Incredible System Migration Assistant Annoyance?

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Incredible System Migration Assistant Annoyance?

#1 Post by umdenken » Mon Apr 09, 2007 1:18 pm

I did a recent update of the ThinkVantage software on my T42, and it has rendered the computer nearly unusable:

Anytime I right-click on ANYTHING on my desktop, or perform any mouse gesture (for example, dragging a file from one place to another), some kind of System Migration Assistant install process is initialized.

It's a never-ending and impossible-to-complete loop: It's trying to install SMA, and can't find the required file. I don't want SMA, and don't need it.

I have no idea how this got attached to these common mouse gestures. Anyone experienced anything like this?
IBM Thinkpad T42 (2373-N1U), 15" SXGA+, 100 gig hd (new Hitachi 5k120), 1.5 gig ram, fingerprint reader, running Ubuntu 7.04

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#2 Post by jdhurst » Mon Apr 09, 2007 2:38 pm

To your last question: No.

To your earlier questions, it may or may not be a ThinkVantage problem. I have SMA installed; I don't use it particularly; and it causes no problems.

Mine sits way down in Add/Remove Programs under "S" (i.e., there is no vendor label prefixed to it). Try removing it and then restarting to see if that helps.
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#3 Post by umdenken » Mon Apr 09, 2007 3:37 pm

jdhurst wrote:To your last question: No.
Mine sits way down in Add/Remove Programs under "S" (i.e., there is no vendor label prefixed to it). Try removing it and then restarting to see if that helps.
... JDH
Beautiful - thanks! I had looked there, but it wasn't near the other ThinkVantage software entries and I didn't see it...
IBM Thinkpad T42 (2373-N1U), 15" SXGA+, 100 gig hd (new Hitachi 5k120), 1.5 gig ram, fingerprint reader, running Ubuntu 7.04

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