NEC POWERMATE 2000 - RELEASE NOTES 06-2001 Release Note

NEC PowerMate® 2000 Series

Release Note s

Contents

Applications......................................................................................................................... 3

System Configuration........................................................................................................... 3

Configuring the System for Microsoft Internet Explorer Software..................................3

Changing Network Settings on Systems with the Windows NT Operating System.......... 3

Changing Network Settings on Systems with the Windows 2000 Operating System.......4

Network Type and/or Workgroup.............................................................................5

Installing/Uninstalling Network Protocols................................................................ 5

TCP/IP Configuration for DNS................................................................................ 5

Reinstalling Service Pack 6a on Systems with the Windows NT Operating System.........5

Intel LANDesk Client Manager Remote Functions ............................................................... 6

Wake-On LAN When Resuming from Save to File............................................................... 6

Resume System Operation from Standby.............................................................................. 6

Updates to NEC Computers Support Service Information..................................................... 7

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Applications

The syst em comes with the opera ting system preloa ded. Systems that come with the option of
Microsoft

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Windows® 2000 or Microsoft Windows NT® can be confi gured with either

Windows 2000 or Windows NT.

Note

The o perating system you initi ally install is t he onl y one yo u can res tor e with the NEC P roduct
Recovery program. You cannot use the Restore program to change the operating system.

Once you choose the operating system, the other operating system is not available.

The syst em also comes preload ed wi th the Intel® Processor Serial Number Control Utility. Use
this ut ility to ena bl e or disabl e the readin g of the Intel Pentium

Applications, drivers, and utilities provided by NEC Computers Inc. come on the
PowerMate® 2000 Series Appli cation and Driver CD. Use the Appli cation and Driver CD with
the NEC Customize Utility to load the software on your hard drive. You can also use the
Application and Driver CD and Customize Utility to reinstall any of the NEC Computers Inc.
provided software if the software becomes corrupted or causes data loss.

Your system also comes with a PowerMate 2000 Series Product Recovery CD. Use this program
for a full system restore, i f it becomes n ecessary, or for an operating system restore only.

See your PowerMate user’s gu ide for informati on about usin g the softwar e th at comes on these
CDs.

System Configuration

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III processor serial nu mber.

See the following sections for system configuration information.

Configuring the System for Microsoft Internet Explorer Software

TCP /IP must be enabled before you can use the Mic rosoft Interne t Expl orer s oftware.
On system s wi th the Micr osoft Win dows 98 Second Edition (S E) operating system and the

Windows 2000 operating system, the first boot of the system au tomatically instal ls TCP / IP as
part of the Internet Connection setup.

For syst ems with Windows NT, you can install TCP/I P with the Inter net Connection Wizard or
by changing the Windows NT network sett ings. The Internet C onnection Wi zard is invoked the
first time you use Microsoft Internet Explorer. Follow the prompts to install TCP/IP. To change
the Windows NT settings for TCP/IP, see the following section, “Changing Network Settings on
Systems wi t h the Windows NT Oper at ing System. ”

Note

procedures.

You might want to have your System Administrator assist you with the following

Changing Network Settings on Systems with the Windows NT Operating
System

The Windows NT oper ating system is config ured with the NetBEUI and NWLink protocols
enabled . Ho wever, bef ore you connect a system to your network you might need to:

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enable a different network pr otocol

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dis able un need e d prot ocols for enhanced system p erformanc e

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add or change network, domain, and gateway information.

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