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Why does HP require a password to download new and previous firmware versions from their web site?

April 26, 2017download firmware HP password previous require versions web site

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Why does HP require a password to download new and previous firmware versions from their web site?

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Jim Watson watson@kiss.de posted the following on the comp.publish.cdrom.hardware UseNet news group. I emailed the tech support at HP and apparently this upgrade is only for certain situations text follows: Q. Can you please explain why you have password protected the firmware files? A. Not all users need the 1.25 firmware upgrade. The firmware upgrade programs have been password protected because we need to know who is using them and give special instructions. There will probably not be any more than one more upgrade program in the future. I can offer passwords and filename information via Email. — HP SureStore Tech Support.