ThinkVantage Productivity Center
What is ThinkVantage Productivity Center? (from Lenovo)
Productivity Center is a ThinkVantage Technology which guides you towards self help on ThinkPad and ThinkCentre systems by making it easier to access related ThinkVantage Technologies. Organizations can customize Productivity Center to their particular environment with the ability to include custom Web links, applicati... Read more
Overview
ThinkVantage Productivity Center is a program developed by Lenovo. The most used version is 3.00b, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. The software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. The main program executable is lpl1.exe. The software installer includes 9 files and is usually about 7.26 MB (7,608,982 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows XP as well as Windows Vista (SP2). While about 63% of users of ThinkVantage Productivity Center come from the United States, it is also popular in Taiwan and Germany.
Program details
URL: support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail.page?LegacyDocID=TVAN-PRDCTR
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\thinkvantage\prdctr
Uninstaller: RunDll32 C:\Program Files1\COMMON~1\INSTAL~1\engine\6\INTEL3~1\Ctor.dll,LaunchSetup "C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{CF5737AF-8550-
Estimated size: 7.26 MB
Files installed by ThinkVantage Productivity Center
| Program executable: | lpl1.exe |
| Name: | ThinkVantage Productivity Center |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\thinkvantage\prdctr\lpl1.exe |
| MD5: | ab01a0fa629bbaba1c506b710f3774c3 |
Additional files:
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LPCUST.EXE - ThinkVantage Productivity Center Customization Utility
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LPBROKER.EXE - ThinkVantage Productivity Center
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LPMGR.EXE - ThinkVantage Productivity Center Manager
Behaviors exhibited
Startup File (All Users Run)
- LPMGR.EXE is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'LPManager' which loads as C:\Program Files1\THINKV~1\PrdCtr\LPMGR.exe.
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
- LPL1.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\ThinkVantage\PrdCtr\LPL1.exe'.
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| LPL1.exe |
| Memory: | 7.09 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.3102532640% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.09446259% | |
| User CPU: | 0.21579068% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 9,330,983 | |
| I/O writes/min: | 23.55 KB | |
| LPMGR.EXE |
| Memory: | 3.9 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0000449317% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001870% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00002623% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 3,757 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 0 Bytes | |
| I/O writes/min: | 5 Bytes | |
How do I remove ThinkVantage Productivity Center?
You can uninstall ThinkVantage Productivity Center from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program ThinkVantage Productivity Center, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove ThinkVantage Productivity Center.
OS VERSIONS
Win XP 43%
Win 10 0%
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HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 24%
Keep it 76%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows XP |
47.10% |
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| Windows Vista |
32.43% |
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| Windows 7 |
20.08% |
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| Windows 10 |
0.39% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
45.53% |
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| Windows Vista Business |
19.92% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
8.13% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
7.72% |
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| Windows Vista Ultimate |
5.28% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
4.07% |
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Geography
63.30% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
63.30% |
| Taiwan |
3.06% |
| Germany |
3.06% |
| Australia |
2.45% |
| France |
2.45% |
| Poland |
2.45% |
| Israel |
1.83% |
| United Kingdom |
1.83% |
| Greece |
1.83% |
| Austria |
1.22% |
| Belgium |
1.22% |
| Hong Kong |
1.22% |
| Canada |
1.22% |
| Sweden |
0.92% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Lenovo |
89.24% |
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| Dell |
3.80% |
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| Sahara |
2.53% |
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| ASUS |
2.53% |
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| Toshiba |
1.90% |
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Common models |
| LENOVO 7668CTO |
5.11% |
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| LENOVO 9181A2U |
3.98% |
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| LENOVO 77675AU |
3.98% |
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| LENOVO 7659AB7 |
3.98% |
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| LENOVO 7762WPB |
2.84% |
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| LENOVO 27467AG |
2.84% |
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About Lenovo
Lenovo is a PC hardware and electronics company whose products include personal computers, tablet computers, mobile phones, workstations, servers, electronic storage devices and IT management software.
Publisher URL: www.lenovo.com