
1.LaunchUpdateRetriever.
Note:WhenyoulaunchUpdateRetriever,youmustbeloggedonasauserwhobelongstoalocal
administratorgroup.
2.OntheWelcomescreen,specifyarepositoryfolderandsetthelogoninformationbydoingthefollowing:
a.Typeorbrowsearepositorypathforthesharedriveusedasthenetworksharerepositoryinthe
Repositorypathfield.
Note:TheWelcomescreenwillnotopenthenexttimeyoulaunchUpdateRetriever.However,you
canchangetherepositorypathanddefaultstatusofupdatesbyusingtheModifysettingsoptionin
theUpdateRetrievernavigationpane.
b.Typeausernameandpasswordforthesharedriveusedasthenetworksharerepositoryintheuser
nameandpasswordfields.
3.IntheGetnewupdatespanel,clickAdd.
4.IntheAddnewsystemswindow,setthetripletinformationforasystembydoingthefollowing:
a.Typetheapplicablemachinetype.Youcanfindthemachinetypeonthebottomofanotebook
computerorontherearofadesktopcomputer.
b.Selecttheapplicableoperatingsystem.
c.Selecttheapplicablelanguage.
d.ClickAddandthenclickSave.
5.IntheGetnewupdatespanel,selectthecheckboxnexttotheapplicablemachinetypeyouwantto
searchforupdatepackages.
Note:Ifyouwanttosearchforupdatepackagesforallmachinetypes,selecttheSelectallcheckbox.
6.ClickNextandthenclickFinishtosearchfortheapplicableupdatepackages.UpdateRetrieverwill
placetheupdatepackagesinthedesignatedrepositoryfolder.
Attention:Ifyoufindduplicateupdatepackagesinthenetworksharerepository,andtheseupdate
packageshavedifferentpackagecontents,youcanselectallpackageswithcorrespondingnamesfora
givenmachinetypewhenyouaremanagingthecontentsofthenetworksharerepository.
Note:IfyouinstallUpdateRetrieveronanotebookcomputerthatisrunningtheWindowsVistaoperating
systeminonecountryandthendownloadupdatepackagesinanothercountry,thelicensefileswiththose
updatepackagesmaynotbedisplayedcorrectly.Toavoidthisproblem,donotdownloadupdatepackages
inanycountryexcepttheonewhereyouinstalledUpdateRetriever.
UsingUpdateRetriever
WithUpdateRetriever,youcanmanuallyinitiatethesearchforupdatepackages,orscheduleanautomatic
searchfornewupdatepackagesataspecifiedtimeinterval.
ThefollowingsectionsprovideinformationonusingUpdateRetrievertosearchforupdatepackages,
scheduleanautomaticsearch,viewdownloadhistory,andrestorehiddenupdates.
Manualsearchingfornewupdates
Youcanmanuallyinitiateasearchfornewupdatesusingawizard-likeinterface.Updatepackagesare
specifictothetripletvalueofeachclientcomputer.Atripletisthecombinationoftheoperatingsystem,
machinetype(MT),andoperatingsystemlanguage.Anexampleofatripletvalueis:
WindowsXP,2373,USEnglish
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