Compaq Armada E700 Operating System Support for Compaq Portable Products - Page 11

Operating System Support for Compaq Portable Products 11 Feature Universal Serial Bus (USB) Setup Enhancements Faster Shutdown Description Allows up to 127 devices off a single port. Supports Plug-and-Play of these devices. . USB also offers greater speed over traditional serial buses (up to 12 Mbs). The connector provides power across the bus. Decreases setup time while increasing setup reliability. The setup interface shows the user how far along in the setup process they are. The shutdown time has been dramatically reduced from Windows 95 to Windows 98. FAT32 Conversion Utility A graphical utility which can quickly and safely convert a hard drive from the FAT16 to FAT32. Power Management Win32® Driver Model (WDM) Windows Maintenance Wizard Windows 98 is the first Microsoft operating system to feature ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface). ACPI is an open industry specification that is an integral part of the Microsoft OnNow initiative.38 A new, unified driver model for Windows 95 and Windows NT that will enable new devices to have a single driver for both operating systems. It allows Windows 98 to maintain full legacy device driver support while adding support for new WDM drivers. Allows users to schedule regular maintenance for their systems. The Windows Maintenance Wizard includes: Disk Defragmenter; ScanDisk; and Disk Cleanup. Version Conflict Manager Detects file version conflicts with installed programs and will install the Windows version of the driver. Remote Access Server Enables the users' desktop to act as a dial-up server. Allows dial-up clients to remotely connect to a Windows 98 machine for local resource access. Multiple Display Support Allows the user to display different images on multiple monitors using multiple graphics adapters on a single PC. This feature effectively expands the size the Windows desktops extending beyond a single monitor. Support for New Generation of Hardware In addition to the USB and ACPI support mentioned above, Windows 98 supports additional new hardware features including IEEE 1394, Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP), and DVD. Some of the new features with Windows 98 have particular appeal to some commercial notebook users. However, all features of Windows 98 are not supported across all Compaq notebook families. In addition, some Compaq unique features are not supported across all notebook families under Windows 98. Refer to Table 6 for more information on which notebooks support key Compaq unique and Windows 98 features. 38 Compaq recommends that customers planning to utilize ACPI upgrade to Windows 98 Second Edition or later. NA120D/0199