Reusing downloaded patches

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Reusing downloaded patches

#1 Post by msteudel » Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:28 am

Hi All,

I was wondering if there was a way to reuse patches that have been downloaded by another laptop of the same model through the thinkvantage software?

I recently rebuilt my machine and since I pay for my bandwidth I was hoping I could use my wife's patch repository that she has accumalated via the thinkvantage update software.

I guess one method would be to just run all the patches outside of the TV software ...

Anyway thought there be a better way.

Mark
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#2 Post by ryengineer » Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:43 am

You'll find the packages downloaded by Thinkvantage System Update in the folder: C:\Program Files\Lenovo and the ones downloaded manually in C:\drivers\WIN . However it can be quite a daunting tasking in finding packages from the former's sublocation C:\Program Files\Lenovo\System Update\session .

If your machines are connected in a network then next time try using Thinkvantage Update Retriever that downloads all packages to a network share repository folder.
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#3 Post by msteudel » Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:00 am

Hmmm the network share repository would've been nice to know about when we had unlimited bandwidth. Oh well, thanks for the info.

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#4 Post by msteudel » Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:07 am

So you made me curious about the network repository thing, where would I find that option, in the Think Vantage Update software? I tried looking in the help file, but couldn't find anything about it.

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#5 Post by ryengineer » Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:14 am

ThinkVantage Technologies Administrator Tools. (Middle of the page)

You'll require System Update 3.x Deployment Guide if you're unfamiliar with it's usage.
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#6 Post by msteudel » Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:20 am

Thank you!
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