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- Operating System Support Operating systems preinstalled1 with the dc7100 series include one of the following: • Microsoft Windows© XP Professional with Service Pack 1a (Service Pack 2 when available) • Microsoft Windows XP Home with Service Pack 1a (Service Pack 2 when available) • Operating systems supported2 for the dc7100 series include: • Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 Operating systems NOT supported but have been tested and documented3 for the dc7100 series include: • Microsoft Windows NT (additional information provided later in this document) • Microsoft Windows 98SE Operating systems NOT supported4 (not a complete list) by HP for the dc7100 series include: • IBM OS/2 • Windows 95 • Windows Me Operating systems certified5 for the dc7100 series include: • Red Hat Enterprise Workstation 3.0 (post launch availability) • SUSE Linux Desktop (post launch availability) • Novell Netware client (post launch availability) Microsoft Windows XP Professional The dc7100 series will launch with a choice of Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1a or Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 1a preinstalled. The preinstall image will transition to Windows XP SP2 when it becomes available. Below is a table highlighting software components added to the dc7100 compared to previous generation product and can be used by IT Professionals as a guide to note driver changes within the Windows XP operating system. 1 Pre-installed support is defined as follows: 1) operating system offered for sale pre-installed on system, 2) drivers fully WHQL certified, and 3) drivers posted to WEB (www.hp.com) at product announcement. 2 Supported is defined as follows: 1) Full HP testing, 2) all drivers are available on web/CD within 30 days of product announcement. 3 Test & Document Support is defined as follows: 1) OS is loaded and tested in a "will it run criteria", 2) no driver development, 3) problems are documented, 4) no integration testing and 5) not support provided by HP. 4 Not Supported is defined as follows: 1) No loading of operating system, 2) no testing and 3) no issue documentation. 5 Certified is defined as follows: 1) Hardware is provided to vendor for testing and certification, 2) all drivers are OS vendor dependant, no support provided by HP, and 3) certification is posted to vendor Web site. HP Compaq dc7100 Software Overview Whitepaper 3