HP Vectra VE5 2 Supplementary Manual page 11

CD-ROM drives:
• Quad-speed (4x) IDE CD-ROM drive (D2896B)
Control Panel
The HP Vectra VE 5/xx series 2 PC has a control panel with the following features:
• a power on/off button
• a power on status light (which flickers in power-saving mode)
• a hard disk activity light (for IDE drives).
Security Features
The PC has the following security features:
• power-on prompt, with administratorand/or user password
• power-on keyboard lock, with user password
• communications port protection (ports can be disabled in SETUP)
• write protection of flexible disk drives
• disabling or enabling flexible disk drive
• disabling or enabling boot on hard disk drive
• disabling or enabling boot on flexible disk drive
• disabling or enabling boot on CD-ROM
• system configuration protection, with administrator password
• disabling or enabling space bar power-on
• cover lock
• a security bracket.
Communications Ports
The PC has the following external communications ports:
• One 25-pin parallel port (ECP/EPP bi-directional Centronics supporting IEEE 1284)
• Two 9-pin serial ports (16550-compatible).
Supported Operating Systems
• MS-DOS version 6.22 and above
• Microsoft Windows 95
• Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11
• Microsoft Windows NT 3.51
• OS/2 version 2.11 and OS/2 version 3.0 (WARP)
Certified Network Operating Systems
• Novell 3.12/4.10 Workstation/Client
HP Vectra PCs are not supported as servers.
Pre-loaded Software
The first time the PC is turned on, a software initialization program runs to allow the user to set
up the pre-installed software. For the models with Windows 95, the user has a once-only
choice between Windows 95 and Windows 3.11 during the first power-on.
Models with hard disk drives are supplied with the following pre-loaded software and drivers: