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Chapter9.Preventingproblems

Thischapterprovidesinformationthatcanhelpyouavoidcommonproblemsandkeepyourcomputer

runningsmoothly.

Keepingyourcomputercurrent

Insomesituationsyoumayﬁnditnecessarytohavethemostcurrentsoftwareprograms,devicedrivers,or

operatingsystem.Thissectionexplainshowtogetthelatestupdatesforyourcomputer.

Selectanyofthefollowingtopics:

•“Gettingthelatestdevicedriversforyourcomputer”onpage95

•“Updatingyouroperatingsystem”onpage95

•“UsingSystemUpdate”onpage96

Gettingthelatestdevicedriversforyourcomputer

Note:BecauseLenovomakesconstantimprovementstoitsWebsites,theWebpagecontentsaresubject

tochangewithoutnotice,includingthecontentsreferencedinthefollowingprocedure.

YoucandownloadandinstallupdateddevicedriversfromtheLenovoWebsitebydoingthefollowing:

Attention:DonotdownloadupdateddevicedriversfromtheWindowsUpdateWebsite.Thedevice

driversprovidedontheWindowsWebsitehavenotbeentestedbyLenovoandusingthemmightcause

unexpectedproblems.ObtainupdateddevicedriversfromLenovo.

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

2.ClickDownload&drivers.

3.Selectthemachinetypeofyourcomputerfromthemachinetypelist.

4.Clickthecategoryofdeviceforwhichyouneedthedevicedriver.

5.Clicktheappropriatedevicedriver.

6.Downloadandinstallthedevicedriver.

Updatingyouroperatingsystem

MicrosoftmakesupdatesavailableforthevariousWindowsoperatingsystemsthroughtheMicrosoft

WindowsUpdateWebsite.TheWebsiteautomaticallydetermineswhatWindowsupdatesareavailablefor

yourspeciﬁccomputerandliststhoseupdatesonly.Updatescouldincludesecurityﬁxes,newversionsof

Windowscomponents(suchasMediaPlayer),ﬁxestootherportionsoftheWindowsoperatingsystem,

orenhancements.

Attention:DonotdownloadupdateddevicedriversfromtheWindowsWebsite.Thedevicedrivers

providedontheWindowsWebsitehavenotbeentestedbyLenovoandusingthemmightcauseunexpected

problems.ObtainupdateddevicedriversfromLenovo.See“Gettingthelatestdevicedriversforyour

computer”onpage95

formoreinformation.

ToaccesstheMicrosoftWindowsUpdatesite,dothefollowing:

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

2.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Lenovo 10AU User Manual

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