This week I bought a HP MediaSmart Server EX490 which runs Windows Home Server. The primary reason for buying a Windows Home Server was to get an easy to use solution in place that allows us to perform automated backups and share the data across the multiple devices. The most important computer at home is [...]
Archive of posts filed under the HP category.
Scripting HP Wireless Device State
An old colleague called me up this week (well in fact it was my old boss who has left our company), and told me about an issue they had when deploying an ISP specific Software Package that interacts with the Wireless Devices on their HP notebooks. The problem was that if the WWAN device has [...]
Windows 7 support for HP desktops, notebooks and workstations
HP has started publishing device drivers and software for Windows 7 for their desktops, notebooks and workstations. A complete overview of Windows 7 eligible models can be found here Business Desktops HP Compaq dc7900 HP Compaq dc7800 HP Compaq dc7700 HP Compaq dc5800 Business Workstations HP Z400 Workstation HP Z600 Workstation HP Z800 Workstation HP [...]
Power to Change
Small changes can make a world of difference. With Power To Change, you can help make the world a greener place. Install the Power To Change widget and start making a difference! Check out the Power to Change website for more information and download the Widget.
Cloud Printing
We all have heard about Cloud Computing, now there is Cloud Printing ! Check out HPs CloudPrint. It’s still in BETA but worth to take a look.
Playing games on a printer
Are all gaming devices you have in use by the other family members ? No problem, if you have the right HP printer you can use it to play games as well as demonstrated in this video.
The "HP" Garage
It’s here where HP started…… See more pictures of the HP House here: http://www.kennethkuhn.com/hpmuseum/garage/ And the Garage timeline is documented here: http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/abouthp/histnfacts/garage/timeline.html
Looking for HP Drivers ?
Usually when you would need a specific driver you go up to the vendors website and search for the driver download area. Since a while, HP provides a more convenient way to find latest drivers for your HP hardware. It’s called the HP Softpaq download manager. The HP Softpaq download manager allows you to easilly [...]
Automate BIOS configuration for HP clients
Today the following options exist to automate BIOS configuration for HP clients:The Client Management Interface allows you to use WSH to retrieve and set BIOS settings like in the example below which changes the Ownership Tag. Const wbemFlagReturnImmediately = 16 Const wbemFlagForwardOnly = 32 lFlags = wbemFlagReturnImmediately + wbemFlagForwardOnly strService = “winmgmts:{impersonationlevel=impersonate}//” strComputer = “.” [...]
