Lenovo Autopatcher New Here

The story of the "Lenovo Autopatcher New" (often referred to in enthusiast circles as the Lenovo BIOS Autopatcher) isn't about an official corporate release, but rather a persistent underground effort to reclaim hardware. While Lenovo provides an official Lenovo Patch for IT administrators to automate system updates, the "Autopatcher" typically refers to a specialized tool used by the community to bypass BIOS supervisor passwords on older ThinkPad models. The Core Utility: Breaking the Lock

If you need to deploy to hundreds of devices, integrate AutoPatcher into your RMM tool using the /silent and /log switches. For zero-touch, combine with a scheduled task triggered at user logon. lenovo autopatcher new

, which normally prevents users from changing BIOS settings or boot orders. The Patching Process The story of the "Lenovo Autopatcher New" (often

Reporting: It writes a registry key or logs a success/failure event for the RMM (Remote Monitoring and Management) tool to pick up.

Key Features of Lenovo Autopatcher

It serves two primary functions:

News

Jul 05 2012 - Moved code to Git

Aug 09 2011 - Release of Spectools-2011-08-R1, support for Wi-Spy DBx2, 24x2, and Ubertooth, prettied up some graphics

Apr 23 2010 - Release of Spectools-2010-04-R1, bug fixes and support for libusb 1.0+compat.

Jun 18 2009 - Release of Spectools-2009-06-R1, including support for the Wi-Spy 24i

Download

The spectrum-tools development tree is available via Git.
Download the latest development code using Git with:
git clone https://www.kismetwireless.net/git/spectools.git

Download Spectrum-Tools 2011-08-R1 here

A note to package maintainers: I'd consider spectrum-tools finally ready for inclusion. Note that you will probably have to make changes to the udev rules file to reflect the "privilged usb users" group for your distribution.

Hardware

Currently, Spectools supports the following hardware:

Metageek Wi-Spy Classic	link
Metageek Wi-Spy 24x	link
Metageek Wi-Spy DBx	link
Metageek Wi-Spy 24i	link
Ubertooth	link

Additional hardware will be supported as time permits and hardware becomes available; Patches and chipset documentation for other spectrum analyzers welcome.

Screenshot

Spectool-GTK 2007-10-R1 user interface