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2 Installation
2.1 Installing System Update

This chapter provides the installation instructions and requirements for System
Update.

2.1.1 Installation Requirements

System Update supports the following operating systems:

Microsoft® Windows® 7 32 & 64 bit

Windows 10 64-bit
Windows 11 64-bit

System Update is qualified and supported on Windows 7, Windows

10 and Windows 11. System Update is not qualified and supported
on Windows 8/8.1. If End User decides to install System Update on
Windows 8/8.1 it may work without issue and may be used as is, but
Lenovo makes no representations about this and has not tested
such installation and such installation would not be supported. If
having System Update is important to End User Lenovo
recommends changing to a Windows version where it is qualified
and supported.

System Update requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 or a later version. A

compatible version of .NET Framework can be downloaded from the following
Microsoft website:

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2.1.2 Languages

System Update supports all NLS (National Language Support) language packs.
In normal cases, System Update loads the language pack set in the
LanguageOverride field. That is, at startup, System Update checks the Windows
registry for a valid language override code in the LanguageOverride field. If the
language override code in the LanguageOverride field is valid and the
language pack is available on the system, System Update will load the
language pack corresponding to the language override code specified in the
LanguageOverride field and display the rest of the session in that language.

The registry location for the LanguageOverride field is:

Registry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Lenovo\System Update\Lan

The following table presents the languages and the corresponding language
override codes for System Update.

Language Identifier Language Override Code

Danish 1030 DA

Dutch (standard) 1043 NL

English 1033 EN

Finnish 1035 FI

French 1036 FR

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Language Identifier Language Override Code

German 1031 DE

Italian 1040 IT

Japanese 1041 JP

Korean 1042 KO

Norwegian (Bokmal) 1044 NO

Portuguese (Brazilian) 1046 PT

Spanish 1034 ES

Swedish 1053 SV

Simplified Chinese 2052 CHS

Traditional Chinese 1028 CHT

Table 2-1. System Update language codes

The following are scenarios in which System Update will load the substitute
NLS language pack:

Loading the language pack set in the Windows Regional and Language
Options settings: If the LanguageOverride field is empty or with an invalid
value, or the value specified in the LanguageOverride field is not installed
on the system, System Update will get the language override code of the
operating system set in the Regional and Language Options settings. If
System Update successfully loads the language pack corresponding to the

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language set in the Regional and Language Options settings, System

Update will display the rest of the session in that language.
Loading the language pack set in the DefaultLanguage field: If the
language pack corresponding to the language set in the Regional and
Language Options settings is not available on the system, System Update
will attempt to get the default language that has been set in the
DefaultLanguage field when the end user used the System Update installer
and selected a language during the installation. System Update will load
the language pack corresponding to the default language set in the
DefaultLanguage field, and display the rest of the session in that language.
If the 8 System Update Solution Deployment Guide language pack
corresponding to the default language set in the DefaultLanguage field is
on the system, System Update will load the default language pack and
display the rest of the session. The registry location for the
DefaultLanguage field is:

Registry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Lenovo\System Update\Def

Loading the US English language pack: If the DefaultLanguage field is

empty or contains an invalid value, or if the language pack corresponding
to the default language set in the DefaultLanguage field is not on the
system, the default language will not be used. System Update will attempt
to load the US English language pack. If the US English language pack is
not on the system, an error message will be displayed, saying "System
Update has found a critical problem and must close." This error message is
in the US English language.

2.1.3 Installation Command Lines

System Update can be installed manually by executing the installation package

downloaded from Lenovo. System Update can also be installed silently with
the following command line:

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CMD

C:\\[System Update installation file name].exe /VERYSILENT /NORE

To install System Update silently and control where the installation package
extracts to, use the following command:

CMD

C:\\[System Update installation file name].exe /VERYSILENT /NORE

System Update is installed to the following folder:

CMD

%ProgramFiles%\Lenovo\System Update

System Update supports the following installation scenarios:

Clean installation: System Update will be installed with default preferences

Upgrade or over-installation (earlier version already exists): The installation
program will remove the older version and install the current version.
Preferences will be preserved.

An installation log file, tvsusetup.log, will be automatically generated and

stored in the %temp% directory. The location and filename of the log file can
be controlled by command line parameter also:

CMD

C:\\[System Update installation file name].exe /VERYSILENT /NORE

2.1.4 Uninstalling System Update

System Update can be uninstalled by using the Add or Remove Programs

applet located in the Windows operating system. After the uninstall is
complete, all program files and settings are deleted.

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Alternatively, a command-line can be used to perform a silent uninstall. To

silently uninstall System Update, use the following command:

CMD

[Your install dir]\unins000.exe /verysilent /norestart

2.1.5 Updating System Update

System Update includes a mechanism by which it will update itself whenever a

newer version is released. System Update checks for a newer version before
performing a search for updates each time it is launched. If a newer version is
found, it will prompt to update itself before proceeding and will guide the user
through the update process.

It is recommended to keep System Update running on the most current

version; however, if this feature needs to be disabled it can be done by editing
the registry. To disable this feature, do the following to clear the registry value:

1. Using regedit.exe, navigate to the following registry entry:

Registry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Lenovo\System Update\Pre

2. Delete the ServerName string value, for example:

URL

https://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pcbs/agent/

3. Click OK.

2.2 Installing Thin Installer

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Thin Installer is provided as an installation package which simply extracts the

Thin Installer source files to C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\ThinInstaller. The
process does not create any registry entries and does not install any services.
The Thin Installer folder can simply be copied to target devices and executed
by command line.

2.2.1 Installation Requirements

Thin Installer is supported on the following operating systems:

Windows 10 64 bit
Windows 7 32 & 64 bit

Thin Installer requires Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.5.2 or higher. A

compatible version of .NET Framework can be downloaded from the following
Microsoft website:

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download

2.2.2 Removing Thin Installer

No registry keys or temporary files relating to Thin Installer are created when
the program finishes installing update packages. Therefore, to uninstall Thin
Installer, you only need to delete the folder containing Thin Installer and all its
related files.

2.3 Installing Update Retriever

Update Retriever is intended to be installed on an administrator’s system and

is not installed on the fleet of client computers.

2.3.1 Installation Requirements

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Update Retriever is supported on the following operating systems:

Windows 7
Windows 8.1
Windows 10
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019

Update Retriever requires Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.5.2 or higher. A

compatible version of .NET Framework can be downloaded from the following
Microsoft website:

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download

2.3.2 Languages

The following table presents the languages supported by Update Retriever and
their corresponding language override codes:

Language Identifier Language Override Code

English 1033 EN

French 1036 FR

German 1031 DE

Japanese 1041 JP

Simplified Chinese 2052 CHS

Table 2-2. Update Retriever language codes

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The registry location for the LanguageOverride field for a 32-bit machine is:

Registry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Update Retriever\LanguageOver

The registry location for the LanguageOverride field for a 64-bit machine is:

Registry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Lenovo\Update Retriever\

2.3.3 Installation Command Lines

Update Retriever can be installed manually by executing the installation

package downloaded from Lenovo. Update Retriever can also be installed
silently with the following command line:

CMD

c:\\[Update Retriever installation file name].exe /VERYSILENT /N

To silently extract to a specific folder followed by an installation, use the DIR

parameter. For example:

CMD

[Update Retriever installation file name].exe /VERYSILENT /NORES

The installation log file contains information that can be used to debug
installation problems. For Update Retriever, the log file name is tvursetup.log.

If you install the program by double-clicking the setup.exe file, the log file will
be automatically generated and stored in the %temp% directory.

If you want to install the program silently and generate installation log files,
use the following command:

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CMD

[Update Retriever installation file name].exe /VERYSILENT /NORES

If a previous version of Update Retriever is already installed, the following pop-

up is displayed. In order to download the newest version of Update Retriever,
the use must click Yes. After selecting Yes , to uninstall the existing version of
Update Retriever, a window will appear asking for install instructions. Please
proceed with install instructions.The administrator will NOT lose any of their
previous downloads, update packages, machines, or any information in Update
Retriever or its repository. Everything that was displayed and available in the
existing version of Update Retriever, will be in the new version that is being
installed .

Figure 2-1. Removing existing version of Update Retriever to download the

newest version.

2.3.4 Uninstall Update Retriever

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Update Retriever can be uninstalled by using the Add or Remove Programs

applet in Windows operating systems. After the uninstall is complete, all
program files and settings are deleted. Alternatively, you can use command-
lines to perform a silent uninstall. To silently uninstall Update Retriever, use the
following command-line:

CMD

[Your install dir]\unins000.exe /verysilent /norestart

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