Popular HP Notebook Software

[random15]

With HP OSD Utility, I can finally get completely rid of HP MediaSmart

I wonder why there is no Envy 14 support. 3RVX works well enough for me, but I would certainly like to give the HP software a shot again if it doesn't necessitate installing MediaSmart. From your experience does a volume change disable full screen? I'm not sure which notebooks had such an issue, but the HP OSD was notoriously annoying on the Envy 14 for this very reason.

[Z3tor]

HP OSD Utility doesn't require any MediaSmart software to operate. Fullscreen mode gets no longer disabled while changing or muting volume, although the volume level indicator is not displayed.

[random15]

Awesome. Now if it only had support for the Envy 14.

[Izagaia]

Just thought I would share a recent experience here with my dv6tqe-6000 series and HP's SimplePass 2011 software:

My system came shipped with version 5.0 and it is also the same version that is listed on HP's website in the driver download section for my notebook. Within the software, I elected to purchase the add-on from Authentec that allows you to place files and folders, selected, into a specially encrypted folder. The add-on is called "Keepsafe". It was twenty dollars USD so I thought, why not. At any rate, after installing the add-on, I found that I could not access the KeepSafe folder. The error of which, I included in the attachment below.

Just for yuks and giggles, I decided to check the version of SimplePass 2011 supplied for the new dv6tqe-6100 model. That version is 5.1 and seems to have provided the fix I needed in order for KeepSafe to work as it should. You can download HP SimplePass 2011 v5.1 here:

HP SimplePass Identity Protection 2011 Software


Hope this helps someone.

[pae77]

You can keep your HP DV8's and many other models software up to date by subscribing to two threads on this site that are regularly updated with the latest available updates.

For drivers: [Drivers] HP dv6-2XXX / dv7-3XXX / dv8 / HDX16 / HDX18 (INTEL)

For other HP software: http://forum.notebookreview.com/hp-d...mpilation.html

By keeping up with those threads, (not just the first page which is sometimes slow to be updated, but also the recent postings which usually contain the latest available updates), I already had what I believe is the latest version of SimplePass installed (5.1.0.175).

Imo, while the new version of SimplePass is an improvement over previous versions, it is still very crude and in need of many user interface improvements. But at least it now works with FF 4. I'm hoping that it will be further improved soon in future updates.

[Falco152]

Well, the dv6-2xxx updates the fastest and the most often out of all the driver threads since the mod own the model. But he have to spend the time to cross reference to be sure it works. It would certainly help him alot if you advertise his Driver threads and provide user feedback about which driver that works for their model.

It would certainly speed things up for him. (Plus finals is over for him now, I don't know if he has more club duties to finish up, so let him rest up a bit. He certainly well deserved it.)

Remember, to advertise the NBR HP Driver are newer version than posted on the actual HP download site.

[Z3tor]

HP Software Framework updates to version 4.1.6.1 A1

- Fixes an issue that caused a 30-second delay before some USB devices were
active after the system resumed from sleep or hibernation modes.

- Fixes an issue where the power consumption indicator in HP Power Assistant
displays 0 every 5 to 10 seconds before returning to the correct value.

- Fixes an issue that allowed the volume to go higher than 100% in HP Hotkey
Support.

- Fixes an issue where HP Power Assistant incorrectly indicates that the system
is charging when it is actually on DC power.

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp53501-54000/sp53546.html
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp53501-54000/sp53546.cva
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp53501-54000/sp53546.exe

[fish1203]

Hi,

What about HP Recovery Manager ? Mine only crashes when I try to launch it ever since I did a minimal system recovery on my Envy 17-2xxx, so I'd like to reinstall it but couldn't manage to find it on HP website...

Thanks.

[Z3tor]

HP Recovery Manager Installer for Windows 7 (32-bit & 64-bit) version 2.00.

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp53001-53500/sp53402.html
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp53001-53500/sp53402.cva
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp53001-53500/sp53402.exe

Supported models:

[System Information]
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SysId108=0x1651
SysName108=HP Pavilion dm4 Notebook PC

[fish1203]

Oh, thanks!

But unfortunately it won't install on my system... It only displays a message box saying "HP Recovery Manager - This softpaq will not be installed because HP Recovery Manager cannot be found in your system."