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Table 14. Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > ThinkVantage > System Update > UCSettings > General (continued) Policy Setting Description and have your system to perform to its full capacity. System Update analyzes your system and then recommends solutions that can be used to enhance your system. This setting enables you to show or hide the Extras tab on the System Update user interface. • If YES, the Extras tab will be displayed in the System Update workspace. • If NO, the Extras tab will not be displayed in the System Update workspace. The default value is YES. This table provides the policy setting for the Update Thyself function of System Update. Table 15. Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > ThinkVantage > System Update > UCSettings > HTTPSHelloSettings Policy Setting Description HTTPSHelloSettings Update Thyself System Update checks the Lenovo Help Center Web site for updates for itself, even if it is connecting to a network share repository. This setting is to enable or disable the Update Thyself function. You can remove the Update Thyself function from System Update by clearing this value. Managing network share repositories with Active Directory This section provides a description of the policy settings for the network share repository. Setting these policies will prompt an end user for a user name and password when the System Update end user interface is launched or when a scheduled update runs. When an end user authenticates into a domain and has appropriate rights to access the network share repository, then no prompt for the user name and password is displayed on the System Update end user interface. Active Directory enables you to edit policy settings with the Group Policy Editor. To customize the settings for network share repository folder, add the ADM file for System Update to the Group Policy Editor. To add the ADM file and customize the settings, do the following: 1. Download the System Update ADM file from the Lenovo Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-ADMIN#tvsu Note: If you are using an ADM file and the Group Policy Editor to set policy settings for System Update, make sure that you are using the ADM file released specifically for each version. For example, if you are customizing policies for System Update 3.2, you must use the ADM file designed for System Update 3.2. 2. On your server, launch Active Directory. 3. Click servername.com and then click Properties. 4. On the Group Policy tab, highlight New Group Policy Object and click Edit. Note: You can also type gpedit.msc in the Open or Start Search box to launch the Group Policy Editor. 5. Right-click Administrative Templates. 34 System Update Solution Deployment Guide

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Table 14. Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > ThinkVantage > System Update > UCSettings > General
(continued)
Policy
Setting
Description
and have your system to perform to its full capacity. System Update
analyzes your system and then recommends solutions that can be
used to enhance your system.
This setting enables you to show or hide the
Extras
tab on the
System Update user interface.
•
If
YES
, the
Extras
tab will be displayed in the System Update
workspace.
•
If
NO
, the
Extras
tab will not be displayed in the System Update
workspace.
The default value is
YES
.
This table provides the policy setting for the Update Thyself function of System Update.
Table 15. Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > ThinkVantage > System Update > UCSettings >
HTTPSHelloSettings
Policy
Setting
Description
HTTPSHelloSettings
Update Thyself
System Update checks the Lenovo Help Center Web site for
updates for itself, even if it is connecting to a network share
repository.
This setting is to enable or disable the Update Thyself
function. You can remove the Update Thyself function from
System Update by clearing this value.
ManagingnetworksharerepositorieswithActiveDirectory
This section provides a description of the policy settings for the network share repository. Setting these
policies will prompt an end user for a user name and password when the System Update end user interface
is launched or when a scheduled update runs. When an end user authenticates into a domain and has
appropriate rights to access the network share repository, then no prompt for the user name and password
is displayed on the System Update end user interface.
Active Directory enables you to edit policy settings with the Group Policy Editor. To customize the settings
for network share repository folder, add the ADM file for System Update to the Group Policy Editor.
To add the ADM file and customize the settings, do the following:
1. Download the System Update ADM file from the Lenovo Web site at:
Note:
If you are using an ADM file and the Group Policy Editor to set policy settings for System Update,
make sure that you are using the ADM file released specifically for each version. For example, if you are
customizing policies for System Update 3.2, you must use the ADM file designed for System Update 3.2.
2. On your server, launch Active Directory.
3. Click
servername.com
and then click
Properties
.
4. On the
GroupPolicy
tab, highlight
NewGroupPolicyObject
and click
Edit
.
Note:
You can also type
gpedit.msc
in the
Open
or
StartSearch
box to launch the Group Policy Editor.
5. Right-click
AdministrativeTemplates
.
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