- Lenovo Personal Computer User's Guide

Chapter9.Preventingproblems

Thischapterprovidesinformationthatcanhelpyouavoidcommonproblemsandkeepyourcomputer

runningsmoothly.

Keepingyourcomputercurrent

Insomesituationsyoumaynditnecessarytohavethemostcurrentsoftwareprograms,devicedrivers,or

operatingsystem.Thissectionexplainshowtogetthelatestupdatesforyourcomputer.

Selectanyofthefollowingtopics:

•“Gettingthelatestdevicedriversforyourcomputer”onpage49

•“Updatingyouroperatingsystem”onpage49

•“UsingSystemUpdate”onpage49

Gettingthelatestdevicedriversforyourcomputer

YoucandownloadandinstallupdateddevicedriversfromtheLenovoWebsitebydoingthefollowing:

Attention:DonotdownloadupdateddevicedriversfromtheWindowsUpdateWebsite.Thedevice

driversprovidedontheWindowsWebsitehavenotbeentestedbyLenovoandusingthemmightcause

unexpectedproblems.ObtainupdateddevicedriversfromLenovo.

1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support.

2.ClickDownloadsanddrivers.

3.Selectthemachinetypeofyourcomputerfromthemachinetypelist.

4.Clickthecategoryofdeviceforwhichyouneedthedevicedriver.

5.Clicktheappropriatedevicedriver.

6.Downloadandinstallthedevicedriver.

Updatingyouroperatingsystem

MicrosoftmakesupdatesavailableforthevariousWindowsoperatingsystemsthroughtheMicrosoft

WindowsUpdateWebsite.TheWebsiteautomaticallydetermineswhatWindowsupdatesareavailablefor

yourspeciccomputerandliststhoseupdatesonly.Updatescouldincludesecurityxes,newversionsof

Windowscomponents(suchasMediaPlayer),xestootherportionsoftheWindowsoperatingsystem,

orenhancements.

Attention:DonotdownloadupdateddevicedriversfromtheWindowsWebsite.Thedevicedrivers

providedontheWindowsWebsitehavenotbeentestedbyLenovoandusingthemmightcauseunexpected

problems.ObtainupdateddevicedriversfromLenovo.See“Gettingthelatestdevicedriversforyour

computer”onpage49

formoreinformation.

ToaccesstheMicrosoftWindowsUpdatesite,dothefollowing:

1.Gotohttp://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/.

2.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

UsingSystemUpdate

TheSystemUpdateprogramhelpsyoukeepthesoftwareonyourcomputerup-to-date.Updatepackages

arestoredonLenovoserversandcanbedownloadedfromtheLenovoSupportWebsite.Updatepackages