[CVA File Information] CVA Version=2 CVASyntaxVersion=1.0L [Software Title] US=Intel SpeedStep Technology Applet FR= GR= JP= NL= SP= [US.Software Description] The Intel SpeedStep Technology Applet is a Windows program that allows an enabled CPU to operate in multiple performance states: Battery Optimized (low frequency) and Maximum Performance (high frequency). This applet will place an icon on the system tray to provide a visual indication of the CPU state. It will also allow the user to set/adjust the CPU state to their preference. [FR.Software Description] [GR.Software Description] [JP.Software Description] [NL.Software Description] [SP.Software Description] [General] DeliverableID= PN= Version=1.30 Revision=A Pass=01 Division=Commercial Portables DistributionMethod=Pre-Install Type=Application Category=Management Installation=SilentInstall UserMustBeLoggedIn=0 InstallsSystemComponents=0 [DetailFileInformation] PRPCUI.EXE=,0x0001,0x0003,0x0000,0x0000 [SupportedLanguages] Languages=US [Softpaq] SoftpaqNumber=SP16532 SoftpaqEffectiveDate=January 12, 2001 SoftpaqUtilityVersion=5.0 SupersededSoftpaqNumber=SP15331 PackageExtraction=/FLAT [Operating Systems] NT40=OEM WIN95=OEM WIN98=OEM WIN2000=OEM [System Information] [Devices] [Software Dependencies] PN= SP= [US.Enhancements] Enh1= 1. The v1.3 release of the Intel SpeedStep Applet removes a dependency on specific MSR reads during initialization. 2. The v1.3 release is logo'ed for Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows ME and Windows NT4.0. Signature files are provided for all logo'ed operating systems except Windows NT 4.0. 3. The signature files, PRPC.CAT, included with the v1.3 release include signatures for the localized support files (27 languages total). The Spanish Latin-American version has been removed as MS does not support this language. 4. The v1.3 release removes previously added MSR reads. The v1.2 release added these reads to determine whether a system is capable of Intel SpeedStep technology transitions. These are removed because they bind specific releases of the Applet to processor families and limit the Applet's ability to work across multiple generations. The IST Applet will continue to rely on BIOS information to determine whether a given system is capable of Intel SpeedStep technology transitions. 5. The v1.3 release fixes the Japanese language context-sensitive help. When running on Windows 2000 and NT 4.0, the symbols for copyright and trademark were displayed as garbage characters. 6. The v1.3 release removes the context-sensitive help from the Intel Logo. It displayed a copyright of 1999. Since the copyright string is tied to the help files and they have not been updated since 1999, with the exception of Japanese, it was decided to remove the display of copyright dates. Copyright data is contained in the Properties of the IST Applet's binary files. 7. Windows NT4.0 systems only. The v1.3 release fixes the reading of user BIOS preferences. Under certain conditions on Windows NT 4.0 systems, the Applet must wait for the driver to initialize before completing its own initialization process. An example of this condition is a fully installed network that requires DHCP to assign an IP address to the system. If the network card remains plugged in, but the network cable is removed, the DHCP service takes a very long time to time-out. While the DHCP service waits to time-out, other drivers are not loaded by the OS. The user is allowed to log-in, thus causing the IST Applet to load before the driver. In this case, the Applet continues to check for the driver to be loaded every second until an Applet specific time-out occurs. This timeout is the number of seconds described by the registry value AppletTimeout. If this occurs, previous versions of the Applet did not correctly read the settings of the user BIOS preferences and set the system to Maximum Performance (MP). 8. The InstallShield installation package for the v1.3 release will uninstall any previously installed version of the Intel SpeedStep technology Applet automatically and silently before installing this version. 9. In this document, The SMI command interface calls have been renamed from SpeedStep to the Intel SpeedStep technology acronym "IST". The operation of the SMI calls remains the same. For example, GetSpeedStepStatus is now GetISTStatus. This naming convention reflects the naming convention for the SMI command interface in the BIOS Writer's Guide. [US.Solutions] Sol1= [US.Notes] [End-User Installation Instructions] 1. Click on Start, Run 2. Then type in Setup.exe [Silent Installation Instructions] 1. Click on Start, Run 2. Then type Setup.exe -s [Blind Installation Instructions] [Uninstallation Instructions] Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Intel SpeedStep Technology Applet [Install Execution] SilentInstall="Disk1\setup.exe" -s -SMS BlindInstall= Uninstall= InstallRecover= [MSBATCH Installation Instructions] [NTDS Installation Instructions]