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    Software Installer

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by jjfcpa, Sep 28, 2005.

  1. jjfcpa

    jjfcpa Notebook Evangelist

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    Last night I thought it might be a good idea to run the IBM Updater program to see how badly out of date my T43 was. I ran it and it reported that my laptop was completely up to date. I knew that couldn't be right so I started looking for an update to the updater program.

    What I found was a new program that Lenovo calls the Software Installer. What a slick program. I installed it and ran it and it reviewed every driver that was on my laptop with the latest versions that were on the Lenovo website. It compiled a list that allowed me to check or uncheck any that I did not want to install. Initially, they were all checked. It also identified those that were mandatory updates versus just recommended ones.

    I decided to let it update all of them. It proceeded to download all the drivers and install them one-by-one... including a bios update.

    Worked flawlessly on my T43 as well as 2 T42's that we have at the office.

    Here's a link for those who would like to install this program...

    http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=SOFT-UPDATE#AN&sitestyle=lenovo
     
    jjfcpa, Sep 28, 2005
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