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    System Update Problem

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by lenjack, Oct 21, 2008.

  1. lenjack

    lenjack Notebook Guru

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    R61i, WXP Pro, appears to be working fine. It has all microsoft updates applied. For several months, I have not been able to get System Update to install updates. Tried it today, and found 3 critical updates, 8 recommended updates, and 9 optional updates. Upon selecting them, they will download, but then I get a message stating that they were not installed. I have tried them one at a time with no joy.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
     
    lenjack, Oct 21, 2008
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  2. tobius

    tobius Notebook Geek

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    You could always go to lenovo's website and download them from there then install them at your leisure. I have found the the system update utility from lenovo doesn't always work the best.
     
    tobius, Oct 21, 2008
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    lenjack Notebook Guru

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    I'll give that a try, but that didn't work either a few months ago. Works perfectly on my other Thinkpad, an R61e
     
    lenjack, Oct 21, 2008
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    Doobi ToughBook DeityInTraining

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    Do a search on windows installer. You may need to reload this service on your machine. Happened to me once.
     
    Doobi, Oct 21, 2008
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  5. lenjack

    lenjack Notebook Guru

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    I found software installer. Is that it? Trie to install it ...it has been replaced by System Update 3.14, which is the version of System Updated already present.
     
    lenjack, Oct 21, 2008
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    Doobi ToughBook DeityInTraining

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    windows installer from microsoft is the program
     
    Bartlett, Oct 21, 2008
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    lenjack Notebook Guru

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    Microsoft Updates install just fine. It is all the lenovo system updates that will not install, although they do download.
     
    lenjack, Oct 21, 2008
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    lenjack Notebook Guru

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    No problem with the multiple posts...keep em coming. I'm grateful for you efforts. Did install the latest software installer,3.14...no help. Im now going to install the windows installer, but maybe I shouldn't...the MS support site says it's for XP XP SP1 and XP SP2. I have XP SP3, which is not mentioned. Will I brick the system if I install it?

    If I can't get this to work, I may simply restore to factory condition and reload my settings and programs. This is not my main unit. It's mainly used for light surfing and email by my wife. Don't tell her I said this.
     
    lenjack, Oct 21, 2008
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  12. tobius

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    If you are planning on doing a restore then it couldn't hurt to try the windows installer. If it doesn't work or it causes problems just do a factory restore. One word of advice, before you get into doing too much make sure you have made recovery cds/dvds. That way if something were to mess up your recovery partition you will still be able to do the restore.
     
    tobius, Oct 21, 2008
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  13. lenjack

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    I have made recovery disks. I'll probably try the installer, but not now. Some day, when I've got a little time on my hands. I'm not prepared to deal with reinstallations right now if it doesn't work. Thanks to all.
     
    lenjack, Oct 21, 2008
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  14. IAmTheEvilest

    IAmTheEvilest Notebook Guru

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    I've found that the System Update utility pretty much sucks. It seems to have been derived from the IBM Update Connector which was also useless.

    The best Lenovo update client was Software Installer, which they stopped supporting for some odd reason.
     
    IAmTheEvilest, Oct 22, 2008
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