Contents
Preface ...............v
Chapter 1. Overview .........1
System Update .............1
Update Retriever .............1
Managing the update process.........1
System Update ............2
System Update and Update Retriever .....2
Non-Lenovo ..............4
Chapter 2. Installation .........5
Installation requirements ..........5
.Net ................6
Installation components...........6
System Update languages .........6
Update Retriever languages ........7
Installation considerations ..........7
System Update standard installation procedures
and command-line parameters .......8
Installing System Update or Update Retriever . . . 10
Uninstall ...............10
Silent uninstall for Windows Vista ......11
Chapter 3. Configurations ......13
Connection configurations .........13
Configuring System Update .........14
Configuring System Update with the registry . . 14
Configuring System Update with Active
Directory ..............28
Configuring System Update with start.reg . . . 35
Chapter 4. Working with System
Update ...............39
About System Update ...........39
Extras tab ..............39
System Update billboard .........39
Working with update packages ........40
Downloading and installing updates .....40
Using System Update ...........41
Scheduling the search for updates ......42
Keyboard shortcuts ...........43
Chapter 5. Working with Update
Retriever ..............45
About Update Retriever ..........45
Update Retriever setup ..........45
Using Update Retriever ..........46
Search for updates with Update Retriever . . . 46
Manual check for new updates .......46
Modify settings ............46
Configuring automatic check for new updates . . 47
Automatic search and download of new updates 47
Viewing the download history .......47
Show updates in a repository .......48
Hiding updates ............48
Importing updates ...........48
Scheduling updates...........49
Creating and modifying an update package . . 49
Keyboard shortcuts ...........52
Chapter 6. Working with Thin Installer 53
About Thin Installer ...........53
Downloading Thin Installer .........53
System requirements ..........53
.Net ................53
Using Thin Installer ...........54
Log file ...............56
Windows Vista considerations .......57
Return codes .............58
Keyboard shortcuts ...........58
Configuring Thin Installer .........58
Configuring Thin Installer with XML .....58
Uninstall ...............61
Chapter 7. Best practices .......63
Scenario 1 - Managing the update process ....63
Step 1 - Installing the programs ......63
Step 2 - Customizing the programs .....64
Step3-Working with the programs .....64
Scenario 2 - Deploying specific packages ....65
Creating repository folders ........65
Configuring System Update on client systems . . 65
Working with Update Retriever.......65
Deploying the packages .........66
Scenario 3 - Deploy onto non-Lenovo systems . . . 66
Scenario 4 - Disabling the Web upgrade for System
Update ................67
Scenario 5 - Installing specific packages with the
MSDOS Command Prompt .........67
Scenario 6 - Deploying packages to client system
repositories ..............68
Step 1 - Administrator system setup .....68
Step 2 - Configuring System Update on client
systems...............68
Scenario7-Working with firewalls and the
Scheduler function ............68
Scenario8-Working with Thin Installer .....69
Deploying the packages using USB or CD . . . 69
Deploying the packages using network share
repository ..............69
Deploying the packages using a system
management tool ...........69
Integrating Thin Installer with ImageUltra
Builder (IUB) .............70
Integrating Thin Installer with a Sysprep Image 70
Appendix A. Command line parameters 71
Automatic search............71
Command line scripts ...........71
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