ThinkVantage System Migration Assistant for Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Vista (32-bit and 64-bit) and Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) Version 6.0.010 Installation Readme Introduction ============ ThinkVantage System Migration Assistant (SMA) is a systems manageability tool that runs on your Lenovo notebook and desktop computers. System Migration Assistant reduces the time and effort needed to migrate end users to a new system by capturing settings and data files from a current PC so that they may be applied onto a new machine. As part of the ThinkVantage Technology family of solutions, SMA helps provide a cost-effective migration process when users are moving to a new Microsoft Windows operating system. Supported languages =================== System Migration Assistant Version 6.0 can be used with the following languages: - Brazilian Portuguese - Danish - English - Finnish - French - German - Italian - Japanese - Korean - Netherlands - Norwegian - Portuguese - Spanish - Swedish - Simplified Chinese - Traditional Chinese System requirements =================== The source and target computers must meet the following conditions: - A supported Microsoft Windows operating system must be installed. - Hard drive must have 50MB of space free for SMA installation files. - Source systems only - must have hard drive space free for temporary files created during capture phase; drive space required depends on size of SMA profile created. - Target systems only - must be able to access the SMA profile file. You can use a local area network (LAN), a removable media, or an Ethernet crossover cable. (A normal Ethernet cable if both source and target computer have 1Gb NIC.) Downloading the package ======================= 1. Click the file links to download the files from the Web page. 2. When prompted, select a drive and directory in which to save the downloaded files. Extracting the package ======================= Under Windows Vista or Windows 7 ------------------- 1. Click Start, then click Start Search. 2. Type sax610ww.exe in the search field, then click Search Everywhere. This will locate the file you just downloaded. 3. Double-click the sax610ww.exe icon. You may see a dialog stating "A program needs your permission to continue". If you see this dialog, click Continue. 4. Click Next. The "Select Destination Location" window will open. 5. Ensure location is set to C:\DRIVERS\WIN\SMA. 6. Click Next. 7. Click Install. The necessary files will be extracted to your hard drive. 8. Click Finish. Under Windows 2000 or XP ------------------------ 1. Click Start, select Find or Search, then click Files and folders. 2. Type sax610ww.exe in the search field, then click Find Now. This will locate the file you just downloaded. 3. Double-click the sax610ww.exe icon. 4. Click Next. The "Select Destination Location" window will open. 5. Ensure location is set to C:\DRIVERS\WIN\SMA. 6. Click Next. 7. Click Install. The necessary files will be extracted to your hard drive. 8. Click Finish. Installing the package ====================== Clean install under Windows Vista or Windows 7 --------------------------------- 1. Log on to your system using an operating system account with administrative privileges. 2. Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, then click Run. 3. Type C:\Drivers\WIN\SMA\SMAsetup.exe, then click OK. The "SMA Welcome" window will open. 4. Click Next. The "License Agreement" window will open. 5. Select "I accept the terms in the license agreement". 6. Click Next. The "Destination Folder" window will open. 7. By default, SMA is installed in C:\Program Files\ThinkVantage\SMA, To install SMA in a different location, click Change, then select an alternative directory. 8. Click Next. The "Ready to Install the Program" window will open. 9. Click Install. Note: - The SMA installation might require an updated dynamic link library (DLL) file. If your computer does not have such a file, a notification window will open and specify the steps that you must follow to complete the installation. - If you are prompted to close applications in order to update files, close all the running applications. If you are prompted again to close applications, click Ignore. The installation process will update those files if updating files are newer. 10. After the InstallShield wizard installs SMA, the "InstallShield Wizard Completed" window will open. 11. Click Finish. Clean install under Windows 2000 or XP -------------------------------------- 1. Log on to your system using an operating system account with administrative privileges. 2. Click Start, then click Run. 3. Type C:\Drivers\WIN\SMA\SMAsetup.exe, then click OK. The "SMA Welcome" window will open. 4. Click Next. The "License Agreement" window will open. 5. Select "I accept the terms in the license agreement". 6. Click Next. The "Destination Folder" window will open. 7. By default, SMA is installed in C:\Program Files\ThinkVantage\SMA, To install SMA in a different location, click Change, then select an alternative directory. 8. Click Next. The "Ready to Install the Program" window will open. 9. Click Install. Note: The SMA installation might require an updated dynamic link library (DLL) file. If your computer does not have such a file, a notification window will open and specify the steps that you must follow to complete the installation. 10. After the InstallShield wizard installs SMA, the "InstallShield Wizard Completed" window will open. 11. Click Finish. Update install over SMA 5.x --------------------------------------- 1. Log on to your system using an operating system account with administrative privileges. 2. If you are installing to Windows Vista or Windows 7, uninstall the previous SMA version first. 3. Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, then click Run. 4. Type C:\Drivers\WIN\SMA\SMAsetup.exe, then click OK. The "SMA Welcome" window will open. The "Question" dialog pops up and asks the user to continue to install SMA 6.0. 5. Click Yes to install SMA 6.0, click No to cancel installing SMA 6.0. 6. Click Next. The "License Agreement" window will open. 7. Select "I accept the terms in the license agreement". 8. Click Next. The "Destination Folder" window will open. 9. By default, SMA is installed in C:\Program Files\ThinkVantage\SMA, To install SMA in a different location, click Change, then select an alternative directory. 10. Click Next. The "Ready to Install the Program" window will open. 11. Click Install. Note: The SMA installation might require an updated dynamic link library (DLL) file. If your computer does not have such a file, a notification window will open and specify the steps that you must follow to complete the installation. Note: If you are prompted to close applications in order to update files, close all the running applications. If you are prompted again to close applications, click Ignore. The installation process will update those files if updating files are newer. 12. After the InstallShield wizard installs SMA, the "InstallShield Wizard Completed" window will open. 13. Click Finish. Unattended Install ------------------ Note: This is for system administrators' use only. - Refer to the Manual Install section, and download and expand the files. - At the command line, execute SMASETUP.EXE with the /s /v"/qn REBOOT="R"" options (For example) [Path where the files were extracted]\SMASETUP /s /v"/qn REBOOT="R"" Uninstalling the package ======================== Windows Vista or Windows 7 ------------- 1. Click Start and then click Control Panel. 2. Click Programs and Features. 3. Select System Migration Assistant. 4. Click Uninstall. 5. Click Yes to proceed. Windows XP ---------- 1. Click Start and then click Control Panel. 2. Click Add or Remove Programs. 3. Select System Migration Assistant. 4. Click Remove. 5. Click Yes to proceed. Windows 2000 -------------------------- 1. Click Start, select Settings, and then click Control Panel. 2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs. 3. Select System Migration Assistant. 4. Click Remove. 5. Click Yes to proceed. Determining which version is installed ====================================== 1. Start Windows. 2. Click Start, select Programs, select ThinkVantage, and then select System Migration Assistant. 3. Click System Menu and select About System Migration Assistant... menu 4. Confirm the Version information displays 6.0.010. Summary of changes ================== <6.0.010> - (Fix) Can not change application list during apply. <6.0.009> - (New) Support Windows 7 - Windows 7 Home Basic 32-bit - Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit and 64-bit - Windows 7 Professional 32-bit and 64-bit - Windows 7 Enterprise 32-bit and 64-bit - Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit and 64-bit - (New) Support for the following applications - Access Connection 5.4 - Adobe Illustrator CS4 - Adobe Photoshop CS4 - AOL Instant Messenger 7.0 - Apple iTunes 8.1 - Client Security Solution 8.3 - Firefox 3.5.x - Google Picasa 3.1 - Internet Explorer 8 - Lotus Notes 8.5 - Fingerprint Software(UPek) 5.9 - Rescue and Recovery 4.3 - Windows Media Player 12 - Skype 4.0 - Microsoft Live Messenger 2009 - Lenovo Fingerprint Software(AuthenTec) 3.3 - (New) Add a desktop short cut - (Fix) Remove data file after a complete migration - (New) Add more return code for smabat.exe <5.2.171> - Rename Launcher.exe to SmaLauncher.exe - Update Lenovo copyright resource files - (Fix) SMALauncher.exe source install sma will show blank splash <5.2.169> - (New) Support for the following applications - Access Connection 5.12/5.2 - Client Security Solution 8.21 - Fingerprint Software(Authentec) 3.2 - Fingerprint Software(UPek) 5.8 - Password manager 3.0 - Presentation Director 4.01 - Rescue and Recovery 4.21 - AT&T Global Netwrok Client 7.6 - (Fix) Application language and Locale selection - (Fix) SMABAT.EXE can not run on target with 5.2.163 - (Fix) Could not support limited user - (Fix) Could not support CSS8.2 - Remove sma active update link from welcome page <5.2.163> - (New) Support for the following applications - Mozilla Firefox 3.0 - (Fix) Microsoft App Verifier Tools for code improvement - (Fix) File and Folder GUI page content missing by using "Enter" <5.2.158> - (New) Support for the following applications - Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0 and 8.1 - AOL Instant Messenger 6.1 - Apple iTune 7 - Avaya IP Phone 6.0 - Google Picasa 2 - Google Talk 1.0 - Intuit QuickBooks 2007 - Intuit Quicken 2007 - Microsoft Money 2007 - Microsoft Live Messenger 7.5, 8.1 and 8.5 - Microsoft Works Suite 2006 - Mozilla Firefox 2.0 - Skype 3.2 - Windows Media Player 9,10 and 11 - Winzip 11.1 - Yahoo Messenger 8.1 - (New) Support for new versions of ThinkVantage Technologies applications: - Presentation Director 2 and 3 - Password Manager for Client Security Solution 7.0, 8.0 and 8.1 - System Update 3.1x - Rescue and Recovery 4.0, 4.1 and 4.2 - (New) Support for Symantec Client Firewall in P2P firewall detection - (New) Usability enhancement: - Hide the Typical/Custom Page from GUI - (New) Performance improvement: - Improved Files and Folders disk scan. - (New) New Looking <5.2.039> - (Fix) InstallShield package update for smasetup.msi miss issue <5.2.037> - (Fix) Support of AT&T Net Client Version 6.x - (Fix) Fix to correct SMABAT return code - (Fix) Support of Google Earth "My Place" <5.2.033> - (Fix) Fix GUI to handle migration file in UNC expression - (Fix) Fix exception error on 7zip when specifying long archive file name - (Fix) Fix Internet Explorer v7 migration issue from Windows XP to Windows Vista <5.2.031> - (Fix) Fix to limit AT&T Net Client support for version 5.x only. - (Fix) Fix to limit Client Security Solution data migration between the same OS and same version. - (Fix) Fix exception error on CSSCertificate.exe <5.2.029> - (New) Support to migrate Access Connections 4.23(Windows XP) to 4.31(Windows Vista) - (Fix) Enhanced error handling for invalid command file description. - (Fix) Fix to handle some SMA unique environment variables properly. - (Fix) Fix the memory shortage error when user runs GUI "Files and Folders" on Windows 98. <5.2.026> - Initial Release - (New) Support for the Windows Vista(R) Operating System - Vista Home Basic 32bit/64bit - Vista Home Premium 32bit/64bit - Vista Business 32bit/64bit - Vista Ultimate 32bit/64bit - (New) Support for the following applications - Corel WordPerfect Suite(R) - WordPerfect(R) 12 - QuattroPro(R) 12 - Presentations 12 - Adobe Illustrator(R) 12 - Adobe Photoshop(R) 8.0 - Adobe PageMaker(R) 7.0 - Microsoft Publisher(R) 2003 - Mozilla Firefox(R) 1.5 - Palm Desktop 4.1 - Google Desktop(TM) 4.2 - Google Earth(TM)4.0 - Microsoft Internet Explorer(R) 7 - Microsoft Windows Mail(R) 5.0 - Microsoft Office(R) 2007 - Microsoft Word(R) - Microsoft Excel(R) - Microsoft Powerpoint(R) - Microsoft Publisher - Microsoft Outlook(R) - (New) Support for new versions of ThinkVantage Technologies applications: - Access Connection 4.3 - Fingerprint Software 5.5 and 5.6 - Rescue and Recovery 4.0 - Client Security Solution 8.0 - System Update 2.0 and 3.0 - (New) Usability enhancement: - Customization of XML files for Typical migration - Easier firewall management - Migration summary view after typical migration - Global user password - Windows EFS data migration for current user profile - User exit at capture Notices ======= LENOVO GROUP LTD. 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