The method for Lenovo notebook to use compatibility mode to run applications in Vista is as follows:

　1. Start the resource manager, right-click the application executable file and select Properties.

2. Go to the "Compatibility" tab.

Note: If the "Compatibility" tab is gray and unselectable, it is often because the selected executable file is not an .exe but an .msi file (such as the MS Office installation file). In this case, you need to find For a real .exe executable file, the simple way is to start the program through the Task Manager, then press the "Ctrl+Alt+Del" key combination to open the Task Manager, find the corresponding object in the process window and check the right-click properties.

3. Check the "Run this program in compatibility mode" option.

4. In the drop-down menu below, you can select the operating system version you want to be compatible with, including Windows 95, Windows 98/ME, Windows NT4.0 SP 5, Windows 2000, Windows XP SP2 and WIndows 2003 SP1, and for most cases, choosing Windows XP SP 2 should be fine.

5. You can also choose the color, screen resolution, and even disable desktop elements, disable desktop scaling, etc. according to the running requirements of the application.

6. As for the "Please run this program as an administrator" item, it is best not to check it to cause unnecessary security risks. Of course, if the program still cannot run properly in Windows Vista without selecting this option, you can try to enable it later.

7. Click OK.

In this way, you are done, and you will find that the old applications that frequently failed in Windows Vista can run normally in Windows Vista.