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Commercial Vantage Deployment Guide#

Note

Updated: 2025-7-29

Warning

Due to requirements from the Lenovo Product Security team, logging is not enabled by default any longer. To enable logging, set the following registry value to "True": [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Lenovo\SystemUpdateAddin\Logs]"EnableLogs"="True"

Logs can be found in: %ProgramData%\Lenovo\Vantage\AddinData\LenovoSystemUpdateAddin\logs

Preface#

This guide is intended for skilled IT administrators who are responsible for deploying and configuring Commercial Vantage to PCs in their organization.

If you have suggestions, comments, or questions, please talk to us on our forum! A team of deployment engineers (including the author of this document) is standing by, ready to help with any deployment challenges you are facing: https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Enterprise-Client-Management/bd-p/sa01_eg

Deployment#

Starting with the enterprise package released in July 2025, the VantageInstaller.exe is provided to simplify the installation of the Commercial Vantage application and its dependencies, as well as the SU Helper utility.

Commercial Vantage is a Windows 10 Modern Application that can also be installed directly from the Microsoft Store: https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9NR5B8GVVM13

Using VantageInstaller.exe#

VantageInstaller must be executed with Administrator rights in order to install the application and dependencies. The installation can be controlled by using the following parameters which are case sensitive.

[Install | Uninstall] Parameter indicates the intention to either install or uninstall the application. It must be specified first and is used in combination with the parameters below

-Vantage Indicates the Commercial Vantage app and its dependencies such as Lenovo Vantage Service and the Add-ins.

-App Indicates just the Commercial Vantage app and not the Lenovo Vantage Service and Add-ins.

-SuHelper Indicates the SU Helper companion utility.

Examples#

\VantageInstaller.exe Install -Vantage -SuHelper Installs both the Commercial Vantage app and dependencies as well as SU Helper utility.

\VantageInstaller.exe Uninstall -Vantage Uninstall the Commercial Vantage app and dependencies.

Note

If VantageInstaller.exe is invoked in a PowerShell script, it's recommended to use the call operator (&) as the Start-Process cmdlet can be inconsistent due to argument parsing.

& .\VantageInstaller.exe Install -Vantage -SuHelper
$process = Get-Process -Name "Lenovo.Vantage.InstallerHelper" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if ($process) { Wait-Process -Id $process.Id }

Configuration#

Lenovo understands that some features of Commercial Vantage may not be appropriate for end users in a managed corporate environment. Therefore, most features of Commercial Vantage can be hidden or disabled so that your end users cannot access them. There are two ways to configure Commercial Vantage:

Group Policy Administrative Template#

If your PCs are joined to a domain, and you are familiar with Group Policy Administrative Templates (admx), you can add CommercialVantage.admx and CommercialVantage.adml to your Central Store. These files are located in the Group Policy Settings folder of the .zip file that includes this document. Then, use the Group Policy Editor to manage:

  • Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Commercial Vantage

The settings listed in the Policy Editor allow controlling which parts of the Commercial Vantage User Interface are displayed to the user. For example, you can enable the "Turn off Wifi Security" policy to hide the WiFi Security feature of Commercial Vantage.

For more information about using Group Policy Administrative Templates, please refer to the following Microsoft documentation: https://support.microsoft.com/help/3087759/how-to-create-and-manage-the-central-store-for-group-policy-administra .

Registry#

Commercial Vantage can also be configured by importing .reg file(s) to your PCs as you deploy them. You can also create your own .reg file(s) by following these instructions on a test system:

  1. Copy Group Policy Settings\CommercialVantage.admx to the C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions folder
  2. Copy Group Policy Settings\en-US\CommercialVantage.adml to the C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions\en-US folder
  3. Run gpedit.msc
  4. The configuration items are at Local Computer Policy -> Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Commercial Vantage
  5. From here, you can configure the policy settings that you want.
  6. When you are done changing settings, close the Group Policy Editor, and then run regedit.exe
  7. In the Registry Editor, navigate to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Lenovo
  8. Right-click on Commercial Vantage , and then choose the option to Export
  9. Save the registry file to your PC
  10. On the PCs where you are deploying Commercial Vantage, import this registry file. This can be done before, during, or after the deployment of Commercial Vantage.

Features and Sample Configurations#

  1. Commercial Vantage – show/hide application features

The sample configuration (sample-policy-config.reg) is provided as a registry export file which can be used as-is (see Chapter 3). The .reg file can be imported to your target systems during deployment, as part of setup-commercial-vantage.bat. In this sample, the following policies are pre-configured:

  1. Hide the "Support" section
  2. Hide the "WiFi Security" feature
  3. Automatically accept the End User License Agreement (EULA)
  4. Write the system warranty information to WMI

Again, this is just a sample. You can deploy any available policy setting in this way by following the instructions in Chapter 3.

System Update – Automatic Updates#

By default, the System Update feature of Commercial Vantage automatically installs the following updates on a weekly schedule:

  • All "Critical" updates (BIOS, firmware, drivers, and software)
  • All "Recommended" driver updates (not BIOS, firmware, or software)

These automatic updates can be disabled in Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Commercial Vantage -> Device -> System Update -> Auto Update. Or, you can use the VantageDisableAutomaticSystemUpdates.reg file which is included in the deployment packagee.

You can configure the types of updates that get installed automatically in Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Commercial Vantage -> System Update -> Configure System Update. For example, you can choose to install only driver and software updates, and not any BIOS or firmware updates. Or you can install all critical and recommended updates.

System Update – Update History#

The System Update feature of Commercial Vantage writes update history to WMI (in the ROOT\LENOVO namespace). The Lenovo_Updates class will contain each applicable package ID for that specific model, along with the Severity, Status, Title, and Version.

System Update – Update Repository#

By default, the System Update feature of Commercial Vantage searches the Lenovo repository of updates. If you prefer, you can create your own repository of updates and configure Vantage to use this repository instead. This is configured in Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Commercial Vantage -> Device -> System Update -> System Update Repository. You can point to a local folder (such as c:\myRepository), a mapped drive (such as m:\myRespository) or a UNC path (such as \\myServer\myRepository).

This diagram illustrates the System Update workflow in Commercial Vantage

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Note

With version 10.2208.22.0 the repository path can now also be specified as a URL path to an accessible cloud storage location.

See here for more information about using Update Retriever to create your own custom repository of updates: https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht037099

Warranty Information#

You can use Commercial Vantage to write the system warranty information to WMI (in the ROOT\Lenovo namespace) by setting the policy in Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Commercial Vantage -> Device -> Warranty. The Lenovo_WarrantyInformation class stores SerialNumber, Product, StartDate, EndDate, LastUpdateTime and the reference of each purchased warranty, while Lenovo_WarrantyElement stores the details of these purchased warranties.

Battery Information#

On ThinkPads, you can use Commercial Vantage to write the battery information to WMI (in the ROOT\Lenovo namespace) by setting the policy in Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Commercial Vantage -> Device -> Device Settings -> Power. The Lenovo_Battery class stores the same information about the battery that you can see in the Commercial Vantage application.

Need help with other configurations? Have questions? Reach out to us on our forum! https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Enterprise-Client-Management/bd-p/sa01_eg