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ThinkVantage System Update install problem: The wizard was interrupted before System Update could be completely installed.

4th January 2008, 05:32 pm


Comment:

Many thanks for posting the info under this topic (ThinkVantage System Update tool allows easy updating of software drivers for Thinkpad / Lenovo PCs) ….(I was short of the Net Framework). Sorted.

Answer:

Great, I’m glad it helped, and thanks for letting me know!

The .NET Framework 2.0 or newer is required for the ThinkVantage System Update tool. If you don’t have .NET installed, the System Update install will fail. Unfortunately, it’s not documented as well as it should be, and the error message is pretty vague:

“The wizard was interrupted before System Update could be completely installed.”

I got hit by that problem myself, which is why I decided to document it properly. The thing is, this issue will happen frequently when rebuilding a PC – a user may very well install the System Update Tool to get the latest drivers installed before installing any Windows updates (like the .NET Framework). I know that’s what I did.

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9 Comments

  1. Jerry:

    Thank you for documenting this. You were the first hit that came up in my Google search. I thought that would have been installed since I’d already put in XP Service Pack 3, but alas, no.

    26 June 2008, 3:52 pm

  2. Bratan:

    Thank you very much. I also had this same issue and google brought me here to find solution :)

    22 July 2008, 8:08 pm

  3. Stephane:

    Thanks a lot ! Google brought me here, and that was exactly what I needed to get the drivers for my newly installed T30 :-)

    Stephane

    9 August 2008, 2:17 pm

  4. Tarun Mehta:

    Thanks mate … It was the first search in google and it really worked.
    My Salute to you :-)

    4 September 2008, 11:11 am

  5. Anthony:

    Thank you. Like the others, this is the first link from my Google search, and the solution has worked. It’s not everyday that we get so lucky :)

    4 September 2008, 3:55 pm

  6. Alex:

    Thanks for that!
    Lenovo tech support couldn’t solve it – but Google and your page have me on the right track.

    21 October 2008, 1:56 am

  7. Jeffrey:

    Thanks bro, these comments above are what I was thinking 😀

    27 October 2008, 5:24 am

  8. Anonymous:

    hey man its still not working i have 3.5 .net

    1 November 2009, 10:06 am

  9. Vincenc:

    If you already have the .NET Framework 2.0 or newer and it doesn’t work, the problem could be in a disabled service. By me it was TVTScheduler.exe. Go to services.msc and you will see…

    30 March 2010, 8:53 am