Operating System Support; Microsoft Windows Xp Professional - HP Compaq dc7600 MT User Manuals

Operating System Support

Operating systems preinstalled
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Microsoft Windows© XP Professional Edition with Service Pack 2
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Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2
Operating systems with Limited Supported
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Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4
Operating systems NOT supported but have been tested and documented
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None
Operating systems NOT supported4 (not a complete list) by HP for the dc7600 series include:
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IBM OS/2
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Windows 95
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Windows Me
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Windows NT
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Windows 98SE
Operating systems certified
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Red Hat Enterprise Workstation 3.0 (post launch availability)
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SUSE Linux Desktop (post launch availability)
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Novell Netware client (post launch availability)

Microsoft Windows XP Professional

The dc7600 series will launch with a choice of Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 or Windows
XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 preinstalled.
Below is a table highlighting software components added to the dc7600 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.
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Limited Support is defined as follows: 1) Operating System is not offered pre-installed, 2) critical sub-system drivers are available on web/CD within 30 days of
product announcement (critical sub-systems include NIC, audio, video.)
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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.
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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 dc7600 Software Overview Whitepaper
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with the dc7600 series include one of the following:
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for the dc7600 series include:
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for the dc7600 series include:
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for the dc7600 series include:
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