Lenovo System Update Solution (Deployment Guide) - Manual (Page 63)

Table 19. How to create a log file
Running mode
Has a writable
access to current
directory
Description of log file
GUI mode: execute
ThinInstaller.exe directly. YES Log file name:
Update_log_YYMMDDHHMMSS.txt
Path: Current directory\logs\
GUI mode: execute
ThinInstaller.exe directly. NO No log file.
GUI mode: A log file is specified
as one of the parameters.
Example:
ThinInstaller.exe /repository
"c:\local" -log
"c:\temp\logdir\tvsulog.txt" YES or NO Log file name: tvsulog.txt
Path: c:\temp\logdir\
Command line mode:
Example:
ThinInstaller.exe /CM -search
A –action INSTALL YES Log file name:
Update_log_YYMMDDHHMMSS.txt
Path: Current directory\logs\
Command line mode:
Example:
ThinInstaller.exe /CM -search
A –action INSTALL NO No log file.
Command line mode: A log file is
specified as one of the
parameters.
Example:
ThinInstaller.exe /CM –search
A –action INSTALL -log
"c:\temp\logdir\tvsulog.txt" YES or NO Log file name: tvsulog.txt
Path: c:\temp\logdir\
Windows Vista considerations
When Thin Installer finishes installing an update package with reboot type 1 or 4,
the system reboots automatically. If there are any update packages remaining to be
installed, Thin Installer continues to install these update packages automatically
after the reboot. With considerations for Windows Vista, after you log on to the
Windows desktop, the Vista UAC stops Thin Installer from continuing to install the
remaining update packages. You need to manually click the Windows has blocked
some startup programs
message on the system tray and select Run blocked
program to run Thin Installer again to install the remaining update packages.
Note: If the Windows has blocked some startup programs message is configured
not to be shown, you are not prompted by the message after you log on to the
Windows desktop. In this case, you need to run Thin Installer manually, search for
the remaining update packages, and install them again.
Important: If you have Windows Vista UAC enabled and you are not a built-in
administrator, you might lose authentication to the UNC share folder. To prevent
this, you must add a registry key by applying the registry file named
ForVistaUnc.reg in the folder where the Thin Installer package files are unpacked.
Here is the registry key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system]
REG_DWORD "EnableLinkedConnections" = 1
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