My son just picked up an HP thin client from a store that was going out of business. I'm trying to reformat it for him but HP doesn't seem to have the OS on their site. It's a HP t5740e. When I turn it on all I get is a web browser (no desktop, nothing). Is there any place I can download the OS and get this thing up and running for him?
Does it run an o/s a lot of these only work as a client with no option to do anything else. Does it have a hard drive?
It has a 4gb ata flash disk. I did get to the Admin login but none of the default passwords work
So you cant install anything most of these are very cheap as all then can do is RDP to a server or pc all you can do is let it rdp to a pc
Not trying to sound dumb but why can't I install anything? I don't have a problem getting into the bios (I have the bios password), the account password is what isn't working. Would I be able to put a lite version of xp or 7 on it with a bootable usb?
It should have a version of Windows on it but very limited it was never designed to run a full o/s 4gig is only enough to run most basic o/s and there may be no drivers
A thin client terminal (previously known as a Dumb Terminal), is usually fitted with a network adaptor, a small amount of local storage to hold settings, and a ROM chip that contains the Boot code. It is designed to connect to a server that supplies all the code it needs to do the tasks the user wishes to perform.
There is no way to install an OS as the system does not have the space, or sufficient memory or processor to run standalone.
They were the office system of choice until the rise of windows (and other Smart terminal devices), back in the 1980s, and they did have a small resurgence a few years ago until the boom in mobile computing, again sent them into obscurity. They did have the cost advantage, when Windows based computing was in it's infancy, but this soon disappeared when the clone systems arrived and lowered the costs of Smart devices dramatically.
Without a suitable Server, and this would normally be a Mainframe computer, a Thin Client terminal is, these days, totally redundant
You can install a Linux OS on a USB flash disk or USB HDD.
Well guess I get to experiment lol. I got some parts laying around from other builds. Gonna see if I can mod this thing some how. Update you when I'm done.
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