[I posted this but it didn't echo back to me. =aw]
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Alex,
Thanks for the suggestions. I hadn't uninstalled Update Connector so
I went ahead and did it, then installed System Update. Still get the
same weird machine type and model, and the same error message. :(
Can anyone tell me if (a) this TP model TP-1R___ is possibly right,
and if not how to fix it, and (b) how to deal with this error message
from System Update?
Thanks!
--
Andrew mailto:awebber@wwwebbers.com
Monday, July 2, 2007, 3:06:23 AM, you wrote:
>I don't use Windows myself, but when digging through a windows
>partition from an old ThinkPad, (A30) I came across an XML file that
>appeared to have a hardware inventory of the laptop. I don't remember
>the name of the file, and that drive has since been reformatted.
>
>Did you uninstall Update Connector first? Maybe you should reinstall
>Update Connector from CD then install ThinkVantage on top of it.
>
>Just a thought.
>
>- Alex
On 7/1/07, Andrew Webber <awebber@wwwebbers.com> wrote:
I decided I'd better update all the ThinkPad drivers and such, since
it's been a while. My old IBM Update Connector never worked right,
and it looks like it's no longer supported. So I downloaded and
installed ThinkVantage System Update, which seems to be the
replacement.
When I start running it, it pops up a window "User Information" which
identifies my machine (logical enough). However it says:
Machine type and model: TP-1R___
Operating system: Windows XP
Language: EN
It really does have underscores in the machine type, I'm guessing at
three. In fact I have a TP41p 2373-GEU.
Assuming the above information might actually be correct, I let it
continue, and when it gets to 16% complete (during "Downloading
package information: Lenovo Help Center (1 of 1)") I get an error:
Searching For Updates
Error 75 received from the Package Index Server. Please contact the
Support Center.
I couldn't find this error message by googling (did find an Error 76
question posted on the ThinkPads forum but no answer that seemed
relevant to my problem.
Can anyone explain the problem? Suggest a solution?
Thanks!
-- Andrew mailto:awebber@wwwebbers.com _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list Thinkpad@stderr.org http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad%a0 -- - Alex Austin Circuitsoft Computer Services (651) 238-9273 www.circuitsoftcs.com "...and then I visited Wikipedia ...and the next 8 hours are a blur." ===8<===========End of original message text=========== _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list Thinkpad@stderr.org http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpadReceived on Fri Jul 6 13:10:33 2007
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