ThinkVantage Access Connections for Windows Vista
	ThinkVantage Access Connections for Windows 7

ThinkVantage Access Connections is a connectivity assistant program for your ThinkPad computer. It enables you to quickly switch the network settings and Internet settings by selecting a location profile. You can define the network settings and Internet settings in the Location Profile for modem/wired LAN/Wireless LAN network devices, and then restore that profile whenever you need it. By switching the location profile, you can connect to the network instantly without reconfiguring your settings when you move from office to home or on the road.

	Learn more about Access Connections
	Access Connections User's Guide

Access Connections is able to import and export location profiles for the wireless adapter. This feature does not export the wireless security configuration and all profile settings. However, you can download and install the optional profile-deployment feature, which enables Access Connections to export wireless security configurations (including static WEP, password, and so on) and all profile settings. Download the Access Connections Deployment Guide to learn more about the Access Connections location profile-deployment feature. Click here to download administrator feature tool and view deployment guide.

• 3000 C100, C200
• 3000 N100, N200
• 3000 V100, V200
• ThinkPad A20m, A20p, A21e, A21m, A21p, A22e, A22m, A22p, A30, A30p, A31, A31p
  
• ThinkPad Edge 13, Edge E30
• ThinkPad G40, G41
• ThinkPad L410, L510
  
• ThinkPad Reserve Edition
• ThinkPad R30, R31, R32, R40, R40e, R50, R50e, R50p, R51, R51e, R52, R60, R60e, R61, R61e, R61i
• ThinkPad R400, R500
  
• ThinkPad S31
• ThinkPad SL300, SL400, SL400c, SL410, SL500, SL500c, SL510
  
• ThinkPad TransNote
• ThinkPad T20, T21, T22, T23, T30, T40, T40p, T41, T41p, T42, T42p, T43, T43p, T60, T60p, T61, T61p
• ThinkPad T400, T400s, T410, T500, T510
• ThinkPad W500, W700, W700ds
  
• ThinkPad X20, X21, X22, X23, X24, X30, X31, X32, X40, X41, X41 Tablet, X60, X60s, X60 Tablet, X61, X61s, X61 Tablet
• ThinkPad X100e, X200, X200s, X200 Tablet, X300, X301
• ThinkPad Z60m, Z60t, Z61e, Z61m, Z61p, Z61t
  
  

The following Operating Systems are supported:

• Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Professional
• Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005

1. Access Connections requires Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 or later. Start this installation after the .NET Framework installation. The .NET Framework can be obtained from the following web site.
2. Before installing ThinkVantage Access Connections, it is required to install the following software.

   [For ThinkPad SL Series]

• ThinkPad Power Management Driver for SL Series for Windows Windows Vista/XP version 1.44 or higher.
• ATK Hotkey Driver for Windows Vista/XP version 0.00.04.0 or higher.

[For the others]

• ThinkPad Power Management Driver for Windows 98 SE/Me/2000/XP/ Vista version 1.42 or higher.
• ThinkPad Hotkey Features for Windows 98/98 SE/Me/NT 4.0/2000/XP version 1.24.0603 or higher or
  Hotkey Features for Windows Vista/XP/2000 version 2.08.2008 or higher.
  (Note: Refer to each Hotkey package for which version to use.)

3. Update wireless LAN/WAN adapter software for each adapter, as follows.

For ThinkPad series with the following Wireless adapter.

In addition, follow the instructions, according to your wireless LAN environment.

For ThinkPad R32, R40, T30, T40, T40p, X30, X31 with the following Wireless adapter.

For Value Line notebooks with the following Wireless adapter.

For all ThinkPad and Value Line notebooks with the following Wireless LAN PC adapters.

Note:

• When these adapters are used, it is recommended to uninstall ThinkPad/Value Line internal wireless LAN adapter driver from the system to avoid conflicts.
• It is required to install PC Card supplier's wireless LAN drivers as well as wireless LAN utility programs, such as 802.1x supplicant or configuration utilities.
• This package supports Windows XP only. Get and install "Access Connections version 5.12" for Windows 2000 under "Previous version downloads".
  

Click here for a complete list of changes fixed by this driver update.

	Access Connections version 5.12
	README for Access Connections version 5.12
	Access Connections version 5.20
	README for Access Connections version 5.20
	Access Connections version 5.21
	README for Access Connections version 5.21
	Access Connections version 5.30
	README for Access Connections version 5.30
	Access Connections version 5.33
	README for Access Connections version 5.33

Note:

• If your computer runs satisfactorily now, it may not be necessary to update the software. To determine if you should update the software, refer to the Version Information section in the README for Access Connections.
• You need to install Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 or later before installation. The .NET Framework can be obtained from the following web site.
• Before installing ThinkVantage Access Connections, it is required to install the following software. Click here to see the list of required software.

Hint:

• When you install Access Connections version 4.00 or later as upgrade install from previous lower version (3.x), all location profile used in the older version will be converted during the installation time automatically. When you use version 4.x first time, manually select the location profile you wish to connect.

This section assumes to use Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer.

[Downloading file]

1. Click once on the underlined file name. Once this is done, some pop-up windows will appear.
2. Follow the instructions on the screen.
3. In the window to choose Run or Save, click the Save button.
4. Choose the directory you would like to download the file to and click the Save button. A different window will appear and the download will begin and complete. Once the download has completed, there may or may not be a message stating that the download completed successfully.

[Extracting files]

5. Make sure to be logged on with administrative privileges.
6. Locate the directory where the file was downloaded.
7. Locate the file that was downloaded and double-click it.
8. Follow the instructions on the screen.
9. In the "Select Destination Location" window, click Next. If you would like to select a different folder, click Browse.
10. In the "Ready to Install" window, click Install. The file will begin to extract all the necessary files to the folder specified in the step 9.

[Installing files]

11. Make sure the checkbox next to "Install ..... now" is selected and click Finish.
12. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete installation and restart the computer.

Finally delete the file saved in the step 4.

Note: The following is for system administrators' use only.

1. Refer to the "Manual Install" section, and download and expand the files.
2. In the step 11 of the "Installing files" section, uncheck the checkbox next to "Install ..... now", and then click Finish to cancel installation.
3. At the command line, execute setup.exe with the -s -SMS options. Example: [Path where the files were extracted]\setup -s -SMS

1. Start the ThinkVantage Access Connections. The main screen will be displayed.
2. In the menu bar, click Help, then click About Access Connections. The version will be displayed next to ThinkVantage Access Connections.