Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Compaq Computer Corporation, Inc.

Norman P Brown

William R Whipple

Randall L Hess

Drew S Johnson

Irwan Halim

David M Burckhartt

Mark D Moore

Ronald T Truong

James H Nuckols

Roger Alexander Cao

Sam J Lee

Kenneth W Stufflebeam

Jeffrey S Watters

Sam Jung-Won Lee

Joseph W Hoch

Wayne Sharum

David M Douglas

Roger P Anderson

Richard Tomaszewski

George Mandamadiotis

James D Parzych

Donald P Clary

James D Williams, Jr

Andreas Funk

Ronald Truong

Example embodiments relate to the display of operating status information in a remote desktop session. In example embodiments, a client transmits operating status information to a server via a remote desktop session established with the server. In response, the client may receive graphics information including displayed status information inserted by the server based on the operating status information. Finally, the client may output the graphics information on an available display. Other embodiments relate to a corresponding server and processing performed in the server.

Display of operating status information of a client in a remote desktop session

A method for updating a thin client image includes the steps of writing a service operating system (OS) from a network device to limited capacity memory of a thin client device, writing a large part of a new image from the network to the memory of the thin client in a series of portions, without writing over the service OS, and writing a final small part of the new image over the service OS.

System and method for safely updating thin client operating system over a network

Example embodiments relate to the display of user interface elements of a host operating system within a virtual machine guest operating system. In example embodiments, the host OS transmits information relating to a user interface element displayed within the host OS to the guest OS. The guest OS may then output a corresponding user interface element, receive input from a user interacting with the corresponding element within the guest OS, and return information describing the user input from the guest OS to the host OS.

Display of host operating system user interface elements within a guest operating system of a virtual machine

Example embodiments relate to initiation of storage device scans based on a record of existing scans of the storage device. In particular, example embodiments include a mechanism that maintains a record of existing scans of the storage device including an entry for each scan initiated by one of a plurality of scanning processes. In some embodiments, the record of existing scans may then be accessed in determining whether to initiate or permit initiation of a new scan.

Initiation of storage device scans

A system comprises a first non-volatile storage device that contains an operating system. The system also comprises a second non-volatile storage device that contains basic input/output system (BIOS) code and at least one parameter used by the operating system or by a network interface, and not by the BIOS code.

Method of retaining crucial thin client system settings unused by the BIOS in the memory space of a storage device containing the BIOS

According to an embodiment, a system comprises a client, a BIOS on the client, and an image support application in the BIOS operable to re-image the client.

System and method for re-imaging computers

To find a management server, a computer selects one of plural techniques of obtaining an address of the management server. One of the plural techniques comprises the computer exchanging configuration messaging with a configuration server to obtain the address of the management server.

Finding a management server

A system is provided, the system includes a base computer having operating system (OS) settings and Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) settings. The system also includes a plurality of managed computers. An OS image file having the OS settings and the BIOS settings is transferred from the base computer to the managed computers for configuring the managed computers.

Methods and systems for configuring computers

Methods and systems of controlling power of a computer system. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods comprising actuating a power button of a peripheral device coupled to a computer system, sending a message from the peripheral device to the computer system over a message-based communication pathway indicating actuation of the power button, and performing an action by the computer system based on the message.

Method and system of controlling operational state of a computer system via power button of a peripheral device

According to at least one embodiment, a system comprises an interface means for supporting a plurality of functional accesses; and means for selectively limiting on a per user basis access to certain ones of said plurality of functional accesses via the interface means.

System and method for managing access to functions supported by a multi-function port

In one embodiment, a system and method for proliferating a computing device configuration relates to generating a categorized registry file including at least one registry entry that is categorized relative to a feature of the source computing device to which the at least one registry entry pertains, providing the categorized registry file to a target computing device, determining whether to import the at least one registry entry relative to a category to which the at least one registry entry is related, and importing the at least one registry entry into a registry of the target computing device if it is determined to so import it.

Systems and methods for proliferating a computing device configuration

A computer application stored on a storage medium (e.g., a portable storage medium such as a compact disk) is automatically launched. Initialization information expressed in accordance with a predefined syntax is stored on the storage medium. Also stored in the computer is 'launching' information sufficient, together with the initialization information, to enable the computer to launch the application. The application is automatically launched, without user intervention, by reading the initialization information and using it in connection with the launching information stored in the computer.

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Tomball, TX, United States of America

Norman P Brown