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Flash player v.9.0.280 is the last version which supports the Access IBM application. Unfortunately, Flash v.10 incorporates security enhancements which are incompatible with Access IBM. Later releases of Access IBM require Adobe Flash player. It is your guide to a host of information and tools." It travels with you, eliminating the need to carry reference manuals. As quoted from IBM: "Access IBM is the comprehensive, on-board help and information center for your computer. The later IBM ThinkPad models rely upon Access IBM utility software instead of providing a hard copy user manual. See the linked pages for details.Īfter booting to Windows in an IBM ThinkPad, the button typically launches the Access IBM application.

This depends on a specific setting of the BIOS Setup Utility and on the availability of either a Hidden Protected Area or a Rescue and Recovery partition.

Pressing Access IBM or ThinkVantage at system boot can launch the Predesktop Area. This button was also called the Lenovo Care Button for the SLx00 ThinkPads, although it did not have the usual text label and was just simply accompanied by a toolbox icon above itself. Some later models no longer had it labelled, which turned it into a simple black button with no fixed purpose. After Lenovo took over the ThinkPad line from IBM, they re-labelled it as ThinkVantage. While it was originally grey and labelled ThinkPad, IBM later made it blue and called it the Access IBM Button. Technically, it is nothing more than a button that can be configured to launch a certain piece of software. It is intended to be a means of quick access to help and support. The ThinkPad Button is a programmable button situated in the upper left corner of the keyboard on most ThinkPads.