Desktop Management Guide

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Desktop Management Guide
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://h30046.www3.hp.com/subhub.php?jumpid
=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://h30046.www3.hp.com/subhub.php.
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
Model (CIM), the DMTF has initiated end-of-life for DMI. Given
other advancements in HP Client Management Solutions, HP
Systems Insight Manager, and Microsoft's implementation of CIM,
known as Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), the HP