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### Monitor the Status of the Machine from Your Computer (Windows®)

The Status Monitor utility is a configurable software tool for monitoring the status of one or more devices, allowing you to get immediate notification of errors.

- If you selected the Enable Status Monitor on startup check box during installation, you will find the button or the Status Monitor icon on the task tray.
- To display the Status Monitor icon on your task tray, click the button. The (Status Monitor) icon will appear in the small window. Drag the icon to the task tray.

- Do one of the following:
  - Double-click the icon in the task tray.

  - (Windows® XP, Windows Vista®, Windows® 7, Windows Server® 2003, Windows Server® 2008 and Windows Server® 2008 R2)

    Click (Start)>All Programs>Lenovo>Lenovo Utilities.

    Click the drop-down list and select your model name (if not already selected). Click Tools in the left navigation bar, and then click Status Monitor.

  - (Windows® 8 and Windows Server® 2012)

    Click (Lenovo Utilities), and then click the drop-down list and select your model name (if not already selected). Click Tools in the left navigation bar, and then click Status Monitor.

  - (Windows® 8.1 and Windows Server® 2012 R2)

    Move your mouse to the lower left corner of the Start screen and click (if you are using a touch-based device, swipe up from bottom of the Start screen to bring up the Apps screen). When the Apps screen appears, tap or click (Lenovo Utilities).

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