Getting System Update 3.0 working on T40

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Getting System Update 3.0 working on T40

#1 Post by richk » Sat Oct 27, 2007 4:17 pm

Lenovo has improved system update to the point where it is nearly impossible to use on machines put together with T40 or T41 recovery disks. (Later T42 and T43 machines work differently) I was finally able to get it work with the following steps:

1) Recover with recovery disks or service partition
2) Install XP SP2
3) Use windows update to install hotfixes and include .Net version 1.1 update. (.Net 2.0 didn't help me)
4) Under add and remove programs, choose "IBM Update Connector" and uninstall
5) Restart
6) Install System Update 3.0

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Re: Getting System Update 3.0 working on T40

#2 Post by bill bolton » Sat Oct 27, 2007 7:54 pm

richk wrote:Lenovo has improved system update to the point where it is nearly impossible to use on machines put together with T40 or T41 recovery disks.
I built up a new T40 image last week from recovery disks, ran Windows Upgrade then installed System Upgrade with no particular drama. For me, SU handled the removal of Update Connector without any special attention necessary.

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Bill B.

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