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Notification parameters

The notification parameter used on the command line specifies the way System
Update handles update packages and then notifies you when packages have been
processed. The following table provides the parameters and descriptions for each:

Table 25. Notification parameter

Parameter

Description

-action LIST

Enables System Update to notify you with a
system tray balloon when update packages
are available on the Lenovo Help Center
Web site. If you click on the system tray
balloon, System Update displays the License
Notice

dialog box, or the Updates for Your

System

panel. If you mark the check the box

Do not show again

on the License Notice

dialog box, System Update will not display
this dialog box again.

-action DOWNLOAD

Enables System Update to notify you when
packages have been downloaded to your
system and are ready for installation. If you
have not marked the check box Do not
show again

, System Update will prompt

you to approve a license notice prior to
downloading. After downloading, System
Update notifies you with a system tray
balloon. When you click on the system tray
balloon, System Update will display the
Install Deferred Updates

panel and enable

you to install updates of interest.

-action INSTALL

Enables System Update to notify you when
packages have been downloaded and
installed. If you have not marked the check
box Do not show again, System Update will
prompt you to approve a license notice prior
to downloading. After downloading and
installing packages, System Update notifies
you with a system tray balloon. To view the
status of the download and installation
process, click on the system tray balloon and
System Update displays the Your system
has been updated

system tray balloon. If a

package has a reboot type of 1 or 4, then
System Update prompts you with a system
tray balloon at designated intervals to notify
you that a package will restart your system.
The designated interval for the restart
notification is set in the registry with the15
setting. If a package has a reboot type of 3,
then System Update downloads and installs
the package and then prompts you with a
restart notification but does not continue
with restart notifications at designated
intervals. Otherwise, it will download and
install the packages, and then show the
result.

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