HP Vectra VL 6xxx series 8 User Manual

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1 Starting DiagTools

Installing and Setting Up DiagTools

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3 Change to the directory where you extracted the DiagTools package.

For example

cd \dmi\hpdiags\light

4 Type

diaginst a:

(if your floppy disk drive is “A:”)

or

diaginst b:

(if your floppy disk drive is “B:”)

and follow the instructions on your screen.

NOTE

Please check for a README file in the directory where you extracted
the DiagTools package. The information contained in this file
supersedes any information given in this manual.

Updating DiagTools Remotely
(For Network Administrators)

If you are a network administrator, you can update the Hardware
Diagnostics files on remote client PCs using HP TopTools for Desktops.

Using TopTools Ver. 2.5x

Management Console

To update the Diagnostics files on remote PCs, select the

DiagTools

page of TopTools, click the

Update

button, and follow the instructions.

Using TopTools for

Desktops Device

Manager

To update the Diagnostics files on remote PCs, open the TopTools for
Desktops Device Manager in Internet Explorer (version 4.01 or above).
Click on

Devices>Device Types

,

and select

Personal Computers

in

the window that appears. Use shift-click or control-click to select the
DMI 2.x compliant PCs you want to update and right-click. Select

System Software>Distribute Diagnostics

from the menu that

appears and follow the instructions on your screen.

For more information about using TopTools, refer to the TopTools
online help in the

Help

menu and to HP’s Web site at

http://www.hp.com/go/manageability

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