ThinkVantage Active Protection System

ThinkVantage Active Protection System

by Lenovo

What is ThinkVantage Active Protection System?

ThinkVantage Active Protection System is software application developed by Lenovo. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 66.41% of installations running this operating system. ThinkVantage Active Protection System's installer is typically 7.00 MB in size and installs around 14 files. The most common release is 1.79.00.03 with 14.82% of all installations currently using this version.

ThinkVantage Active Protection System is most popular in the United States with 63.01% of installations residing in this country.

About ThinkVantage Active Protection System?

The Active Protection system is a default feature that operates whenever the computer and operating system are in use. When a tilt or drop motion is detected, the system unloads the hard disk drive heads, preventing them from accessing the hard disk drive.

Software Details

URL:
https://support.lenovo.com/en_us/downloads/detail.page?legacydocid=migr-53150
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\ThinkPad\TpShocks\
Uninstaller:
MsiExec.exe /X{46A84694-59EC-48F0-964C-7E76E9F8A2ED}
Size:
7.00 MB
Language:
English

ThinkVantage Active Protection System Executable Details

Primary executable:
tpshlp.dll
Name:
ThinkVantage Active Protection System
Path:
C:\Program Files\ThinkPad\TpShocks\tpshlp.dll
MD5:
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by ThinkVantage Active Protection System
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
a15e497e63541c9642e7cfed9d3eb63d
SYS
44506d5bc32e07134010a92e3521073f
SYS
96f4bd2fe0a4d4411f07b0f1bfb22289
EXE
0195b6cbdfa7179002a8ae994f21b201