User manual SONY VAIO VGN-SR220J/H

[. . . ] SONY shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. First Edition (January 2008) Document Part Number: 453901­001 About This Book 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. Text set off in this manner indicates that failure to follow directions could result in bodily harm or loss of life. [. . . ] This enables the Check Names command button. The newly created user is now a member of both the administrators and users groups and should match the privileges of the default user account. 12 Chapter 2 Configuration ENWW Regional and Language Options The keyboard language options are preset at the factory. Should you need to make a change, the keyboard language selection is made through the Regional and Language Options selection in the Control Panel. From this program you can select the type of keyboard you are using as well as the layout/IME settings. ENWW Regional and Language Options 13 Administrative Tools Click the Administrative Tools icon in the Control Panel to gain access to the available administrative tools: 14 Chapter 2 Configuration ENWW 3 Applications The XP Embedded image that ships with your thin client has the following preinstalled applications: Sygate Firewall Citrix Program Neighborhood Microsoft RDP SONY PC Session Allocation Manager (SAM) Client TeemNT Terminal Emulation Altiris Client Agent Internet Explorer Windows Messenger Media Player Macromedia Flash Player Access to the following applications is limited to the Administrator logon account: Sygate Firewall Altiris Client Agent Macromedia Flash Player Additional applications in the form of add-ons are provided and can be downloaded from the SONY Web site. Check the SONY support site for these applications or for other important updates or documentation: http://welcome. hp. com/country/us/en/support. html. ENWW 15 Sygate firewall The SONY XPe SP2 image includes a Sygate firewall. SONY Sygate Security Agent provides a customizable firewall that helps protect your computer from intrusion and misuse, whether malicious or unintentional. The firewall detects and identifies known Trojans, port scans, and other common attacks, and in response, selectively allows or blocks the use of various networking services, applications, ports, and components. SONY Sygate Standalone Agent has the ability to allow or block any port or protocol, inbound or outbound, by either application or traffic signature. The Agent not only blocks according to these parameters, but can also link them with logical and/or conditional statements, increasing the scope and flexibility of polices that you can apply. The Agent can also block and apply policy to custom protocol adapters, enabling enterprises to use custom network-enabled applications and to block applications that circumvent the TCP/IP stack with custom protocol adapters. Additional information about the Sygate Firewall is available in the SONY Sygate Security Agent and Symantec Embedded Security: Frequently Asked Questions white paper at http://h20000. www2. hp. com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00632596/c00632596. pdf. 16 Chapter 3 Applications ENWW Microsoft Windows Firewall An improved Microsoft Windows Firewall (previously known as Internet Connection Firewall, or ICF) is available from SONY as an add-on. The firewall is enabled by default after you install the add-on. Default Settings: Restore Windows Firewall to a default configuration. Gathering configuration information To examine the current policy configuration for Windows Firewall, you can use the following command: netsh firewall show configuration. Troubleshooting applications Modifying an application to work with a stateful filtering firewall is the ideal way to resolve issues. This is not always possible, so the firewall provides an interface for configuring exceptions for ports and applications. ENWW Microsoft Windows Firewall 19 Failure symptoms Failures related to the default configuration will manifest in two ways: Client applications may fail to receive data from a server. Examples include an FTP client, multimedia streaming software, and new mail notifications in some e-mail applications. Server applications running on the Windows XPe computer may not respond to client requests. Examples include a Web server such as Internet Information Services (IIS), Remote Desktop, and File Sharing. NOTE: Failures in network applications are not limited to firewall issues. RPC or DCOM security changes can cause failures. It is important to note whether the failure is accompanied by a Windows Firewall Security Alert indicating that an application is being blocked. Resolution With either of the failures mentioned above, you can add exceptions to the configuration for Windows Firewall. Exceptions configure the firewall to permit specific inbound connections to the computer. NOTE: SONY recommends adding a program instead of adding a port. Adding a program is easier and safer than adding a port because you do not have to know which port numbers to use, and the port is only open when the program is waiting to receive a connection. Only the specified application can use the port, whereas opening a port allows any application to use it. Adding a program The recommended configuration involves adding a program to the exception list. [. . . ] For more information, see Altiris Client Agent on page 26. For more information about available peripherals, see the model QuickSpecs at http://h10010. www1. hp. com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF04a/12454-321959-89307-338927-89307. html. Select the model, select Specifications, and then click the QuickSpec link. Printers A generic universal print driver is installed on the thin client to support text-only printing to a locally connected printer. To print full text and graphics to a locally connected printer, install the driver provided by the manufacturer and follow the manufacturer's instructions. [. . . ]