Corporate active directory rollout, Corporate, Active – Lenovo ThinkPad R50p User Manual

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7.

Click

the

Administrative

Templates

tab

under

the

Computer

Configuration.

A

new

tab

named

ThinkVantage

is

present.

Under

the

ThinkVantage

tab

there

will

be

a

Rescue

and

Recovery

tab.

All

the

available

setting

can

be

configured

now

for

this

machine.

8.

Go

to

Thinkvantage>Rescue

and

Recovery>User

Interface>Menus

and

double

click

on

the

Advanced

Menu

tab.

9.

Select

Enabled

on

the

Settings

tab

of

the

Advanced

Menu

Properties

dialog

box.

10.

Select

Hide

from

the

dropdown

box

labeled

Advanced

Menu.

11.

Click

OK

on

the

Advanced

Menu

Properties

dialog

box.

12.

From

the

Windows

Start

menu,

run

regedit.

13.

Navigate

to

and

right

click

on

the

following

registry

key:

HKLM\Software\Policies\Lenovo\Rescue

and

Recovery.

14.

Click

Export.

15.

Type

the

file

name

in

the

File

Name

field

on

the

Export

Registry

File

dialog

box.

16.

Navigate

to

your

intended

path

in

the

Save

As

field

on

the

Export

Registry

File

dialog

box.

17.

Press

the

Save

button.

Now,

you

can

create

an

installation

package

that

will

install

Rescue

and

Recovery

silently

and

have

the

package

import

this

new

registry

key

so

that

all

machines

will

have

the

advanced

menu

hidden.

This

can

be

used

for

any

of

the

settings

in

the

ADM

file.

Corporate

Active

Directory

Rollout

For

a

corporate

Active

Directory

rollout,

complete

the

following

steps:

1.

Install

either

through

Active

Directory

or

LANDesk.

a.

Take

backups

and

get

reports

through

Active

Directory

and

LANDesk

of

who

and

when

they

were

taken.

b.

Give

certain

groups

abilities

to

take

backups,

delete

backups,

schedule

options,

and

password

restrictions,

then

change

groups

and

see

if

settings

persists.

c.

Through

Active

Directory,

enable

Antidote

Delivery

Manager.

Place

packages

to

be

run

and

make

sure

reporting

is

captured.

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and

Recovery

4.2

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