Technical Notes

USB Device Support

Neoware’s version of Microsoft Windows XP Embedded includes USB support for a number of common external devices such as key- boards, mice, and printers, as well as external drives (Zip, CD-ROM, Floppy, and SuperDisk). Following is a list of devices tested and known to work with Neoware XPe thin clients, as an example:

Logitech USB wheel mouse

IBM USB keyboard

Iomega 100 MB & 250 MB USB external Zip drives

Archos USB MiniCD CD-ROM external drive

Epson USB printer

TEAC 1.44 MB USB external floppy drive

Imation 120 MB USB external SuperDisk drive

Iomega external 40GB hard drive

Remote Management & Configuration

ezRemote Manager Neoware’s remote management software, ezRemote Manager, is a server-based application that provides sophisticated centralized administration capabilities for the full line of Neoware thin clients.

Note that for XPe 1.3 the minimum version of ezRemote Manager that is required is 3.0.3. This version is not supported by the Neoware hardware platforms G200, WN3, WN6 and WN6b.

With ezRemote Manager, you can:

Locate and view the specifications of Windows XPe thin clients on your network.

Select, group, and print lists of your Windows XPe thin clients for easy management.

Centrally update the Windows XPe system software of your thin clients.

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