Lenovo W500

Experiencing Lenovo W500 with Windows 7

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  Also check the updated post using Windows 7 RC: Experiencing Lenovo W500 with Windows 7 (RC) – Part II   Well finally my wait was over on the last week, I could finally get my self a fresh new laptop with all the horse power that I was wanting for :) This new toy of mine is the Lenovo ThinkPad W500. This fine solid piece of machine it’s not actually a brand new model (around 6 moths older now on their firsts models). My own model (4063-33Y) fits perfectly on most of power users looking for a nice laptop with a better performance. A few highlights of this notebook (full hardware review at this CNET link): Core 2 Duo T9400 (2.53 GHz) VPro Technology 4GB RAM DDR3 160GB 7200rpm HD 15.4in 1680×1050 LCD ATI™ Mobility FireGL™ V5700 512MB Before I even received this notebook I knew that Windows 7 was going to be the first operating system to be installed. So, I want to tell you about my experience so far working with Windows 7 inside this laptop. Installation No problems here, the installation process executed without any problem. The version selected was the 64 bits. Note: This is a cool link about why to use Windows 7 with a 64bits architecture. Drivers After the Windows 7 installation, almost every “important” device was automatically configured: Video, wireless, Ethernet card and audio. But if you check the Device Manager, you’ll […]

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WSUS

WSUS 3.0: Adding Drivers for WSUS

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Did you get the feeling that your WSUS was not downloading all the drivers that your clients needed? Well, let me tell you if you have that feeling probably you are right. WSUS does not automatically recognize or download all the drivers needed for all devices. Why is this happening? Because by default WSUS only receives and distributes drivers that are digitally signed by Microsoft (meaning that the driver was fully and properly tested by Microsoft). I’ve recently had several problems with machines that are part of my domain, like the newer IBM ThinkPad T60 and T61 models with Vista installations. Some of their drivers were missing and I had to use IBM official site to download them because WSUS did not recognize any updates on that machines. But you actually don’t have to worry, within a few steps you can configure your WSUS to import all the drivers that you are requiring by your clients. The only thing that must be clear to you first is the model of each device you need to update the driver (you can easily find out all the details by accessing the manufacturer’s official site, like IBM Lenovo downloads and support site). Here are the steps: 1 – Open your WSUS console and access “Action” and select “Import Updates”. The Microsoft Update Catalog site will appear 2 – Insert the model of the device that you need to update the driver. For example: […]

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