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- Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 1
Access Connections Deployment Guide Date: April 15, 2008 - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 2
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Access Connections Deployment Guide Date: April 15, 2008 - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 4
2008. Portions © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2005. All rights reserved. LENOVO products, data, computer software, and services have been developed exclusively at private expense and are sold to governmental entities as commercial items as defined by 48 C.F.R. 2.101 with - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 5
professionals and the unique challenges they may encounter. This deployment guide will provide instructions and solutions for working with Access Connections. If you have suggestions or comments, communicate with your Lenovo™ authorized representative. To learn more about the technologies that can - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 6
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policy . . . . 26 Appendix A. Command line interface 29 Appendix B. Integrated Packaging . . . 31 The integrated Access Connections package . . . 31 Directory structure 32 Appendix C. Notices 33 Trademarks 34 © Lenovo 2008. Portions © IBM Corp. 2005. v - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 8
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without having to reconfigure network settings manually. A location profile supports advanced security settings, default printer, introduction of 3G cellular technologies, wireless WAN services are emerging as effective alternatives for high-speed the © Lenovo 2008. Portions © IBM Corp. 2005. 1 - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 10
and default settings. You can also manually create a location profile for a supported ThinkPad® systems and wireless WLAN and WAN drivers, see the following Web site: http://www.lenovo.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle= lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-4ZLNJB 2 Access Connections Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 11
for client users. The Administrator Profile Deployment feature is available to IT professionals only at: http://www.lenovo.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle= lenovo&lndocid=ACON-DEPLOY For more information about the Administrator Profile Deployment feature, see: Chapter 3, "Working with - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 12
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of Access Connections. For instructions on installation of the package to the hard disk drive. For example: C:\Drivers\W2k\Accon. 3. Click Start, and then click Run to the Access Connections install directory and Run setup.exe -r -remove. b) Click Uninstall when prompted. c) Click No to restart the - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 14
e) Rename the script file to uninst.iss. 2) Enter the following command: \setup.exe -S-f1\uninst.iss anything -f2x 6 Access Connections Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 15
on to client systems, download and install the Administrator Profile Deployment feature from the following Lenovo Web site: http://www.lenovo.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle= lenovo&lndocid=ACON-DEPLOY Note: The Import/Export feature of Access Connections is used for migrating - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 16
and hot-spot connections For instructions on how to create location profiles, or how to use Access Connections, see the Access Connections User's Guide located at the following Lenovo Web site: http://www.lenovo.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle= lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-63042 2. Create or - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 17
The following screen captures provide examples for Windows 2000 or XP, and Windows Vista: Figure 4. Create Distribution Package panel for Windows 2000 and XP Figure 5. Create Distribution Package panel for Windows Vista 3. Select the User Access Policy from the drop down menu. The user access policy - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 18
, the .loa and .sig files which are required for deployment are saved in C:\Program Files\Thinkpad\ConnectionUtilities\Loa directory. Attention: For image deployment, the *.loa file must reside in the Access numbers. Figure 6. Define Distribution Control list 10 Access Connections Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 19
primarily for securing the distribution of the profile location file (*.loa), when it is being sent to remote users for manual importing. Distribution control lists ensure that individuals install appropriate network connection profiles only. The Distribution Control List helps reduce unauthorized - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 20
enabled, the Ethernet port will be disabled when the Ethernet cable is unplugged from the system. The Ethernet port will remain 12 Access Connections Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 21
disabled even when the Ethernet cable is plugged in again. To re-enable the Ethernet port, manually apply the profile for the Ethernet connection. v Enable auto deletion of unused profiles v Disable the Peer to Peer community feature Chapter 3. Working with the Administrator Feature 13 - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 22
task tray v Show the wireless status icon in the task tray v Display the progress indicator window when a profile is being applied 14 Access Connections Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 23
Figure 11. Notification for Global Settings Chapter 3. Working with the Administrator Feature 15 - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 24
v Do not show warning message when connecting to an unencrypted network v Do not show the Services menu Roaming Options v Do not automatically include the new Wired/Wireless profile in the new roaming wireless profiles without security in the roaming list 16 Access Connections Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 25
Note: If this option is selected, none encryption profile will not be added to the automatic location switching. Default Options for Additional Settings v Network Security - Disable internet connection sharing - Enable Windows firewall - Disable file and printer sharing v Start applications - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 26
include PAC AID Groups when you create the distribution package, mark the check box Include PAC AID Groups with this package: 18 Access Connections Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 27
Figure 15. Create Distribution Package Create a new PAC AID Group by completing the following steps: 1. On the Define PAC AID Groups panel, click Groups. 2. Right click on - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 28
drop down menu and click Add. To remove a group, select the group from the available PAC AIDS list and then click Remove. Figure 16. Creating PAC AID Groups of *.loa and *.sig files) created with the check box on Figure 15 on page 19 can be copied to the installation folder of Access Connections and - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 29
Wireless LAN driver/application, Hotkey Fn+F5 utility, and Power Management driver. 3. is C:\Program Files\ThinkPad\ConnectUtilities). 4. Install select import from the manage profiles window and manually import the package by providing the same passphrase Lenovo 2008. Portions © IBM Corp. 2005. 21 - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 30
installed directory is C:\Program Files\ThinkPad\ConnectUtilities) of the existing client driver. 2. Install the integrated package as desired in attended or unattended mode and described in Appendix B, "Integrated Packaging," on page 31. This will overinstall the older version without removing - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 31
and then select the tvtacad.adm file. 5. Click Close on the Add/Remove Templates dialog box. 6. Under the Computer Configuration, click the Administrative Templates. policies for Access Connections. This file supports Access Connections 4.2 and above. © Lenovo 2008. Portions © IBM Corp. 2005. 23 - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 32
adapter will be disabled when the Ethernet cable is plugged out. Disable find wireless Disable the Find Wireless Network function. network 24 Access Connections Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 33
printer setting in location profile. Hide security setting Do not allow clients to view or edit security setting in location profile. Hide services menu Do not show services menu. This setting is not available in Windows Vista. Hide start application Do not allow clients to view or edit start - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 34
into Group policy The following steps provide instruction on how to setup logon scripts for thinkpad\connectutilities4\Silent.txt" Echo Silent Import was performed goto SilentImportDone :SilentImportDoneBefore Echo Silent Import was done before :SilentImportDone 26 Access Connections Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 35
a user logs onto a domain, the Acloa.bat executes and does the following: v Checks for the file silent.txt at the following client location: c:\programfiles\thinkpad\connectutilities v If the silent.txt file exists, it does not copy the .loa and .sig files but exits. v If the silent.txt file does - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 36
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AcPrfMgrSvc to close all other Access Connections processes except for profile manager service. \qctray.exe/killac v Restart all Access Connections processes. Considering .exe /findwInw v Display QCTRAY help information. \qctray.exe /help © Lenovo 2008. Portions © IBM Corp. 2005. 29 - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 38
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Web site for the Wireless LAN driver required for your system: http://www.lenovo.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do? sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-4ZLNJB v LSID This driver is required for Access Connections to interface with the Lenovo ThinkPad /L3000 system BIOS. Using a lower layer system BIOS - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 40
Setup (Intel 11b). v LSID is the driver that is required for Access Connections to interface with Lenovo ThinkPad /L3000 system BIOS. Using a lower layer system BIOS interface, Access Connections controls wireless devices and system dependent hardware features. 32 Access Connections Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 41
and verify the operation of any other product, program, or service. Lenovo may have patents or pending patent applications covering subject matter described document are not intended for use in implantation or other life support applications where malfunction may result in injury or death to - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 42
terms are trademarks of Lenovo in the United States, other countries, or both: Access Connections Lenovo ThinkVantage ThinkPad IBM is a trademark of other countries, or both. Other company, product, or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. 34 Access Connections Deployment - Lenovo ThinkPad T40 | (English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 43
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