Lenovo ThinkPad E550 (English) System Update 5.0 Deployment Guide - Page 45
Working with System Update
View all Lenovo ThinkPad E550 manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals |
Page 45 highlights
Chapter 4. Working with System Update This chapter provides information on working with update packages, using System Update, and downloading the Web upgrade for System Update. About System Update When you search for updates using System Update, the request goes to a repository or the Lenovo Help Center, depending on how System Update is configured. In response, System Update provides a list of new candidate updates. Then System Update verifies which of the candidate updates are applicable to the hardware and software on your computer and displays a list of applicable updates. System Update will also display update packages in order of severity that are related to other update packages. Once you select updates of interest, System Update downloads the updates from the repository or the Lenovo Help Center, and then provides an installation method. If two or more update packages are related, System Update downloads and installs all update packages. Designed to help you keep your system up-to-date, System Update provides the following functions: • Get new updates • Install deferred updates • Schedule updates Extras tab As a feature of System Update, the Extras tab enables you to easily identify the applicable software, hardware, and solution offerings to help you keep your entire system performing to its full capacity. System Update analyzes your system, and then recommends solutions that can be used to enhance your system performance. Examples of what the Extras tab may recommend include: • Memory upgrades • Printer recommendations • Warranty recommendations System Update billboard In various panels of the System Update user interface, there is a live feed billboard image provided by Lenovo for customer registration. If you click this image, the registration process will begin. If you register, you will receive important information about your system from Lenovo. You can turn this live feed off by clearing the value in the registry. For more information on configuring this setting with the registry, the ADM file, or the start.reg file, see Chapter 3 "Configurations" on page 15. Note: The registration function is available to users in United States only. Working with update packages An update package is made by bundling several files together. An updates package consists of a self-extracting installer program, an XML descriptor file that defines the update, one or more NLS readme files, any package license file, and any optional detection modules. Applicable update packages must match the triplet of a client computer. A triplet is the combination of the operating system, machine type (MT), and operating system language. An example of a triplet value is: © Copyright Lenovo 2009, 2014 39