Using the DMI Interface

For a complete explanation of how to take full advantage of DMI, see the following documentation (provided with your notebook):

∙A README.TXT file.

∙A Windows online help file describing Hewlett-Packard’s implementation of DMI (group and attribute definitions). Since not all models support all of Hewlett-Packard enhanced features, this document also describes any restrictions that apply.

Description of DMI

The Desktop Management Interface (DMI) is the result of the efforts of the Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF) founded in 1992 by a group of leading computer manufacturers—including Hewlett-Packard—to define a standard method of managing the physical and logical components of personal computers.

Hewlett-Packard has developed a number of extensions to DMI to allow it to manage the enhanced features of HP notebook computers, including passwords and tattooing (identifying a computer using a unique string of characters).

For full details of the structure of the MIF file (including an explanation of the fields of groups and attributes, and how to write an application program that accesses this information), access the DMTF FTP server ftp.dmtf.org or the DMTF web pages at the http://www.dmtf.org.

Uninstalling the DMI Package

1.Click Start, Programs, HP TopTools for Notebooks, Uninstall DMI.

2.Restart the notebook.

HP OmniBook XE3

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