HP Easy Tools - Administrator Guide

2 Easy Update
Easy Update enables you to update a thin client’s software.
NOTE: Easy Update can perform simultaneous install, update, and remove actions. If there are
problems with the installation, try performing each action separately.
On thin clients running Windows Embedded operating systems, you can perform the following
procedures using Easy Update:
NOTE: On Windows Embedded operating systems, you must manually disable and enable the write
filter before and after updating components.
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Update the image
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Install and update software components
On thin clients running HP ThinPro, select the Update tab to install one of the following:
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Full image updates
NOTE: You need a USB flash drive to perform an image update. The USB flash drive capacity
must be larger than the image file to be downloaded plus 200 MB.
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Service pack updates
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Package updates
On thin clients running HP ThinPro, select the Options tab to configure the following:
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Networking Proxies—Enter a Manual Proxy Configuration or select No proxies.
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Repository Locations—Enter the URLs for repositories containing updates for the thin client.
NOTE: By default, the locations are set to the HP FTP site and need to be changed only if you
are configuring custom repositories.
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