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• Video • Audio • DMI Transition • User Manuals HP Client Manager Software HP Client Management Solutions, part of the HP Adaptive Management initiative, respond to customer needs for easy-to-manage computers in stand-alone and networked environments. HP, in partnership with Altiris, a recognized leader in delivering cost-reducing lifecycle management technologies, offers a cohesive set of solutions that span the entire IT lifecycle. The combination of HP Client Manager and Altiris solutions helps enables customers to lower total ownership costs on HP systems. HP and Altiris solutions focus on business needs in the following critical lifecycle areas: • HP platform management - Proactively respond to hardware changes, alerts, and manage mass updates to system software. • Deployment & Migration - Manage the end-to-end software deployment and migration process. • Inventory & Asset management - Keep track of hardware and software within the business environment. • Help desk & problem resolution - Help resolve customer issues and streamline the help desk. • Connectors - Integrate with enterprise technology and systems management solutions. With both stan d-alone solutions and integrated suites, customers can manage hardware and software from a single Web-based console to address the complete IT lifecycle. For more information, see the brochure, HP and Altiris Client Management Solutions (5981-4665EN), or visit the HP Web site at www.hp.com/go/easydeploy. Video HP dc7700 PCs feature the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3000. Intel software drivers enable all functionality of the video hardware. Driver support is complemented by a display utility that provides easy access to video settings through the Windows Control Panel. Audio The dc7700 incorporates the UAA (Universal Audio Architecture) hardware via a RealTek ALC262 High Definition audio CODEC. In order to enable the HD audio BUS, Q888111 (The Microsoft UAA bus driver) must be applied to the system before the RealTek driver is installed. Both Q888111 and the RealTek audio driver are available from the HP support web site for the dc7700. DMI Transition The Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF) introduced the DMI standard almost ten years ago. Due to new standards adoption such as the Common Information Model (CIM), the DMTF has initiated end-of-life for DMI. Given other advancements in HP Client Management Solutions, HP Systems Insight Manager, and Microsoft's implementation of CIM, known as Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), the HP Insight Management Agent is no longer being provided on new HP commercial desktop, workstation, and notebook models introduced after January 1, 2004. Microsoft Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is standard with Windows 2000 and Windows XP. WMI provides hardware inventory and alert information directly through the Windows OS to a system management application. HP Client Manager (HP CM) developed with Altiris, is a free hardware management solution for HP commercial desktop, notebook and workstation models. It tracks detailed inventory information, monitors hardware faults, and HP Compaq dc7700 Software Overview Whitepaper 11