Lenovo ThinkPad E455 (English) System Update 5.0 Deployment Guide - Page 7
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Chapter 1. Overview The programs documented in this deployment guide are System Update, Update Retriever, and Thin Installer. This deployment guide defines each program, explains the update process, and explains how each program can be configured to fit your needs. In this deployment guide, you also will find installation procedures, application configurations, and best practices on how to use these programs in different environments. System Update System Update is a program that helps you keep the software on your system up-to-date. Using System Update, the update packages that are stored on Lenovo servers can be downloaded from the Lenovo Help Center Web site. Update packages can be applications, device drivers, BIOS flashes, and software updates. When System Update connects to the repository folder, System Update automatically recognizes your computer machine type, model number, and other system information to determine whether your system needs the available updates. System Update will display a pick list of update packages where you can select update packages to download and install. System Update can be configured to install packages either manually or automatically. System Update also provides a method to defer the installation of update packages. System Update can be configured to search for and download update packages from any combination of the following locations: • The Lenovo Help Center Web site • The Repository folder on a local system • The Repository folder on a network share Update Retriever Update Retriever is a program that enables you to search for and download updates from the Lenovo Help Center Web site to a repository folder on a network share. You can configure System Update to search for update packages from a repository folder on a network share instead of searching the Lenovo Help Center Web site. Update Retriever can help you with the following: • Downloading updates for specific Lenovo systems according to machine types, languages, and operating systems • Downloading update packages for more than one machine type • Importing update packages Thin Installer Thin Installer is a lighter version of System Update. Unlike System Update, Thin Installer does not require installation, does not create any registry keys, and does not have any services. Thin Installer can search for update packages from the repository folder on a local hard disk drive, a network share, a Web share, or external media such as a CD, DVD, or USB hard disk drive. Managing the update process The update process is a method to obtain, configure, and install update packages. To complete the update process, use one of the following options: • System Update © Copyright Lenovo 2009, 2014 1