Lenovo PC warranty checker

This is an unofficial powershell script for requesting warranty information for PCs from Lenovo. It's the same data you find from the Lenovo warranty check site.

Features

• Re-run unfinished job where it left off
• Parameter-less run
• Drag'n drop run
• Locally saved Client-ID (Note: Check out Client-ID encryption)

Columns added

It will keep the existing columns and add/replace these columns in the outputted file.

• Name
• Model
• Manufacturer
• Warranty End

Example:

Serial Number, Name,                         Model,      Manufacturer, Warranty End
001DUMMY,      THINKPAD-L480-TYPE-20LS-20LT, 20LTS5SP00, Lenovo,       24/10/2021 00:00:00

Usage

Note: The get-lenovo-warranty.ps1 and get-lenovo-warranty.exe is referred to as .ps1 and .exe, respectively.

Download

Either download the get-lenovo-warranty.ps1 script from this repository. Or download the latest windows executable from the Releases page.

First time setup

1. Double-click the .exe or run the .ps1 script with Powershell.
2. It will check for the required modules, they will most likely not exist. Type "A" when the question to install appears.
3. Then it asks for your ClientID. Enter your Lenovo Client-ID, this is provided by your Lenovo Representative.
4. Follow one of the following steps

Run with drag'n drop

Note: Only supported by the .exe file.

1. Drag your .xlsx or .csv file onto the .exe file.
2. Now wait for it to finish
3. When done, it will output the file to {original-file-name}-updated.xlsx or {original-file-name}-updated.csv, depending on the input.

Run without parameters

1. Double-click the .exe or run the .ps1 script with Powershell.
2. Open the Excel or CSV file.

   • If your computer supports it, an open file dialog will be shown. Select the .xlsx file or .csv, containing at least a Serial Number column.
     (If a Model column is present it will only import serials where Model = Lenovo or is blank).

   • If not it will ask for a file path in the terminal. Either drop a file on the terminal or manually enter the path.

3. Now wait for it to finish
4. When done, it will output the file to {original-file-name}-updated.xlsx or {original-file-name}-updated.csv, depending on the input.

Supported parameters

Parameter name	Value/Type	Description
FilePath	/path/to/the/serial-file.xlsx	Path to the file to be imported (either .csv or .xlsx)
SerialsPerRequest	100	How many serials to put in each request
MaxAttempts	3	How many failed requests to try before a 30s sleep
ConfigPath	.\lenovo-serial-config.json	The config file contaning the encrypted Client-ID and API url
TempFilePath	.\lenovo-serials.tmp.csv	The .csv file containing the unfinished job, it uses this file if the job is aborted or crashes
InvalidSerialsPath	.\lenovo-serials.invalid.csv	The .csv file containing the serials that is either invalid or failed

Client-ID encryption

The Client-ID is saved encrypted in the config file and can only be unencrypted by the same computer.

BUT! This is only supported on Windows, any other OS (MacOS / any Linux distro) will only save it encoded (ie. NOT secured).

LICENSE

MIT