HP t5630 Managing File-Based Write Filter Images on HP Thin Clients

Managing

File-Based

Write Filter

Images

on

HP Thin Clients

Table of Contents:

Introduction

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Background

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HP Client Automation

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Capturing and Deploying Images with FBWF Support Enabled

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Known issues:

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Altiris Deployment Solution

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Known issues:

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Introduction

This whitepaper describes the procedures needed to manage HP Thin Clients,

which come with an option to enable the File-based Write Filter (FBWF), using HP

Client Automation and Altiris Deployment Solutions.

Background

HP Thin Clients with the Windows Embedded Standard Operating systems ship

with the Enhanced Write Filter (EWF) as the default write filter. These systems also

have an option to use an FBWF instead. The majority of the steps for managing a

thin client that is FBWF-capable, but is using EWF, is the same as for systems that

use EWF and are not FBWF-capable.

There are more differences when managing

systems that have had the EWF disabled and the FBWF enabled.

This whitepaper

describes those changes for HP Client Automation and Altiris Deployment Solutions.