Lenovo ThinkPad R50p - Manual (Page 106)

To enable the Active Update Launcher menu item from the help menu if it is not
available under the help menu for the individual TVT:
1. Go to the registry key:
v For Rescue and Recovery - HKLM\Software\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery
2. Add the DWORD value EnableActiveUpdate and set value to 1
Active Update Parameter File
The Active Update parameter file contains the settings to be passed to Active
Update. The TargetApp parameter is passed as shown in this example:
ACCESSLENOVO
1EA5A8D5-7E33-11D2-B802-00104B21678D
Active Directory Support
Active Directory is a directory service. The directory is where information about
users and resources is stored. The directory service allows access so you can
manipulate those resources.
Active Directory provides a mechanism that gives administrators the ability to
manage computers, groups, users, domains, security policies, and any type of
user-defined objects. The mechanism used by Active Directory to accomplish this is
known as Group Policy. With Group Policy, administrators define settings that can
be applied to computers or users in the domain.
ThinkVantage Technology products currently use a variety of methods for
gathering settings used to control program settings, including reading from specific
application-defined registry entries.
For Rescue and Recovery, Active Directory can manage such settings as:
v Set back up locations.
v Set back up dates and times.
Administrative (ADM) template files
The ADM (Administrative) template file defines policy settings used by
applications on the client computers. Policies are specific settings that govern the
application behavior. Policy settings also define whether the user will be allowed
to set specific settings through the application.
Settings defined by an administrator on the server are defined as policies. Settings
defined by a user on the client computer for an application are defined as
preferences. As defined by Microsoft, policy settings take precedence over
preferences.
For example, a user may put a background image on his desktop. This is the user’s
preference setting. An administrator may define a setting on the server that
dictates that a user must use a specific background image. The administrators
policy setting will override the preference set by the user.
When Rescue and Recovery checks for a setting, it will look for the setting in the
following order:
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