What to do after clean installing window7

so i burned swtool onto a disc before clean install w7, now what do i do? there so many programs in swtool, do i have to install them one by one?

thanks

 

didnt you get some discs when you purchased your laptop? pop in the drivers dvd and start installing them 1 by 1.

 

thanks luke but can someone who actually owns a thinkpad answer me

 

I don't own a ThinkPad, but I'm still going to answer... First, Install your drivers, before you do anything. They should be able to be downloaded from the Lenovo site.

BTW, Don't be so rude, we are all here to help out each other.

 

I assume when you say clean install you are starting from a fresh install of Windows 7, rather than using lenovo's recovery media (which you burn onto disc yourself from the recovery partition).

I plan on doing a fresh install myself soon, and plan on using this article as guidance:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=144783

Hope that helps.

 

That guide is a bit overly complex and somewhat outdated. After a clean install of Windows 7, the first thing you do is rejoice. Once this is done, download the ThinkVantage System Update (this did not exist when that guide was written), install it and have it download and install the latest Lenovo drivers and whatnot. Once this is done, you can rejoice again.

FWIW, the files in your swtools folder are likely outdated compared to the stuff System Update will grab and you might want to consider deleting it.

 

Using the thinkvantage system update does seem like an easier way. However, although the guide is old and a bit outdated, it does discuss the Thinkvantage system update. From the guide I linked:

• Can I use ThinkVantage System Update to install the drivers for me?

"You can do that, but I don't recommend it. First of all, the purpose of this guide to to have a clean install without any ThinkVantage Utilities. System Update is a ThinkVantage Utility. There have been numerous reports that system update does not always install all the drivers and sometimes it will install older drivers than what are available on the Downloads and Drivers page. Using System Update makes it more of a hassle to figure out what drivers are missing and what drivers are old. Also, it is just not a good idea to rely on a utility to properly install drivers. Occasionally Lenovo will release bug fixes for System Update. In short, ThinkVantage System Update is subject to error. Do you and your laptop a favor and install them properly yourself."

That's not to say that Thinkvantage system update doesn't work - I've never tried it myself, as I am just now getting ready to do a clean install on my first thinkpad. I will likely try it first, since if it works, would be MUCH easier than installing the drivers manually...

 

@warakawa...Since you insist, I am a ThinkPad user. I bought a new system less than a month ago. I bought the machine with no OS (its standard practice where I am located) and installed a legal copy of Win 7 Pro. Then with the help of members of NBR and Lenovo Forum, I located the appropriate ThinkVantage System and downloaded and installed it. After installation, I let it find the applicable drivers (including a BIOS update), which it did. For your information, I downloaded all the Lenovo utilities except for Access Connections. My machine works just fine.

So, I'd recommend, download ThinkVantage, let it do its thing. You can pick and choose what you want ThinkVantage to install on your machine.

Good Luck.

 

so i installed all the drivers off the Lenovo website, now i have problem with my WWAN connection, when I access the Fn+F5, there are no turning on and off for WWAN, and when i use access connection for WWAN, i get this message,

"the current wireless WAN connection is being managed by another client utility. Close the client utility and try again."

i only downloaded drivers off the Lenovo website, so i have any other WWAN utility, why is access connections not recognising it? and how do i find the WWAN utility?

thanks

ps. i just realised that its windows own WWAN utility, how can I turn it off?

 

@warakawa...notice I said that I said that I did not install Access Connections. Reading through the related posts here, I learnt that in some cases, using the naitve capability of Windows is perhaps a better option. I think you should try to uninstall Access Connections and let Windows natively manage WWAN.

See this discussion at Lenovo Forums: http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Windows...to-turn-on-under-Windows-7-on-T400/m-p/172354

Of course, other NBR members may have a more efficient solution.

 

okay, i have deleted Access Connection, now how can i turn WLAN, Bluetooth, WWAN on and off independently? not connecting/disconnect, but on/off with windows connection utility, and linking this connection status with the light indicator on the brazel?

 

how do i turn off WWAN using win7, i will go over my roaming allowance soon. there gonna be someone here that use mobile broadband