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LenovoSupportWebsite.Updatepackagescancontainapplications,devicedrivers,UEFIBIOSflashes,
orsoftwareupdates.WhenSystemUpdateorLenovoCompanionconnectstotheLenovoSupportWeb
site,theprogramautomaticallyrecognizesthefollowinginformationanddetermineswhatupdatesare
availableforyourcomputer:
•Machinetypeandmodelofyourcomputer
•Installedoperatingsystem
•Languageoftheoperatingsystem
SystemUpdateorLenovoCompanionthendisplaysalistofupdatepackagesandcategorizeseachupdate
ascritical,recommended,oroptionaltohelpyouunderstandtheimportance.Youhavecompletecontrolof
whichupdatestodownloadandinstall.Afteryouselecttheupdatepackagesyouwant,SystemUpdateor
LenovoCompanionautomaticallydownloadsandinstallstheupdates.
SystemUpdateorLenovoCompanionispreinstalledonyourcomputerandisreadytorun.Theonly
prerequisiteisanactiveInternetconnection.Youcanstarttheprogrammanually,oryoucanusethe
schedulefeaturetoenabletheprogramtosearchforupdatesautomaticallyatspecifiedintervals.Youalso
canpredefinescheduledupdatestosearchbythefollowingseveritysothelistyouchoosefromcontains
onlythoseupdatetypesthatyouneed:
•Criticalupdates(Windows7andWindows10)
•Criticalandrecommendedupdates(Windows7)
FormoreinformationabouthowtouseSystemUpdateorLenovoCompanion,seethehelpsystem
oftheprogram.
UsingtheThinkPadSetupprogram
TheThinkPadSetupprogramenablesyoutoselectthepreferredsettingsforyourcomputerthrough
configuringtheBIOS.
ConfiguringThinkPadSetup
TheThinkPadSetupprogrammenulistsvariousitemsaboutsystemconfiguration.
Attention:Thedefaultconfigurationsarealreadyoptimizedforyou.Improperchangeoftheconfigurations
mightcauseunexpectedresults.
ToconfigureThinkPadSetup,dothefollowing:
1.Restartthecomputer.Whenthelogoscreenisdisplayed,pressF1.TheThinkPadSetupprogramstarts.
Note:Ifyouarerequiredtoenterthesupervisorpassword,enterthecorrectpassword.Youalsocan
pressEntertoskipthepasswordpromptandstarttheThinkPadSetupprogram.Ifyoudonotenterthe
password,youcannotchangetheconfigurationsthatareprotectedbythesupervisorpassword.
2.Usethearrowkeystoselectatab;orusethearrowkeystolocateanitemandpressEntertoselect
it.Thenthesupportedsubmenuisdisplayed.
3.Defaultvaluesareinboldface.Setthevalueofanitembydoingoneofthefollowing:
•PressF6tochangetoahighervalue.
•PressF5tochangetoalowervalue.
4.PresstheEsckeytoexitthesubmenuandreturntotheparentmenu.Thenusethesamemethod
mentionedabovetochangeotherconfigurations.
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