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Table of contents 1 Getting started ...1 Supported operating systems ...1 Downloading and installing HP ThinUpdate ...1 Opening HP ThinUpdate ...1 2 Image Downloads ...2 Downloading an image to a USB drive or local storage 2 Configuring custom proxy settings ...2 Viewing release notes for the selected image ...2 3 Image Capture ...3 ...
Table of contents 1 Getting started ...1 Supported operating systems ...1 Downloading and installing HP ThinUpdate ...1 Opening HP ThinUpdate ...1 2 Image Downloads ...2 Downloading an image to a USB drive or local storage 2 Configuring custom proxy settings ...2 Viewing release notes for the selected image ...2 3 Image Capture ...3 ...
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...installation: 1. Navigate to C:\swsetup, run the installer, and follow the on a PC. Supported operating systems The HP ThinUpdate app is supported on the following: ● Windows®-based HP thin clients (Windows Embedded Standard 7 or newer) ● Windows-based PCs (Windows 7...be downloaded from within the app itself. Opening HP ThinUpdate ▲ Select Start, select All apps, select HP, and then select HP ThinUpdate. - Once installed, HP ThinUpdate can also be updated from http://www.hp.com/support. Supported operating systems 1 Run the downloaded SoftPaq and ...
...installation: 1. Navigate to C:\swsetup, run the installer, and follow the on a PC. Supported operating systems The HP ThinUpdate app is supported on the following: ● Windows®-based HP thin clients (Windows Embedded Standard 7 or newer) ● Windows-based PCs (Windows 7...be downloaded from within the app itself. Opening HP ThinUpdate ▲ Select Start, select All apps, select HP, and then select HP ThinUpdate. - Once installed, HP ThinUpdate can also be updated from http://www.hp.com/support. Supported operating systems 1 Run the downloaded SoftPaq and ...
Connection Configuration for RDP Farm Deployments
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...Access RD Gateway Server 2: RD Licensing RD Connection Broker RD Session Host Farm Servers: RD Session Host or RD Virtualization Host On HP ThinPro, the connection can be configured to the higher-security network running the RD server farms. The server deployment changes slightly from ...RD Licensing • RD Connection Broker • RD Web Access • RD Session Host or RD Virtualization Host RD Gateway adds proxy-like support for more information). In the URL field of Server 1 in Multiple farm deployments. Configuring multiple RDP connections allows for each farm: 1. If ...
...Access RD Gateway Server 2: RD Licensing RD Connection Broker RD Session Host Farm Servers: RD Session Host or RD Virtualization Host On HP ThinPro, the connection can be configured to the higher-security network running the RD server farms. The server deployment changes slightly from ...RD Licensing • RD Connection Broker • RD Web Access • RD Session Host or RD Virtualization Host RD Gateway adds proxy-like support for more information). In the URL field of Server 1 in Multiple farm deployments. Configuring multiple RDP connections allows for each farm: 1. If ...
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...Resets via Windows Server and RD Web Access. Add a new RDP connection. 2. B. For more information on high-availability RDS networks, see the HP white paper Windows Server Technologies for HighAvailability & Failover. Select the Use RD Gateway option. If using multiple RDP connections, follow this procedure once for ... information on password reset functionality, see Obtaining the Load Balance Information URL for each farm: 1. To locate these documents, visit the HP Support Center as described in the Load Balance Info field, enter the Load Balance Information URL (see the...
...Resets via Windows Server and RD Web Access. Add a new RDP connection. 2. B. For more information on high-availability RDS networks, see the HP white paper Windows Server Technologies for HighAvailability & Failover. Select the Use RD Gateway option. If using multiple RDP connections, follow this procedure once for ... information on password reset functionality, see Obtaining the Load Balance Information URL for each farm: 1. To locate these documents, visit the HP Support Center as described in the Load Balance Info field, enter the Load Balance Information URL (see the...
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... Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to the following: • HP thin client software and operating system website: http://www8.hp.com/us/en/thin-clients/software-and-os.html • HP Support Center (for documentation, search for the thin client model and see the corresponding ...Manuals page): http://www.hp.com/go/hpsc Sign up for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. HP shall not be construed as constituting an...
... Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to the following: • HP thin client software and operating system website: http://www8.hp.com/us/en/thin-clients/software-and-os.html • HP Support Center (for documentation, search for the thin client model and see the corresponding ...Manuals page): http://www.hp.com/go/hpsc Sign up for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. HP shall not be construed as constituting an...
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... Shadowing ...52 Advanced ...53 Certificates ...53 Certificate Manager ...53 SCEP Manager ...54 DHCP options ...54 6 System information ...56 7 HP Smart Client Services ...57 Supported operating systems ...57 Prerequisites for HP Smart Client Services ...57 Obtaining HP Smart Client Services ...57 Viewing the Automatic Update website ...58 Creating an Automatic Update profile ...58 MAC-address...
... Shadowing ...52 Advanced ...53 Certificates ...53 Certificate Manager ...53 SCEP Manager ...54 DHCP options ...54 6 System information ...56 7 HP Smart Client Services ...57 Supported operating systems ...57 Prerequisites for HP Smart Client Services ...57 Obtaining HP Smart Client Services ...57 Viewing the Automatic Update website ...58 Creating an Automatic Update profile ...58 MAC-address...
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... for Microsoft software Documentation for Citrix software Documentation for VMware software Finding more resources Resource HP support website http://www.hp.com/support Microsoft support website http://support.microsoft.com Citrix support website http://www.citrix.com/support VMware support website http://www.vmware.com/support Contents Recovery images, administrative tools, and other documentation ▲ Search for the thin client...
... for Microsoft software Documentation for Citrix software Documentation for VMware software Finding more resources Resource HP support website http://www.hp.com/support Microsoft support website http://support.microsoft.com Citrix support website http://www.citrix.com/support VMware support website http://www.vmware.com/support Contents Recovery images, administrative tools, and other documentation ▲ Search for the thin client...
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...to no end-user customization. The following table lists the default available connection types for each OS configuration; Choosing an OS configuration HP ThinPro includes two OS configurations, each tailored for a different thin client deployment scenario: ● The ThinPro OS configuration is the...most suitable for multipurpose environments that require minimal administration and little to the desktop for Smart Zero. Allows multiple connections (of any supported type) to be configured and run simultaneously ● The Smart Zero OS configuration is a simpler, more secure version of ...
...to no end-user customization. The following table lists the default available connection types for each OS configuration; Choosing an OS configuration HP ThinPro includes two OS configurations, each tailored for a different thin client deployment scenario: ● The ThinPro OS configuration is the...most suitable for multipurpose environments that require minimal administration and little to the desktop for Smart Zero. Allows multiple connections (of any supported type) to be configured and run simultaneously ● The Smart Zero OS configuration is a simpler, more secure version of ...
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...are applied to launch HP Easy Tools. If the thin client is being remotely managed by either HPDM or HP Smart Client Services). If you want to the HP support website (see Network settings on page 49). To download HP Smart Client Services, go /hpdm. ● HP Smart Client Services can... use to manage HP ThinPro-based thin clients: ● HP Device Manager (HPDM) is ...
...are applied to launch HP Easy Tools. If the thin client is being remotely managed by either HPDM or HP Smart Client Services). If you want to the HP support website (see Network settings on page 49). To download HP Smart Client Services, go /hpdm. ● HP Smart Client Services can... use to manage HP ThinPro-based thin clients: ● HP Device Manager (HPDM) is ...
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... 4.5 / 5 / 6 / 6.5 4.5 / 5 / 6 / 6.5 / 7.X 4.5 / 5 / 6 / 6.5 / 7.X 4.5 / 5 / 6 / 6.5 / 7.X The following table describes the settings that are available under the Options category when editing the Citrix general settings. Options The following table describes the supported Citrix XenDesktop® backends. Enable automatic reconnection of dropped connections. 10 Chapter 4 Connection types Access type PNAgent (legacy) Web browser StoreFront XenApp version 4.5 / 5.5 / 5.6.5 / 7.X 4.5 / 5.5 / 5.6.5 / 7.X 4.5 / 5.5 / 5.6.5 / 7.X The following...
... 4.5 / 5 / 6 / 6.5 4.5 / 5 / 6 / 6.5 / 7.X 4.5 / 5 / 6 / 6.5 / 7.X 4.5 / 5 / 6 / 6.5 / 7.X The following table describes the settings that are available under the Options category when editing the Citrix general settings. Options The following table describes the supported Citrix XenDesktop® backends. Enable automatic reconnection of dropped connections. 10 Chapter 4 Connection types Access type PNAgent (legacy) Web browser StoreFront XenApp version 4.5 / 5.5 / 5.6.5 / 7.X 4.5 / 5.5 / 5.6.5 / 7.X 4.5 / 5.5 / 5.6.5 / 7.X The following...
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...method to interpret keyboard input. Option Enable UseLocalIM Use EUKS Number Handling of the proxy server. Controls the usage of Extended Unicode Keyboard Support (EUKS) on Windows servers. The password to use for each server in full screen mode ● Direct-Keyboard shortcuts apply to...settings that are described below: ● 0-EUKS is not used. ● 1-EUKS is used as a fallback. ● 2-EUKS is supported only for connection to the proxy server. Specifies how keyboard shortcuts should be specified for connection to the proxy server. Option Proxy Type Proxy ...
...method to interpret keyboard input. Option Enable UseLocalIM Use EUKS Number Handling of the proxy server. Controls the usage of Extended Unicode Keyboard Support (EUKS) on Windows servers. The password to use for each server in full screen mode ● Direct-Keyboard shortcuts apply to...settings that are described below: ● 0-EUKS is not used. ● 1-EUKS is used as a fallback. ● 2-EUKS is supported only for connection to the proxy server. Specifies how keyboard shortcuts should be specified for connection to the proxy server. Option Proxy Type Proxy ...
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...editing a Citrix connection. If selected, only subscribed resources are using the DeepCompressionV2 encoder, a CPU-based compression algorithm. HP True Graphics HP True Graphics offloads rich multimedia content to . Server-side requirements See the following table describes the settings that are ...applications to reconnect to the thin client's GPU, delivering high-frame-rate images and boosting efficiency. ISV Citrix® VMware® Supported ...
...editing a Citrix connection. If selected, only subscribed resources are using the DeepCompressionV2 encoder, a CPU-based compression algorithm. HP True Graphics HP True Graphics offloads rich multimedia content to . Server-side requirements See the following table describes the settings that are ...applications to reconnect to the thin client's GPU, delivering high-frame-rate images and boosting efficiency. ISV Citrix® VMware® Supported ...
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...following registry keys can be sent using HDX MediaStream, the video will fail because H.264 supports only two hardware decode sessions, which causes the issue. Citrix 15 Compression settings To enable HP True Graphics on monitor layout: ● Most configurations with two monitors and trying to ...or specific use the Blast protocol to leverage local hardware decoding of H.264, which are using HP True Graphics with a maximum of two monitors that have a 1920 × 1200 resolution are supported. ● Rotated monitors might be set to 0 to disable this chapter applies to Citrix ...
...following registry keys can be sent using HDX MediaStream, the video will fail because H.264 supports only two hardware decode sessions, which causes the issue. Citrix 15 Compression settings To enable HP True Graphics on monitor layout: ● Most configurations with two monitors and trying to ...or specific use the Blast protocol to leverage local hardware decoding of H.264, which are using HP True Graphics with a maximum of two monitors that have a 1920 × 1200 resolution are supported. ● Rotated monitors might be set to 0 to disable this chapter applies to Citrix ...
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... requirements for RDP: ● Hardware-accelerated RemoteFX ● MMR supported when connecting to Windows hosts with older versions of Citrix clients, and HP True Graphics will not provide enhanced performance. ● HP True Graphics might provide some benefits to older versions of XenDesktop if... server is compressing graphics in a method that is compatible with the Desktop Experience feature enabled ● USBR supported when connecting to determine which encoder is accelerated by examining the Component_Encoder value under the Network category when editing an RDP connection....
... requirements for RDP: ● Hardware-accelerated RemoteFX ● MMR supported when connecting to Windows hosts with older versions of Citrix clients, and HP True Graphics will not provide enhanced performance. ● HP True Graphics might provide some benefits to older versions of XenDesktop if... server is compressing graphics in a method that is compatible with the Desktop Experience feature enabled ● USBR supported when connecting to determine which encoder is accelerated by examining the Component_Encoder value under the Network category when editing an RDP connection....
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... will start single resource-With this is selected. The following example: c:\seamless\seamlessrdpshell.exe c:\Program Files \Microsoft\Word.exe - See the following additional options are supported by your server, followed by the rdWebFeedUrlPattern registry key, which defines the pattern of RemoteApp resources is a single published resource, that executes the application to...
... will start single resource-With this is selected. The following example: c:\seamless\seamlessrdpshell.exe c:\Program Files \Microsoft\Word.exe - See the following additional options are supported by your server, followed by the rdWebFeedUrlPattern registry key, which defines the pattern of RemoteApp resources is a single published resource, that executes the application to...
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...occupies. Option Description - If Window Size is increased at the cost of sharper and sharper images. For more information, see the HP ThinPro white paper RD Web Access Deployment Example (available in a series of less frequent screen updates. If Window Size is used to... the connection to full, fixed, or percent. Enables the RemoteFX Progressive Codec, which transmits the desktop in English only). NOTE: RemoteFX supports only a fixed list of data between different RDP sessions. NOTE: The resulting sizes might cause visual artifacts on desktops with highly dynamic ...
...occupies. Option Description - If Window Size is increased at the cost of sharper and sharper images. For more information, see the HP ThinPro white paper RD Web Access Deployment Example (available in a series of less frequent screen updates. If Window Size is used to... the connection to full, fixed, or percent. Enables the RemoteFX Progressive Codec, which transmits the desktop in English only). NOTE: RemoteFX supports only a fixed list of data between different RDP sessions. NOTE: The resulting sizes might cause visual artifacts on desktops with highly dynamic ...
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... to increase the frequency of log output at the cost of monitors. The RDP client negotiates with graphics card support might only support certain resolutions and counts of performance. RemoteFX uses advanced pipelining technologies and adaptive graphics to make sure that is...enhance the virtualization experience. The administrator or user does not have to 0: root/ConnectionType/freerdp/connections//remoteFx TIP: For simplified management, HP recommends that monitor. RDP 21 To disable RemoteFX, set the following registry key to change the resolution on page 8 for RDP ...
... to increase the frequency of log output at the cost of monitors. The RDP client negotiates with graphics card support might only support certain resolutions and counts of performance. RemoteFX uses advanced pipelining technologies and adaptive graphics to make sure that is...enhance the virtualization experience. The administrator or user does not have to 0: root/ConnectionType/freerdp/connections//remoteFx TIP: For simplified management, HP recommends that monitor. RDP 21 To disable RemoteFX, set the following registry key to change the resolution on page 8 for RDP ...
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...2012. ● The protocol in USB Manager in the remote session, and all mass storage devices to server-side rendering. RDP supports redirection of many different types of 1080p videos with automatic audio syncing. General-purpose USB redirection is redirected. The settings for redirection. ... can disable MMR with RemoteFX by the remote host before attempting to 1: root/ConnectionType/freerdp/connections//disableMMRwithRFX TIP: For simplified management, HP recommends that when a user plugs a device into the thin client, the thin client detects and mounts the drive on the thin...
...2012. ● The protocol in USB Manager in the remote session, and all mass storage devices to server-side rendering. RDP supports redirection of many different types of 1080p videos with automatic audio syncing. General-purpose USB redirection is redirected. The settings for redirection. ... can disable MMR with RemoteFX by the remote host before attempting to 1: root/ConnectionType/freerdp/connections//disableMMRwithRFX TIP: For simplified management, HP recommends that when a user plugs a device into the thin client, the thin client detects and mounts the drive on the thin...
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... change the registry keys as a directory; If desired, you can be specified on the device write speed and network latency. ● Only file systems supported by the thin client will not be mounted. Because of this type of time to sync data after the file copy dialog finishes, but still... allow other devices to set or unset Makes sure that the printer would use high-level redirection. The supported file systems are FAT32, NTFS, ISO9660 (CD-ROMs), UDF (DVD-ROMs), and ext3. ● The device will not be treated as described in the...
... change the registry keys as a directory; If desired, you can be specified on the device write speed and network latency. ● Only file systems supported by the thin client will not be mounted. Because of this type of time to sync data after the file copy dialog finishes, but still... allow other devices to set or unset Makes sure that the printer would use high-level redirection. The supported file systems are FAT32, NTFS, ISO9660 (CD-ROMs), UDF (DVD-ROMs), and ext3. ● The device will not be treated as described in the...
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...smart card reader driver to /usr/lib/pkcs11/. By default, the CCID and Gemalto drivers are installed, which adds support for this issue. ● HP recommends high-level audio redirection, but USB redirection of advanced audio redirection features that are available under the Network category ...native audio or video syncing mechanisms are currently configuring only. NOTE: When smart card login is enabled, Network Level Authentication is not supported and is available for an RDP connection: ▲ Select Allow Smartcard Login in standard RDP. Enter the hostname or IP address of...
...smart card reader driver to /usr/lib/pkcs11/. By default, the CCID and Gemalto drivers are installed, which adds support for this issue. ● HP recommends high-level audio redirection, but USB redirection of advanced audio redirection features that are available under the Network category ...native audio or video syncing mechanisms are currently configuring only. NOTE: When smart card login is enabled, Network Level Authentication is not supported and is available for an RDP connection: ▲ Select Allow Smartcard Login in standard RDP. Enter the hostname or IP address of...
