Lenovo Power Manager Software - MDT Task Sequence

I'm working in an environment which does Operating System Deployment via SCCM 2007 SP2 R2 with MDT 2010 Update 1 Integration.  I have an MDT Task Sequence that deploys my captured Windows 7 WIM file to predominantly Lenovo laptops (98% Lenovo fleet too).  Part of this Task Sequence uses rules to specifically target drivers and applications to individual models.  I'm am having GREAT difficulty in getting the Lenono Power Manager software (V3.31) to install as part of the Task Sequence.
The summary of the story is as follows:
Lenovo Bluetooth software is installing OK (msiexec /i Win32\BTW.msi /t 1033.mst /qb-)
Lenovo Hotkey software is installing OK (SETUP.EXE /S)
I've put logs for the Power Manager installation, and there are no errors i.e. it "seems" to install OK (SETUP.EXE /S)
I can advertise the Power Manager software POST image and it installs and works OK
Applications in the Task Sequence run in the order of Power Manager, Bluetooth, Hotkeys.
That hopefully provides the information for someone to maybe shed some light.  It's a little frustrating given that the package actually will successfully install.  I'm almost to the point where I want to try and create a collection with rules to populate it with Lenovo laptops and then mandatory install it.  It's not a critical application - it would just be nice to have.
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I did some more searching and found this method to do it - http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1231-os-deployment-and-lenovo-computers/.  I used the idea of creating a Task Sequence step to copy the files locally, followed by a step to install it from the local files. It worked fine for this.  If anyone has a "cleaner" method though, let me know.

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