HP ThinPro PC Converter Deployment Tool - Administrator Guide

2 Licensing
When HP ThinPro PC Converter Deployment Tool opens, the welcome screen collects the license les. The
License box of the welcome screen shows available license les. To search for additional licenses select
Browse. Once the necessary licenses have been found, select Next.
NOTE: Licenses that you specify here are bundled into the deployment images in later steps. The license
les will be included in the USB ash drives created by HP ThinPro PC Converter Deployment Tool and
installed onto the target systems that run HP ThinPro with HP ThinPro PC Converter.
License types
There are three types of HP ThinPro license les:
● Unit license: This license is a perpetual license that works with a specic version of HP ThinPro PC
Converter. The unit license enables full functionality for HP ThinPro PC Converter Deployment Tool, but
does not grant software updates for the HP ThinPro PC Converter image.
● Support license: This license is a time-limited license that must be paired with a unit license. It grants
access to software updates. This license must be supplied to the HP ThinPro PC Converter Deploy Tool so
that it can be replicated to the PCs and USB ash drives that will be deployed with HP ThinPro PC
Converter.
● Trial license: This license is a time-limited license that is used by itself. The trial license enables the
Bootable USB Flash Drive, Clean USB Flash Drive, and Mass Deployment Installer options of HP
ThinPro PC Converter Deployment Tool. The Installer USB Flash Drive option is not available for trial
licenses.
License states
The license state is displayed under the License box.
● Unit + Support: A valid unit and support license have both been supplied. The support license is not
expired.
● Unit Only: A valid unit license has been supplied. Support updates are not available to the USB ash
drives or the installed HP ThinPro PC Converter image.
● Support Only: A valid and unexpired support license has been supplied. A unit license must be also be
supplied.
● Trial: A valid trial license has been supplied. The trial license is not expired, and the number of days
remaining on the license are shown.
● None: No valid licenses have been found, either because no license les were supplied, expired licenses,
or corrupt license les.
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