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Applying group policy immediately To apply policy settings immediately after you configure the settings for the ADM file, do the following: 1. From the Windows Start menu, click Run. 2. Type gpedit.msc /force and then click OK. Group Policy settings The following tables provide policy settings for System Update. User Settings This table provides the settings for the User Settings policies. Table 13. Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > ThinkVantage > System Update > User Settings Policy Setting Description ContentMode Note: If there is no database.xml file in the Update Retriever repository folder, System Update will ignore the ContentMode value and search for all the update packages. Active Test System Update will search the Update Retriever repository for the update packages in active status. System Update will search the Update Retriever repository for the update packages in test status. Connection User This setting specifies the user name for connection. Password This setting specifies the password for connection. It stores the encrypted password of proxy. General Repository Location This setting specifies the repository location that update packages will be downloaded from and installed. The default setting is SUPPORTCENTER and enables System Update to download updates from the Lenovo Help Center. You can also specify a repository path on a network share drive, and this will enable System Update to search for update packages in the network share repository folder. For more information on setting up repositories, see "Repository configurations" on page 25. UNC Max Attempts This setting specifies the maximum number of local repository authentication attempts allowed. DisplayLicenseNoticeSU This setting enables you to skip the license agreement that is displayed in the Schedule updates panel. • If YES, the license agreement will be displayed prior to saving changes in the Schedule updates panel of System Update. • If NO, the license agreement will not be displayed. General Ignore Local License This setting enables you to show or hide the license dialog when System Update is downloading and installing an update package located in a repository folder such as the network share repository. • If YES, the license dialog will not be displayed when a repository is used to store update packages. Note: If you obtain packages directly from the Lenovo Help Center and do not use a repository for update package storage, the IgnoreLocalLicense value will be ignored and the license dialog will be displayed. Chapter 3. Configurations 31

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Applyinggrouppolicyimmediately
To apply policy settings immediately after you configure the settings for the ADM file, do the following:
1. From the Windows
Start
menu, click
Run
.
2. Type
gpedit.msc /force
and then click
OK
.
GroupPolicysettings
The following tables provide policy settings for System Update.
UserSettings
This table provides the settings for the User Settings policies.
Table 13. Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > ThinkVantage > System Update > User Settings
Policy
Setting
Description
Active
System Update will search the Update Retriever
repository for the update packages in active status.
ContentMode
Note:
If there is no
database.xml file in the
Update Retriever repository
folder, System Update will
ignore the ContentMode
value and search for all the
update packages.
Test
System Update will search the Update Retriever
repository for the update packages in test status.
User
This setting specifies the user name for connection.
Connection
Password
This setting specifies the password for connection. It
stores the encrypted password of proxy.
Repository Location
This setting specifies the repository location that update
packages will be downloaded from and installed. The
default setting is
SUPPORTCENTER
and enables
System Update to download updates from the Lenovo
Help Center. You can also specify a repository path on a
network share drive, and this will enable System Update
to search for update packages in the network share
repository folder. For more information on setting up
repositories, see “Repository configurations” on page 25.
UNC Max Attempts
This setting specifies the maximum number of local
repository authentication attempts allowed.
General
DisplayLicenseNoticeSU
This setting enables you to skip the license agreement
that is displayed in the
Scheduleupdates
panel.
•
If
YES
, the license agreement will be displayed prior
to saving changes in the
Scheduleupdates
panel of
System Update.
•
If
NO
, the license agreement will not be displayed.
Ignore Local License
This setting enables you to show or hide the license
dialog when System Update is downloading and installing
an update package located in a repository folder such as
the network share repository.
•
If
YES
, the license dialog will not be displayed when a
repository is used to store update packages.
Note:
If you obtain packages directly from the Lenovo
Help Center and do not use a repository for update
package storage, the
IgnoreLocalLicense
value will
be ignored and the license dialog will be displayed.
General
Chapter 3
.
Configurations
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