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Obtaining HP Smart Client Services To obtain HP Smart Client Services: 1. Go to http://www.hp.com/support. 2. Search for the thin client model. HP Smart Client Services can be found under the Software - System Management category of the Drivers, Software & Firmware page. Viewing the Automatic Update website 1. On the server desktop, select Start > Control Panel, and then click Administrative Tools. 2. Double-click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager. 3. In the left pane of the IIS Manager, expand the following items: "Server name" > Sites > HP Automatic Update > auto-update NOTE: The physical location where the Automatic Update files are stored is as follows: C:\Program Files (x86)\Hewlett-Packard\HP Smart Client Service\auto-update Creating an Automatic Update profile This section describes how to create an Automatic Update profile for a single MAC address. 1. Obtain the MAC address of the client using the system info. For example, the following steps use the MAC address 00fcab8522ac. 2. Use the Profile Editor to create or modify a client profile (see Using the Profile Editor on page 60) until you are ready to save the client profile. 3. In the Profile Editor, click the Finish link in the left-hand pane to access the Current profile pane. 4. Click Save profile as to save the client profile as the following: C:\Program Files (x86) Hewlett-Packard\HP Smart Client Service\autoupdate\PersistentProfile\MAC\00fcab8522ac.xml 5. Click the Finish button in the Current profile pane to exit the Profile Editor. 6. Reboot the client that uses the specified MAC address to initiate the Automatic Update process. Updating clients ● Using the broadcast update method ● Using the DHCP tag update method ● Using the DNS alias update method ● Using the manual update method Using the broadcast update method To do a broadcast update, plug the client into the same network as the update server. A broadcast update relies on HP Smart Client Services, which works with IIS to automatically push updates to the client. Obtaining HP Smart Client Services 57

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Obtaining HP Smart Client Services
To obtain HP Smart Client Services:
1.
Go to
support
.
2.
Search for the thin client model. HP Smart Client Services can be found under the
Software -
System Management
category of the
Drivers, Software & Firmware
page.
Viewing the Automatic Update website
1.
On the server desktop, select
Start > Control Panel
, and then click
Administrative Tools
.
2.
Double-click
Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager
.
3.
In the left pane of the IIS Manager, expand the following items:
“Server name” > Sites > HP Automatic Update > auto-update
NOTE:
The physical location where the Automatic Update files are stored is as follows:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Hewlett-Packard\HP Smart Client Service\auto-update
Creating an Automatic Update profile
This section describes how to create an Automatic Update profile for a single MAC address.
1.
Obtain the MAC address of the client using the system info. For example, the following steps
use the MAC address
00fcab8522ac
.
2.
Use the Profile Editor to create or modify a client profile (see
Using the Profile Editor
on page
60
) until you are ready to save the client profile.
3.
In the
Profile Editor
, click the
Finish
link in the left-hand pane to access the
Current profile
pane.
4.
Click
Save profile as
to save the client profile as the following:
C:\Program Files (x86) Hewlett-Packard\HP Smart Client Service\auto-
update\PersistentProfile\MAC\00fcab8522ac.xml
5.
Click the
Finish
button in the
Current profile
pane to exit the Profile Editor.
6.
Reboot the client that uses the specified MAC address to initiate the Automatic Update process.
Updating clients
●
Using the broadcast update method
●
Using the DHCP tag update method
●
Using the DNS alias update method
●
Using the manual update method
Using the broadcast update method
To do a broadcast update, plug the client into the same network as the update server. A broadcast
update relies on HP Smart Client Services, which works with IIS to automatically push updates to the
client.
Obtaining HP Smart Client Services
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