HP Digital Signage Player MP4 and MP9 Microsoft® Windows Embedded Standard 7 Quick Reference Guide
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Table of contents 1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................... 1 Finding more information ...................................................................................................................... 1 Finding image updates and add-ons ....................................................................................................
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1 Introduction This guide is intended for administrators of For HP MP4, MP9 Digital Signage Player models that are based on the Windows® Embedded Standard (WES) 7E and WES 7P operating systems. It is assumed that you are using the latest WES 7E or WES 7P image provided by HP and that you will be logged on to WES as an administrator when making configurations or accessing administration utilities.
2 Getting started ● Write filters ● Local drives ● Configuring logon settings ● Configuring the system date and time settings Write filters Write filters provide a secure environment and can extend the life of your Digital Signage Players by protecting it from unauthorized and excessive writes to the storage device. Write data is intercepted by the write filter and cached in the RAM drive, and as a result, lost after the next reboot.
Command Description -disable Disables the write filter on the specified volume after the next reboot. -enable Enables the write filter on the specified volume after the next reboot. -commitanddisable Commits all current cached data and disables the write filter on the specified volume after the next reboot. Using the Enhanced Write Filter GUI To access the EWF GUI, follow these steps: ▲ Click Start > Control Panel > HP Write Filter Configuration.
File-Based Write Filter Using the File-Based Write Filter command line utility The FBWF command line utility enables you to issue a set of commands to the FBWF driver, report the status of each protected overlay, and report the format of the overall FBWF configurations. To use the FBWF command line utility, follow these steps: 1. Select Start > Run. 2. Type CMD and click OK. 3. Enter fbwfmgr c: at the prompt. The following table describes the supported commands for the FBWF utility.
● Red lock—FBWF is disabled. ● Green lock—FBWF is enabled. ● Yellow lock—FBWF state will change on next boot. You can change the status of FBWF by right-clicking the icon and selecting the desired FBWF state. If you use the command line to modify the FBWF, right-click the icon to refresh the status icon display (click anywhere on the screen to close the context menu). The status icon display is refreshed automatically when you make modifications through the HP Write Filter Configuration utility.
Configuring logon settings IMPORTANT: The write filter must be disabled for any configurations to be made permanent. See Write filters on page 2 for more information. ● For a user account, the factory-default user name and password are both User. ● For an administrator account, the factory-default user name and password are both Administrator. ● For security purposes, HP recommends that you change the passwords from their default values.
3 Software Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol Make Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) available on the network using Microsoft Terminal Services on a Windows server. Use the Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) utility to establish a connection to a Windows terminal server or to access remote applications using Microsoft RDP. To open the RDC utility: ▲ Click Start > All Programs > Accessories > Remote Desktop Connection.
4 Administration tools ● HP Digital Signage Player Imaging Utility ● HP RAMDisk Manager ● HP ThinState ● HP Velocity ● Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager HP Digital Signage Player Imaging Utility The HP Digital Signage Player includes a utility in each SoftPaq that contains an original factory image for an HP Digital Signage Player. Use this utility to restore the original factory image to the Digital Signage Player.
HP ThinState HP ThinState can be used to capture an HP Digital Signage Player image that can then be deployed to another HP Digital Signage Player of identical model and hardware. NOTE: HP ThinState now uses ibrpe.exe for imaging. Any storage devices previously created containing ibr.exe can no longer be used. To perform an HP ThinState capture: 1. On the Digital Signage Player you are capturing the image from, make sure the first boot device in the BIOS is set to USB. 2. Disable the write filter. 3.
5 Operating System Technical Information This section describes the components and settings included in the Windows® Embedded Standard 7 on the HP MP9 and MP4 Digital Signage Players. ● Windows Embedded 7 P SKU components ● Codecs ● Write Filters ● Application Versions Included ● Windows Embedded Device Manager 2011 Client Service Pack, v 1.0.600.
Write Filters Both the Enhanced Write Filter and File Based Filter are available, but disabled by default.
Windows Embedded Device Manager 2011 Client Service Pack, v 1.0.600.0 ● Anti-Malware \ Defender ● Tablet / Touch ● Photo Viewer ● DirectAccess ● Branchcache ● Enterprise Search Scopes ● Applocker ● Remote Media Streaming ● Additional accessories such as Snipping Tool, Sticky Notes, etc Drivers To ensure you have the most up-to-date drivers, you can search for your product and download drivers for your digital signage player model. To find the latest drivers go to http://www8.hp.
Index A add-ons 1 administration tools 8, 10 D Drive C 5 Drive Z 5 E Enhanced Write Filter 2 F File-Based Write Filter 4 finding more information 1 finding utilities 1 system date and time 6 V virtualization software 7 W websites Citrix support 1 HP support 1 Microsoft support 1 VMware support 1 write filters 2 H help and support 1 HP Digital Signage Player Imaging Utility 8, 10 HP RAMDisk Manager 8, 10 HP ThinState 9, 11 HP Velocity 9, 11 I image capture and deployment 9, 11 image updates 1 L local dri
