.



