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Note: Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.1 or 2.0 is required for ThinkVantage System Update to work properly. Microsoft .NET status:      Unable to determine * Systems with Microsoft Windows XP should already have the .NET Framework installed. To install the Microsoft .NET Framework: Visit Microsoft Windows Update. Click the Custom button. In the left-hand menu, under Select by Type, click Software, Optional. Click the check box next to Microsoft .NET Framework Version 1.1 or Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0. (If a specific version does not appear in the list, it may already be installed on your system.) Click Review and install updates. Click the Install Updates button.

Note: Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.1 or 2.0 is required for ThinkVantage System Update to work properly. Microsoft .NET status:      Not installed To install the Microsoft .NET Framework: Visit Microsoft Windows Update. Click the Custom button. In the left-hand menu, under Select by Type, click Software, Optional. Click the check box next to Microsoft .NET Framework Version 1.1 or Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0. (If a specific version does not appear in the list, it may already be installed on your system.) Click Review and install updates. Click the Install Updates button.

Note: Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.1 or 2.0 is required for ThinkVantage System Update to work properly. Microsoft .NET status:      Installed

The ThinkVantage System Update™ tool helps you reduce the time, effort, and expense required to support and maintain the latest drivers, BIOS, and other ThinkVantage applications for Think or Lenovo systems. It enables you to get the latest updates from the Lenovo support site, or to automatically schedule your system to be updated.

New features include Active Directory-based customization and policy support, improved ease of use, command line interface, and custom repository support. These new features are complemented with two administrative tools, Package Builder and Update Retriever.

• Package Builder is used to modify and create custom install update packages compatible with System Update.
• Update Retriever is used to create and manage a customer's local repository. It is also used to import packages created using Package Builder and to retrieve Lenovo packages from the Lenovo support site.

An administrative version of ThinkVantage System Update is available for download from the Administrator Tools page.

• ThinkVantage Technologies Active Update which allows your ThinkVantage Technologies to update on the fly.
• Provides direct connection to Lenovo Service and Support or a local repository configured by IT administrator for available Lenovo drivers, software, and BIOS updates.
• Automatically downloads and installs critical updates on a scheduled basis.
• Helps you maximize your system performance and minimize security vulnerability.

• 3000 C100 and N100 notebook systems
• 3000 J100 and J105 desktop systems
• All ThinkCentre systems
• ThinkPad A20m, A20p, A21e, A21m, A21p, A22e, A22m, A22p, A30, A30p, A31, A31p
• ThinkPad G40, G41
• ThinkPad R30, R31, R32, R40, R40e, R50, R50e, R50p, R51, R51e, R52, R60, R60e
• ThinkPad T20, T21, T22, T23, T30, T40, T40p, T41, T41p, T42, T42p, T43, T43p, T60, T60p
• ThinkPad X20, X21, X22, X23, X24, X30, X31, X32, X40, X41, X41 Tablet, X60, X60s
• ThinkPad Z60m, Z60t, Z61e, Z61m, Z61t

The following operating systems are supported:

• Microsoft Windows 2000
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home
  

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