Configuring system update with active directory – Lenovo System Update Solution User Manual
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If you want to control the version of System Update available to your users, you can use your network
repository to store specific versions of System Update. Storing packages locally will enable the System
Update application to search for upgrades within your network repository.
Note: This version control function is compatible with System Update 3.02 and later versions.
To configure the registry for System Update version control, do the following:
1. Download the SSClientCommon.zip file from the following Lenovo Web site:
2. Create a folder to use as a repository that will store update packages, for example:
\\Server_X\TVSU_repository\
3. Extract the files from the SSClientCommon.zip file to your repository folder, for example:
\\Server_X\TVSU_repository\SSClientCommon\
4. Install System Update on the client computer.
5. Configure the registry keys on the client computer by doing the following:
a. Navigate to the following registry entry:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System Update\Preferences\UCSettings\HTTPSHelloSettings
b. Double-click ServerName.
c. In the Value Data field in the Edit String dialog box, replace the HTTP server address with the UNC
path of your repository, for example:
\\Server_X\TVSU_repository\
d. Click OK.
e. Navigate to the following registry entry:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System Update\Preferences\UserSettings\General
f. Double-click RepositoryLocation1.
g. In the Value Data field in the Edit String dialog box, replace the http server address with the UNC
path of your repository, for example:
\\Server_X\TVSU_repository\
h. Click OK.
Configuring System Update with Active Directory
Active Directory is a directory service. The directory is where information about end users and resources is
stored. The directory service allows access so that you can manipulate those resources. Active Directory
provides a mechanism that gives administrators the ability to manage computers, groups, end users,
domains, security policies, and any type of user-defined objects. The mechanism used by Active Directory
to accomplish this is known as Group Policy. With Group Policy, administrators define settings that can
be applied to computers or users in the domain.
The following examples are settings that Active Directory can manage for System Update:
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