System update billboard and the start.reg file – Lenovo System Update Solution User Manual
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Update to search for upgrades within your network repository. System Update version control is compatible
with System Update 3.02 and later releases.
To configure the start.reg file for System Update version control, do the following:
1. Download the SSClientCommon.zip file and the Administrator Tools package from the following Lenovo
Web site:
2. Create a folder to use as a repository that will store update packages.
Note: Set the access permissions of the new repository folder to read-only access for end users.
Administrator functions will require read and write access.
3. Extract the SSClientCommon.zip file to your repository folder.
4. Run the Administrator Tools package. When you run the Administrator Tools package, the start.reg
file will be placed in the following directory path:
C:\SWTOOLS\TOOLS\Z703_Admin003
5. Edit the ServerName string in the start.reg file by replacing the existing HTTP server name with the path
of your repository folder. The following example shows the default settings:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System Update
\Preferences\UCSettings\HTTPSHelloSettings]
"RetryLimit"="0"
"RetryWaitTime"="0"
"ServerName"="https://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pcbs/agent/"
"BlockSize"="4096"
"Domains"=hex(7):2e,00,6c,00,65,00,6e,00,6f,00,76,00,6f,00,2e,00,63,00,6f,00,\
6d,00,00,00,2e,00,69,00,62,00,6d,00,2e,00,63,00,6f,00,6d,00,00,00,00,00
The following example shows the ServerName setting that has been changed to a repository path:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System Update
\Preferences\UCSettings\HTTPSHelloSettings]
"RetryLimit"="0"
"RetryWaitTime"="0"
"ServerName"="\\\\Server_X\\TVSU_repository\\"
"BlockSize"="4096"
"Domains"=hex(7):2e,00,6c,00,65,00,6e,00,6f,00,76,00,6f,00,2e,00,63,00,6f,00,\
6d,00,00,00,2e,00,69,00,62,00,6d,00,2e,00,63,00,6f,00,6d,00,00,00,00,00
Note: If you have finished customizing the start.reg file, deploy this registry file to client computers using
external media such as a memory key or CD.
System Update billboard and the start.reg file
If you are using the start.reg file to deploy configurations, you can use the following setting to disable the live
feed for the System Update billboard:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System Update\Preferences\UCSettings\Billboard]
"LiveFeed"="Blank"
When the LiveFeed value is set to Blank, the default billboard image will be displayed on the user interface.
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