7 Support

7.3 SpeedTouch™ System Software Upgrade

Introduction

System software updates (all OSs)

This chapter describes how to upgrade the SpeedTouch™ system software.

For new system software packages, you can:

Click the link, available on the SpeedTouch™ CD Browser.

See “7.3.1 Checking for new System Software via the SpeedTouch™ CD Browser” on page 78 for more information.

Click the link, available on the SpeedTouch™ Upgrade web page.

See “7.3.2 Checking for System Software via the SpeedTouch™ Web Pages (all OSs)” on page 80 for more information.

Contact your Network Administrator or your Service Provider

Visit the SpeedTouch™ support pages at:

http://www.speedtouch.com

System software All system software packages for the SpeedTouch™ are digitally signed and encrypted. packages and security Packages that may have come corrupted, or been altered in any way, will not be

accepted by the SpeedTouch™.

This way, the SpeedTouch™, or its service can never be corrupted or lost.

System software Depending on the operating system your computer is running, you can upgrade your upgrades SpeedTouch™ via:

The SpeedTouch™ Upgrade Wizard (Microsoft Windows).

See “7.3.3 Upgrade via the SpeedTouch™ Upgrade Wizard” on page 81 for more information.

The SpeedTouch™ web pages (all operating systems).

See “7.3.4 Upgrade via the SpeedTouch™ Web Pages” on page 86 for more infor- mation.

Preliminary steps Before you start with upgrading the SpeedTouch™, always make sure:

To inform all people relying on the SpeedTouch™ services, that service may be down for some short period.

That the new system software file is stored on your local disk or another storage device.

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545/570 specifications

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