ThinkPad System Update 3.14.0017

ThinkVantage System Update
for Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Vista(R), 
Version 3.14.0017
Installation Readme


System Update downloads software, driver, and BIOS updates
from a Lenovo(R) server directly over the Internet without requiring
specific user knowledge of where the package is located or if it is
needed by the target system.

Other ways in which ThinkVantage(R) Technologies help you keep your system 
up to date and secure are:

- Updates ThinkVantage Technologies automatically through Active Update.
- Provides a direct connection to Lenovo Service and Support for
  ThinkPad(R) and ThinkCentre(R) drivers, software, and BIOS updates.
- Downloads and installs critical updates automatically on a
  scheduled basis.
- Helps maximize your system performance and minimize security
  vulnerability.


New in 2008-1-7 release
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- Scheduler supports policies that are deployed by Active Directory.
- A notification icon is displayed when System Update installs updates 
  that will reboot or power off the client machine, from scheduler mode.
- System Update displays download file size and required amount of 
  disk space for a package in the pick list.
- Active Update is available. Other ThinkVantage Technologies applications
  can update themselves using System Update.
- The User Access Control prompt dialog in Windows Vista is eliminated to
  improve the user experience.
- System Update supports manual installation when automatic installation 
  fails.


New in 2008-3-13 release
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- Resolves a System Update performance issue by resetting the scheduler
  to retrieve updates from Lenovo servers when requests for updates are
  not at their peak. If the scheduler is currently set to retrieve 
  updates at 11A.M. on the 1st day of each month, this update uses an 
  algorithm to set the scheduler on each computer to a different day and
  time.
- A defect in the scheduler is fixed.
- Corrects the following problems that were introduced in the 2008-1-7
  release:
      - Corrects a registry setting that prevents the user from accessing
        Active Update in the Rescue and Recovery(R) program, Client 
        Security Solution program, System Migration Assistant program, and
        Access Connections program.
      - Corrects a registry setting that prevents the factory recovery 
        feature from being displayed in the Rescue and Recovery workspace.

   
New in 2008-4-29 release
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- System Update is able to detect if a Service Pack is already installed 
  for Vista, and will not list Microsoft updates that were already installed
  as part of that Service Pack.
- Automatically reorder packages in the installation list to reduce the 
  number of restarts.
- In previous versions of System Update, at the start of each update 
  search, if System Update updated itself, the user had to click 
  "Get Updates" again to search for additional updates.  In this release,
  when System Update finishes updating itself, it automatically continues
  the search for other updates.
- System Update no longer creates a temporary folder under C:\ when it 
  updates itself.
- In the 2008-1-7 and 2008-3-13 releases, the System Update icon status
  message incorrectly stated that updates were not available if System 
  Update was configured to get updates from a customer repository
  instead of Lenovo Support Center and was launched in schedule mode.  This
  problem is corrected in this release.


New in 2008-5-15 release
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- System Update supports new animated billboard for America, Australia 
  and other world-wide countries.


New in 2008-8-22 release
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- System Update supports Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP
  Service Pack 3.
- System Update supports different clickable default billboards for the
  USA, Australia, Japan, and other countries and regions around the world.
  The billboard for registration, downloading, and installing is disabled. 
- System Update will not automatically query the Lenovo Support Center 
  servers if System Update is launched by the scheduler and the scheduler 
  mode is set to "Notify."
- System Update supports a new database.xml format in Update Retriever 3.0.
- This release contains the following corrections:
      - System Update no longer prompts users to input their name and 
        password when users searched for updates from share folder without
        credentials.
      - Corrected a potential security exposure that occurred when users
        opened Internet Explorer by clicking the System Update billboard.
      - Corrected a problem caused by a hard-coded System Type, which 
        disabled Active Update and Factory Recovery in the Rescue and 
        Recovery workspace.
      - Corrected a problem that occured on some ThinkPad models, where 
        System Update incorrectly set the type to ThinkCentre.  This 
        caused the ThinkCentre version of the Lenovo Welcome application 
        to be displayed instead of the ThinkPad version.

New in 2008-10-20 release
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- In previous versions of System Update, When the user tried to get new
  updates, sometimes the message similar to "An error occurred while
  gathering user information." appeared. This problem is corrected in this release.
- An unexpected exception error, that was installed on Vista 64-bit system 
  after the updates is fixed.


Supported systems
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ThinkVantage System Update is supported on the following systems:
- Lenovo 3000 C100, C200, N100, N200, V100, V200 notebook computers
- Lenovo 3000 J100, J105, J110, J115, J200, J200p, J205, S200, S200p,
  S205 desktop computers
- ThinkPad Reserve Edition
- ThinkPad A30, A30p, A31, A31p
- ThinkPad G40, G41, G50
- ThinkPad R30, R31, R32, R40, R40e, R50, R50e, R50p, R51, R51e, R52,
  R60, R60e, R60i, R61, R61e, R61i
- ThinkPad S31
- ThinkPad T23, T30, T40, T40p, T41, T41p, T42, T42p, T43, T43p, T60,
  T60p, T61, T61p
- ThinkPad X22, X23, X24, X30, X31, X32, X40, X41, X41 Tablet, X60,
  X60s, X60 Tablet, X61, X61s, X61 Tablet, x300
- ThinkPad Z60m, Z60s, Z60t, Z61e, Z61m, Z61p, Z61t
- ThinkPad SL300, SL400, SL500
- ThinkPad T400, T500
- All ThinkCentre desktop computers
- All ThinkStation desktop computers


ThinkVantage System Update supports additional systems as content is
created for them.


Software requirements
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The following operating systems are supported: 

- Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 or higher
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 or higher
- Microsoft Windows XP Home with Service Pack 2 or higher
- Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit) including Service Pack 1

Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.1 with Service Pack 1 or Microsoft
.NET Framework version 2.0 is required for System Update to work
correctly. Use Microsoft Windows Update to ensure that Microsoft .NET
Framework 1.1 or 2.0 is installed on your system.


Downloading the package
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1. Click the file links to download the files from the Web page.
2. When prompted, select a drive and directory in which to save the
   downloaded files.


Installing the package
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Uninstall any previous version of ThinkVantage System Update or
IBM Update Connector that is installed on your system. After you
have uninstalled any previous versions do one of the following:

Under Windows Vista
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1. Click Start, then click Start Search.
2. Type systemupdate314-2008-10-20.exe in the search field, then
   click Search Everywhere. This will locate the file you just
   downloaded.
3. Double-click the executable icon. You might see a dialog
   stating "A program needs your permission to continue." If
   you see this dialog, click Continue.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

Under Windows XP or 2000
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1. Click Start, select Find or Search, then click Files and folders.
2. Type systemupdate314-2008-10-20.exe in the search field, then
   click Find Now or Search. This will locate the file you just downloaded.
3. Double-click the executable icon.
4. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation.


Silent installation of System Update
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System Update can be installed in an unattended (silent) mode, 
which enables you to launch the installation using the default settings.
If you want to install System Update in an unattended mode, 
follow the steps listed below:

1. Open a command prompt (DOS) session.
2. Using DOS commands go to the folder where you saved the file you 
   downloaded from the System Update download page.
3. Launch the silent installation by adding the following parameters
   to the downloaded filename -s -a /s /v"/qn". For example, 

   systemupdate314-2008-10-20.exe  -s -a /s /v"/qn" 

   Then, press Enter.
4. Wait for the installation to finish.
5. Close the command prompt session.


Considerations
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System Update can be installed on Windows 2003, however, the Lenovo 
Support Center does not support Windows 2003.  Therefore, when a 
user tries to search updates from the Lenovo Support Center, System 
Update will return nothing but an error number 42, which means the
Lenovo Support Center Center does not support the operating system.


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