System Update 5 for Windows 8

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System Update 5 for Windows 8

#1 Post by bobones » Tue Sep 25, 2012 8:30 am

It's here!

Just installed it on my W500 running W8 Pro RTM - works, but no updates found :)
IBM T43 2668-F7G : Pentium M760 2GHz : 15" SXGA+ IPS Flexview : 80GB 5400rpm HD : NMB KB : Win7P
Lenovo W500 4062-3CG : T9400 C2D 2.53GHz : 15.4" WUXGA Samsung : 250GB 7200rpm FDE HD : ALPS KB : Win8P
Lenovo T430s 2356-GCG : Core i7-3520M 2.90GHz : 14" HD+ : 180GB Intel SSD : Win8P

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Re: System Update 5 for Windows 8

#2 Post by Cigarguy » Tue Sep 25, 2012 12:41 pm

Win 8 have not been officially released yet so of course you would not expect any official updates.

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Re: System Update 5 for Windows 8

#3 Post by bobones » Mon Oct 01, 2012 7:05 am

It's now been pulled due to issues.
IBM T43 2668-F7G : Pentium M760 2GHz : 15" SXGA+ IPS Flexview : 80GB 5400rpm HD : NMB KB : Win7P
Lenovo W500 4062-3CG : T9400 C2D 2.53GHz : 15.4" WUXGA Samsung : 250GB 7200rpm FDE HD : ALPS KB : Win8P
Lenovo T430s 2356-GCG : Core i7-3520M 2.90GHz : 14" HD+ : 180GB Intel SSD : Win8P

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Re: System Update 5 for Windows 8

#4 Post by barrywohl » Sat Oct 27, 2012 12:16 pm

It is available again, but it only installed 4 of about 20 pieces of software and drivers I needed for Win 8 Pro.
First Thinkpad 755CX in 1995. First IBM: PC 1982 8088 w 64K RAM, dual floppy. Currently in use:
X230T with Win8Pro x64, i7, 500gb ssd; W700 WUXGA RAID 1 Blu-Ray W7Pro x64, occasionally a T61p with Win7Pro x64

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Re: System Update 5 for Windows 8

#5 Post by EvilH » Sat Nov 03, 2012 12:30 am

It won't install at all on my X1. Gives me Windows Installer errors. There were a few other pieces of Lenovo software that gave me similar errors. Hopefully it's updated soon.
X1: i5-2520M | 8GB DDR3 | 120GB mSATA & 240GB SSD | Windows 8.1 Pro

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Re: System Update 5 for Windows 8

#6 Post by lukee » Thu Nov 22, 2012 3:11 am

Getting 'No packages found' message on my 6474R2U (T400) with Windows 8 Pro x64.
Current: T420
Previous: T400, T43p Flexview, T40, R52, T43p 14"
My first ThinkPad was 570

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Re: System Update 5 for Windows 8

#7 Post by bill bolton » Thu Nov 22, 2012 3:42 am

lukee wrote:Getting 'No packages found' message on my 6474R2U (T400) with Windows 8 Pro x64.
Since the T400 is not a Lenovo supported platform for Win 8, it not going to offer you Win 8 related updates :idea:

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Re: System Update 5 for Windows 8

#8 Post by EvilH » Fri Feb 01, 2013 1:06 am

I finally got it to install by running it as local admin instead of my normal account (which should have worked as it was in local administrator's group too).
X1: i5-2520M | 8GB DDR3 | 120GB mSATA & 240GB SSD | Windows 8.1 Pro

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T40, T42, T60 (x2), T61, T61p, T500, x100e

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