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Notification parameters The notification parameter used on the command line specifies the way System Update handles update packages and then notifies you when packages have been processed. The following table provides the parameters and descriptions for each: Table 25. Notification parameter Parameter -action LIST -action DOWNLOAD -action INSTALL Description Enables System Update to notify you with a system tray balloon when update packages are available on the Lenovo Help Center Web site. If you click on the system tray balloon, System Update displays the License Notice dialog box, or the Updates for Your System panel. If you mark the check the box Do not show again on the License Notice dialog box, System Update will not display this dialog box again. Enables System Update to notify you when packages have been downloaded to your system and are ready for installation. If you have not marked the check box Do not show again, System Update will prompt you to approve a license notice prior to downloading. After downloading, System Update notifies you with a system tray balloon. When you click on the system tray balloon, System Update will display the Install Deferred Updates panel and enable you to install updates of interest. Enables System Update to notify you when packages have been downloaded and installed. If you have not marked the check box Do not show again, System Update will prompt you to approve a license notice prior to downloading. After downloading and installing packages, System Update notifies you with a system tray balloon. To view the status of the download and installation process, click on the system tray balloon and System Update displays the Your system has been updated system tray balloon. If a package has a reboot type of 1 or 4, then System Update prompts you with a system tray balloon at designated intervals to notify you that a package will restart your system. The designated interval for the restart notification is set in the registry with the15 setting. If a package has a reboot type of 3, then System Update downloads and installs the package and then prompts you with a restart notification but does not continue with restart notifications at designated intervals. Otherwise, it will download and install the packages, and then show the result. 78 System Update Solution Deployment Guide

Section	Page
Contents	3
Preface	5
Chapter 1. Overview	7
System Update	7
Update Retriever	7
Managing the update process	7
System Update	8
System Update and Update Retriever	8
Deploying updates/packages to client systems	9
System Update and Update Retriever with customized update packages	9
Non-Lenovo	10
Chapter 2. Installation	11
Installation requirements	11
.Net	12
Installation components	12
System Update languages	12
Update Retriever languages	13
Installation considerations	13
System Update standard installation procedures and command-line parameters	14
Windows Vista considerations	15
List of parameters	15
Installing System Update or Update Retriever	16
Uninstall	16
Silent uninstall for Windows Vista	17
Chapter 3. Configurations	19
Connection configurations	19
Configuring System Update	20
Configuring System Update with the registry	20
UC Settings configurable items	21
UC Settings\\HTTPSHelloSettings configurable items	22
UC Settings\\HTTPSPackageSettings configurable items	23
Proxy server configurations	24
User Settings\\General configurations	24
User Settings\\Scheduler	28
Repository configurations	31
Version control for System Update	33
Configuring System Update with Active Directory	34
Administrative (ADM) template files	35
Group Policy settings	36
Managing network share repositories with Active Directory®	40
System Update version control using Active Directory	41
Configuring System Update with start.reg	41
Configuring multiple repository locations using the start.reg file	43
System Update version control with start.reg	43
System Update billboard and the start.reg file	44
Chapter 4. Working with System Update	45
About System Update	45
Extras tab	45
System Update billboard	45
Working with update packages	46
Downloading and installing updates	46
Using the Lenovo Help Center Web site	46
Using a repository on a client system	46
Using a repository on a network share	46
Working with license agreements	47
Using System Update	47
Scheduling the search for updates	48
Automatic search for new updates	48
Automatic search for new updates with download	49
Automatic search for new updates with download and install	49
Viewing the download and installation history	49
Hiding and restoring hidden updates	49
Working with updates that force a reboot	49
Keyboard shortcuts	49
Chapter 5. Working with Update Retriever	51
About Update Retriever	51
Update Retriever setup	51
Using Update Retriever	52
Search for updates with Update Retriever	52
Manual check for new updates	52
Modify settings	52
Configuring automatic check for new updates	53
Automatic search and download of new updates	53
Viewing the download history	53
Show updates in a repository	54
Hiding updates	54
Importing updates	54
Importing an update package into network share repository	54
Scheduling updates	55
Scheduling search for critical updates	55
Scheduling search for critical and recommended updates	55
Assigning triplets to an update	55
Generating a contents report of the network share repository	55
Creating and modifying an update package	55
About update packages	55
Creating an update package	57
Modifying an update package	57
Keyboard shortcuts	58
Chapter 6. Working with Thin Installer	59
About Thin Installer	59
Downloading Thin Installer	59
System requirements	59
.Net	59
Using Thin Installer	60
Log file	62
Windows Vista considerations	63
Return codes	64
Keyboard shortcuts	64
Configuring Thin Installer	64
Configuring Thin Installer with XML	64
Uninstall	67
Chapter 7. Best practices	69
Scenario 1 - Managing the update process	69
Step 1 - Installing the programs	69
Step 2 - Customizing the programs	70
Step 3 - Working with the programs	70
Scenario 2 - Deploying specific packages	71
Creating repository folders	71
Configuring System Update on client systems	71
Working with Update Retriever	71
Deploying the packages	72
Scenario 3 - Deploy onto non-Lenovo systems	72
Scenario 4 - Disabling the Web upgrade for System Update	73
Scenario 5 - Installing specific packages with the MSDOS Command Prompt	73
Scenario 6 - Deploying packages to client system repositories	74
Step 1 - Administrator system setup	74
Step 2 - Configuring System Update on client systems	74
Scenario 7 - Working with firewalls and the Scheduler function	74
Scenario 8 - Working with Thin Installer	75
Deploying the packages using USB or CD	75
Deploying the packages using network share repository	75
Deploying the packages using a system management tool	75
Integrating Thin Installer with ImageUltra Builder (IUB)	76
Integrating Thin Installer with a Sysprep Image	76
Appendix A. Command line parameters	77
Automatic search	77
Command line scripts	77
Search modes	83
Notification parameters	84
Map Drive utility	86
Command line interface	87
Using the MapDrv utility	87
Displaying encrypted user name and password strings	87
Storing network share information for a TVT	88
Connecting to the network share for a TVT	88
Disconnecting the network share for a TVT	88
Appendix B. Notices	89

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Notification parameters

The notification parameter used on the command line specifies the way System

Update handles update packages and then notifies you when packages have been

processed. The following table provides the parameters and descriptions for each:

Table 25. Notification parameter

Parameter

Description

-action LIST

Enables System Update to notify you with a

system tray balloon when update packages

are available on the Lenovo Help Center

Web site. If you click on the system tray

balloon, System Update displays the

License

Notice

dialog box, or the

Updates for Your

System

panel. If you mark the check the box

Do not show again

on the

License Notice

dialog box, System Update will not display

this dialog box again.

-action DOWNLOAD

Enables System Update to notify you when

packages have been downloaded to your

system and are ready for installation. If you

have not marked the check box

Do not

show again

, System Update will prompt

you to approve a license notice prior to

downloading. After downloading, System

Update notifies you with a system tray

balloon. When you click on the system tray

balloon, System Update will display the

Install Deferred Updates

panel and enable

you to install updates of interest.

-action INSTALL

Enables System Update to notify you when

packages have been downloaded and

installed. If you have not marked the check

box

Do not show again

, System Update will

prompt you to approve a license notice prior

to downloading. After downloading and

installing packages, System Update notifies

you with a system tray balloon. To view the

status of the download and installation

process, click on the system tray balloon and

System Update displays the

Your system

has been updated

system tray balloon. If a

package has a reboot type of 1 or 4, then

System Update prompts you with a system

tray balloon at designated intervals to notify

you that a package will restart your system.

The designated interval for the restart

notification is set in the registry with the15

setting. If a package has a reboot type of 3,

then System Update downloads and installs

the package and then prompts you with a

restart notification but does not continue

with restart notifications at designated

intervals. Otherwise, it will download and

install the packages, and then show the

result.

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