Windows Embedded Standard 7 for HP Thin Clients - Administrator Guide

3 Configuration
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Local drives
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Managing user accounts
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Configuring the system date and time settings
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Installing large applications
Local drives
The following local drives are configured on the thin client by default:
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C: (flash drive)—This is where the operating system and software are installed. Writes to this
drive can be limited or restricted entirely by using a write filter.
CAUTION: HP recommends that you do not allow the available free space on the flash drive to
drop below 10% of the flash size. If the available free space on the flash drive drops below 15
MB, the thin client can become unstable.
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Z: (RAM drive)—This is a virtual drive that is created from the system's physical RAM. This drive
will look and behave like a standard fixed disk drive, but it is created at system startup and
destroyed at system shutdown. Therefore, HP recommends that you do not store information or
data on this virtual disk drive.
The following items are stored on the Z: drive:
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Browser web page cache
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Browser history
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Browser cookies
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Browser cache
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Temporary Internet files
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Print spooling
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User/system temporary files
You can use the HP RAMDisk Manager utility to configure the size of the Z: drive. For more
information, see
HP RAMDisk Manager on page 15.
TIP: HP recommends that you save files that you want to retain on a server rather than on the thin
client. By default, many software programs write cache files to the C: drive on the local system. If you
must write to a local drive, configure the software program's settings to use the Z: drive instead.
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