HP Smart Client Administrator's Guide

Control panel
The Control Panel button is the button with the wrench icon. The Control Panel menus allow access to
many GUI configuration settings.
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Connection button—launches the Select Connection Type screen to access Citrix, RDP, and
VMware View.
NOTE: The Connection button is disabled by default when using the HP Smart Client Service.
This button is enabled only during demo mode.
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Language button—allows you to select a new language.
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Keyboard Layout button—allows you to change the keyboard layout.
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Audio button—lets you control the volume.
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Additional Date and Time Settings button—lets you change the time zone, time, and date.
You can also configure it to use NTP time servers as specified by DHCP, to use the time server of
your choice, or to use no time server at all.
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Additional Configuration/Display Preferences button—lets you change your resolution,
depth, orientation, primary display video connector (DVI-I or DVI-D), secondary monitor mode,
and test your changes.
NOTE: If you rotate the screen either way, try to lower your resolution. The higher the resolution
during rotation, the poorer the video performance will be.
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Additional Configuration/Factory Reset button—allows you to restores the client to its
default settings and factory configuration.
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