Clean Install Guide (works for 32-bit or 64-bit)

[stallen]

Thanks! I updated the guide.

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Back to the top for those wanting to do a clean install.

[OU812]

I ordered the 64-bit anytime upgrade DVD. I'll let you know how it goes.

[OU812]

I ordered the Anytime Upgrade DVD from compusa last thurday and I got it this morning!!! I already followed your guide and I now have 64-bit Vista!!! This is great. I thought it I would have to buy a retail version to do that. It only cost 5 bucks to go from 32-bit to 64-bit.

Not to mention, I feel like I have a real clean install now. I tried the base administrator thing and I still had some freezing issues. It might be too early to tell anything about stability. I just finished a few hours ago, but I'll post again in about a week to let everyone know how its working out.

Big THANKS!!

[hypertrophy]

The biggest problem i'm having right now is with the fingerprint reader driver. Upon waking up from sleep, the windows login window for the fingerprint reader states "Please connect the fingerprint reader." It last for a good 10 seconds or so, then the normal fingerprint login window appears. But, you still are not able to login right away. You have to wait an additional 3-5 seconds before it'll accept your finger swipe.

[timeout123]

Ordered 7/22 arrived 7/30.

T61, ordered with 512MB Ram, Vista Ultimate.
Replaced RAM with 4GB Geil Ram from NewEgg (in Ram Deals). Replaced drive with 200GB Hitachi 7K200. Installed Windows Vista 64 on new drive from $5 Anytime Upgrade DVD following stallen's Clean Install Guide.

Copied 32-bit Vista Ultimate Activation (using Orev's utility) and used the file to activate the 64-bit Vista Ultimate.

Now I see 4GB RAM in the Control Panel (only saw 3GB under Vista 32).

Thanks to all for the hard work and support!

Only one problem that (I think) I fixed. I tried to use Intel's video drive but the installer complained about not being for this computer. I ran across a post that said to uninstall the lenovo driver and then do an "update driver" on the video and point it to the intel video driver (which is what I did) and it's definitely happier (although I may still have other driver issues, not sure yet)

[Playmaker]

There are a lot of option out there you can also look at this guide:
Official Lenovo Thinkpad Clean Install Guide

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Originally Posted by hypertrophy

The biggest problem i'm having right now is with the fingerprint reader driver. Upon waking up from sleep, the windows login window for the fingerprint reader states "Please connect the fingerprint reader." It last for a good 10 seconds or so, then the normal fingerprint login window appears. But, you still are not able to login right away. You have to wait an additional 3-5 seconds before it'll accept your finger swipe.

Called tech support today about the fingerprint reader issue. The rep said i had the most up-to-date fingerprint reader software, so it's most likely a Vista issue. He said he would pass the info onto the tech support team and see if they could figure something out. He stated he was leaving in 30 minutes, i called in a few hours ago, and if they find a solution by then he would give me a call back. If not, he would be out of town for the next two days, so if they figure something out when he's gone, he would give me a call back on friday.

[i3eezenotch]

Hey, on lenovo's site, I see that there is Bluetooth support drivers and then there is also a Bluetooth enhanced data rate software. Do I need to download both? And if I do decide to download both (even if it's not required), which driver to I install first? The instructions on the driver download pages are a bit conflicting--one of them says to uninstall the software first or something of the sort. Please help . Thanks!

[stallen]

I only see this one: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/si...cid=MIGR-67250

Can you provide the link to the other one you see and I'll do my best to answer your question.