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Backup Express also supports Disaster Recovery, which allows you
to restart and recover your system in the event of a catastrophic
failure (such as a hard drive failure or loss of data to a virus). By
booting from the Disaster Recovery CD, you can return your system
to its previous state before it became unusable.
For more information on Dantz Retrospect Express, visit
http://www.dantz.com/en/products/win_express/index.dtml.
Proactive Change Notification
The Proactive Change Notification program uses the Subscriber's
Choice Web site in order to proactively and automatically:
■ Send you Proactive Change Notification (PCN) E-mails
informing you of hardware and software changes to most
commercial computers and servers, up to 60 days in advance.
■ Send you E-mail containing Customer Bulletins, Customer
Advisories, Customer Notes, Security Bulletins, and Driver alerts
for most commercial computers and servers.
You create your own profile to ensure that you only receive the
information relevant to a specific IT environment. To learn more
about the Proactive Change Notification program and create a custom
profile, visit
http://www.hp.com/go/pcn.
Subscriber’s Choice
Subscriber’s Choice is a client-based service from HP. Based on your
profile, HP will supply you with personalized product tips, feature
articles, and/or driver and support alerts/notifications. Subscriber’s
Choice Driver and Support Alerts/Notifications will deliver E-mails
notifying you that the information you subscribed to in your profile is
available for review and retrieval. To learn more about Subscriber’s
Choice and create a custom profile, visit
http://www.hp.com/go/pcn.
Retired Solutions
The Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF) introduced the
Desktop Management Interface (DMI) standard almost ten years ago.
Due to new standards adoption such as the Common Information