HP Compaq Presario SR5612F Quick Reference Guide

Quick Reference Guide
Microsoft Windows XPe-based Thin Clients ­t5710 & t5720
Document Part Number: 253378-008
July 2006
This guide supplements the standard Microsoft Windows XPe documents supplied by Microsoft Corporation. This document highlights the differences, enhancements, and additional features provided with this terminal.
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Quick Reference Guide
Microsoft Windows XPe-based Thin Clients - t5710 & t5720
Eighth Edition (July 2006) Document Part Number: 253378-008

Contents

Contents
Introduction
Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2
The XPe desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2
User desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2
Administrator desktop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4
Server environment requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–5
Session services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–5
Citrix ICA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–5
Microsoft RDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–5
Terminal emulation support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–6
Support service - Altiris Deployment Solution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–6
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Configuration
Logging on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1
Automatic logon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1
Manual logon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2
Administrator logon access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3
Logging off, restarting, and shutting down the thin client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3
Enhanced Write Filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4
Power management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4
System time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5
Local drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6
Drive Z . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6
Drive C and flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–7
Saving files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–7
Mapping network drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–7
Roaming profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–8
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User accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–8
Creating a new user account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–8
User Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–9
User profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–9
Regional and Language Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–11
Administrative Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–12
Applications
Sygate firewall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–2
Microsoft Windows Firewall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–3
On-by-default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–3
Configuring Microsoft Windows Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–3
Gathering configuration information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–7
Troubleshooting applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–7
Failure symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–8
Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–8
Adding a program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–9
Adding a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–9
Additional resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–10
Citrix Program Neighborhood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–11
Remote Desktop Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–12
HP PC Session Allocation Manager (SAM) Client. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–13
TeemNT Terminal Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–14
Altiris Client Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–15
Microsoft Internet Explorer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–16
Windows Media Player 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–17
Macromedia Flash Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–17
Contents
Control Panel extended selections
Enhanced Write Filter Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1
Enhanced Write Filter Manager command line control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–3
Enhanced Write Filter user interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–4
Enhanced Write Filter status tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6
HP RAMDisk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–7
HP DHCP Settings Update Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–8
ThinState Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–9
ThinState Deploy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–14
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Administration and image upgrades
Altiris Deployment Solution software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–1
Add-on upgrades. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–1
Image upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–2
ThinState Capture and Deploy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–2
HP Compaq Thin Client Imaging Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–3
Peripherals
USB to serial converter cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–1
Printers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–2
Adding printers-using generic text-only print driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–3
Using manufacturer print drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–3
Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–4
Index
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Introduction

HP Compaq t57x0 thin client models use the Microsoft Windows XP Embedded (XPe) operating system. These thin clients provide the flexibility, connectivity, security, multimedia, and peripheral capabilities that make them ideal for most mainstream business use:
Flexible
Win32 based application support
Extensive peripheral device support
Connectivity
Latest versions of Citrix Program Neighborhood, Microsoft
RDP, and TeemNT
Familiar Windows XP Professional user interface
Improved security
Sygate/Symantec Firewall and antivirus
Microsoft Firewall
Locked down protected Flash drive
Multimedia
Windows Media Player
Midi (Add-on)
Windows Messenger
Macromedia Flash
Internet browsing
Internet Explorer
Adobe Acrobat (Add-on)
Sun JVM (Add-on)
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Extensive MUI support: English, French, German, Spanish,
Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, and Japanese
HP provides this client “ready to go” out of the box to meet most common customer requirements. You may want to add/remove features, and customize it to your specific needs.
This guide will introduce you to the features of this client that are not found in the standard Microsoft Windows XP operating system.
Typically, a terminal is configured locally then used as a template for other terminals, which are then configured using local or remote administration tools.

Updates

HP provides add-ons, QFEs, and periodic updates for thin client images. Check the HP support site for these updates or for important documentation that provides specific information for your image version at

The XPe desktop

http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html.
This section provides a general overview of Windows XPe user and administrator desktop features and functions.

User desktop

The desktop that displays when you are logged on as a user is a standard Windows XP desktop, with the exception that the only icons displayed are for the Citrix Program Neighborhood, Microsoft RDP, and Internet Explorer. These selections are also available from the Start menu. You can open the terminal emulator application from Start > Programs.
Links to remote ICA NFuse-published applications may also be listed
on the Start menu and/or displayed as icons on the desktop. Refer to the Citrix documentation for information and instructions.
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For information about the functionality of the standard Windows XPe desktop and Start menu items, refer to the applicable Microsoft documentation at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/embedded/windowsxpembedded/default .aspx
For the Web addresses of the Citrix Program Neighborhood and Microsoft RDP help documents, see Chapter 3, in section “Citrix
Program Neighborhood.”
The Control Panel, available by clicking Start > Control Panel,
provides access to a limited set of resources for changing Windows XPe user preferences. You must log on as Administrator to access the extended set of system resources.
Right-clicking the mouse when the pointer is on a user’s desktop
background does not open a pop-up menu.
You may copy and paste text between a remote session and local
computer using standard copy and paste methods.
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Administrator desktop

The desktop that displays when you are logged on as an administrator is a standard Windows XP desktop. Icons present on the default administrator desktop Start menu include:
Citrix Program Neighborhood
Microsoft RDP
Internet Explorer
For information about the functionality of the standard Windows XPe desktop and Start menu items, refer to the Microsoft Web site at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/embedded/windowsxpembedded/default .aspx
Right-clicking the mouse when the pointer is on the administrator’s
desktop background opens a pop-up menu.
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Server environment requirements

HP thin clients use a variety of services accessed through a network. These services include session and product support services as well as standard network services such as DHCP and DNS. Thin clients require the following:
Session services
Support services

Session services

The network to which your thin client is connected requires any of the following session services:
Citrix ICA
Microsoft RDP
Terminal Emulation Support
Citrix ICA
Introduction
You can make Citrix Independent Computing Architecture (ICA) available on the network using Citrix MetaFrame or Presentation Server for Microsoft Windows 2000 Server family, and Windows 2003 Server family.
Microsoft RDP
The Terminal Services Client application on the thin client accesses Microsoft Terminal Services. You can make Microsoft RDP available on the network using any of the following services:
Microsoft Windows 2000/2003 Server with Terminal Services
installed
Microsoft Windows Server 2000/2003
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If a Windows 2000/2003 server is used for both of these session
services (ICA and RDP), a Terminal Services Client Access Licenses TSCAL) server must also reside somewhere on the network. Client Access licenses permit clients to use the terminal, file, print, and other network services provided by Windows 2000/2003 Server. The server grants temporary licenses (on an individual device basis) that are good for 90 days. Beyond that, you must purchase TSCALs and install them in the TSCAL server. You cannot make a connection without a temporary or permanent license.
For additional information about Microsoft Terminal Services, see the Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/technologies/terminal/def ault.asp
Terminal emulation support
All t57x0 thin-client models include third-party terminal emulation software to support computing on legacy platforms. The terminal emulation software uses the Telnet protocol to communicate with the computing platform.

Support service - Altiris Deployment Solution

The Altiris Deployment Solution™ support service is available for your thin client network. This service provides an easy-to-use, integrated tool that allows remote management of thin clients throughout their life cycle, including initial deployment, ongoing management, and software deployment.
You must install the Altiris Deployment Solution on a Windows 2000/2003 Server, or a workstation capable of logging on as administrator to a domain that provides specified network services which can access a software repository for your thin client. The Altiris Deployment Solutions software uses a Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) session and protocol to reimage or recover your thin client. PXE upgrade services are built into the Altiris Deployment Solution.
For additional information about the Altiris Deployment Solution, refer to the Altiris Web site at: review the Altiris Deployment Solution User Guide.
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Logging on

You can log on to your thin client either automatically or manually.

Automatic logon

The default for the XPe-based thin client is automatic logon. The administrator can use the HP Windows Logon Configuration Manager in the Control Panel to enable/disable auto logon and change the auto logon user name, password, and domain. Only the administrator account can change auto logon properties.
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Manual logon

To save changes, be sure to disable the write filter cache or issue the
-commit command anytime during the current boot session. See
Chapter 4, in section “Enhanced Write Filter Manager” for
information about and instructions for disabling the write filter. Enable the write filter when you no longer want permanent changes.
Enabling automatic logon bypasses the Log On to Windows dialog box. To log on as a different user while auto logon is enabled, press and hold displays the Log On to Windows dialog box and allows you to manually enter the logon information.
When automatic logon is disabled, thin client startup displays the Log On to Windows dialog box. Type the logon information in the User Name and Password text boxes. Note the following:
For a user account, the factory-default user name and password
For an administrator account, the factory-default user name and
Shift while clicking Start > Shut Down > Log Off. This
are both User.
password are both Administrator.
For security purposes, HP recommends that you change the
passwords from their default values. An administrator can change passwords by pressing Security dialog box, and then selecting Change Password. You cannot change the password when logged on as a user.
Passwords are case sensitive but user names are not.
The administrator may create additional user accounts using the
User Accounts utility available in the Administrative Tools option in Control Panel. However, due to local memory constraints, you should keep the number of additional users to a minimum. For more information, see Chapter 2, in section “User
accounts.”
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Ctrl+Alt+Del to open the Windows
Configuration

Administrator logon access

To access Administrator logon regardless of the state of the thin client user mode:
» While holding down Shift, use the mouse to initiate logoff of the
User (invoked from the Start menu).
The screen for Administrator logon displays.
The default username and password for the Administrator account is
Administrator. The default user name and password for the User account is User.
You can use the HP Windows Logon Configuration Manager to permanently modify the default login user. Located in the Control Panel, only the Administrator can access this application.

Logging off, restarting, and shutting down the thin client

To restart, shut down, or log off from the thin client, click Start > Shut Down. From the Shut Down dialog box, select the desired action, and then click OK.
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You may also log off or shut down using the Windows Security
dialog box. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to open the dialog.
If automatic logon is enabled, when you log off (without shutting
down) the thin client immediately logs on the default user. For instructions for logging on as a different user, see Chapter 2, in
section “Logging on.”
The following utilities are affected by logging off, restarting, or shutting down the thin client:
Enhanced Writer Filter
Power Management
System Time

Enhanced Write Filter

For detailed information about the Enhanced Write Filter, see Chapter
4, in section “Enhanced Write Filter Manager.” If you want to save
changes to system configuration settings, you must disable the write filter cache or issue the session. Otherwise, the new settings will be lost when the thin client is shut down or restarted. Enable the write filter when you no longer want to make permanent changes.
-commit command during the current boot
The write filter cache contents are not lost when you log off and on again (as the same or different user). You may disable the write filter cache after the new logon and still retain the changes.
A user logon account does not have write filter disabling privileges; this is a local or remote administrator function.
A softpaq is available that allows you to synchronize client passwords
without disabling EWF. See this softpaq.
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Power management

A “Monitor Saver” turns off the video signal to the monitor after a designated idle time, allowing the monitor to enter a power-saving mode. Parameters for this mode are available by right-clicking on the desktop background and selecting Properties > Screen Saver > Power.
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System time

After power off, clock time is not lost as long as the power source remains plugged in. You can manually set the local time, or you can automatically set the local time utility to synchronize the thin client clock to a time server at a designated time.
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You should maintain correct time because some applications may
require access to the local thin client time. To open the Date and Time Properties dialog, click on the time area in the task bar or double-click the Date and Time icon in the Control Panel.

Local drives

The following sections describe the local drives located on the thin client.
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Drive Z

Configuration
Drive Z is the onboard volatile memory (Ms-ramdrive) on the logic board of the thin client. Because drive Z is volatile memory, HP recommends that you do not use this drive to save data that you want to retain. For Ramdisk configuration instructions, see Chapter 4, in
section “HP RAMDisk.” For information about using the Z drive for
roaming profiles, see Chapter 2, in section “Roaming profiles.”

Drive C and flash

Drive C is in the onboard flash drive. HP recommends that you do not write to drive C, as writing to drive C reduces the free space on the flash.
CAUTION: If the available free space on the flash drive is reduced to
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below 3 MB, the thin client becomes unstable.
A write filter is used by the thin client for security and to prevent excessive flash write activity. Changes to the thin client configuration are lost when the thin client is restarted unless the write filter cache is disabled or a
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Configuration
session. See the write filter topics in Chapter 4, in section “Enhanced
Write Filter Manager.” for instructions to disable the cache. Enable
the write filter when you no longer want permanent changes.

Saving files

CAUTION: The thin client uses an embedded operating system with a
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fixed amount of flash memory. HP recommends that you save files that you want to retain on a server rather than on your thin client. Be careful of application settings that write to the C drive, which resides in flash memory (in particular, many applications by default write cache files to the C drive on the local system). If you must write to a local drive, change the application settings to use the Z drive. To minimize writing to the C drive, update configuration settings as described in Chapter 2, in section
“User accounts.”

Mapping network drives

You can map network drives if you log on as either Administrator or User.
To keep the mappings after the thin client is rebooted:
1. Disable the write filter cache during the current boot session or issue the
-commit command.
2. Select Reconnect at Logon.
Because a user logon cannot disable the write filter cache, you can retain the mappings by logging off the user (do not shut down or restart) and logging back on as Administrator, and then disabling the write filter.
You can also assign the remote home directory by using a user manager utility or by other means known to administrators.
Roaming profiles
Write roaming profiles to the C drive. The profiles need to be limited in size and will not be retained when the thin client is rebooted.
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For roaming profiles to work and be downloaded, there must be
sufficient flash space available. In some cases it may be necessary to remove software components to free up space for roaming profiles.

User accounts

This section describes how to create a new user account and user profile.

Creating a new user account

CAUTION: Make sure to disable the write filter cache during the boot
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session in which a new account is created. Remember to enable the write filter after saving all of your permanent changes to flash.
You must log on as Administrator to create user accounts locally or remotely. Due to local flash/disk space constraints, you should keep the number of additional users to a minimum.
Use the User Manager utility to create new user accounts. To access this utility, click Control Panel > Performance and Maintenance > Administrative Tools.
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User Manager

User Manager is a utility that allows the administrator to create, delete, and maintain user accounts.

User profiles

A new user profile is automatically configured from a template based on the default user or administrator access settings in the registry, browser profiles, and ICA and Microsoft RDP initial settings. If the default user or administrator profile settings are changed from those set at the factory, the changed settings are automatically applied to the new user profile.
For the new user to match the characteristics of the default user, the administrator must create the user in the User group and add the new user to the Administrator group. The default user is in both groups; otherwise the new user will not be able to add a local printer. The user's actions are still limited while the user is in the Administrator group.
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