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---+ Post Install Steps for x2intel001-v2- image

---++ This page is under construction (Information presented here is not necessarily correct)

---++ Immediately Post-Imaging
---+++ Windows

* IMPORTANT NOTE: Do NOT restart the computer except where noted
---++++ Perform Initial Setup
   1 Boot, Windows will perform first run setup, may take a while (will install drivers)
   1 Will then reboot
   1 Windows' Set Up Windows wizard will appear 
      * Page One: 
         * Change country to Canada -&gt; Next
      * Page Two: 
         * Username: Temp
         * Computer name: eg: rsg-pc070 -&gt; Next
      * Page three: 
         * Password: use cscf-op or cscf-adm password
         * Hint: "Fall 2011 cscf-op" (or whatever is relevant)
      * Page Four: 
         * Accept the license -&gt; Next
      * Page Five: 
         * Install Important Updates Only
      * Page Six: 
         * Set Time zone: UTC-05:00 Eastern Time (US & Canada)
         * Check box: Automatically adjust clock for daylight savings time
         * Check Date/Time: Adjust if necessary -&gt; Next
      * Page Seven: (Only if Wireless card present) 
         * If asked about connecting to a wireless network -&gt; Click Skip
      * Page Seven / Seven.One: 
         * Select Work Network
      * Setup Will continue after restarting
---++++ Activate Windows and Office
   1 Activate Windows 
      * If Asked on boot 
         * Click Activate Now
         * Click Activate Windows online now
         * Click close
      * Otherwise 
         * Start -&gt; Control Panel -&gt; System and Security -&gt; System
         * At the bottom, Click the link to Activate Windows
         * Click Activate Windows online now
         * Click close
         * Close the Control Panel
      * If you are receiving errors on activating and you have a network connection 
         * Click on the time at the bottom right of the taskbar
         * Click Change date and time settings...
         * Click the Internet Time tab
         * Click Change settings...
         * Click Update now next to the time server box
         * Attempt to re activate windows
         * If you are still receiving an error, re-enter the product key by running slui 3 in command prompt and enter the new key
   1 Activate Office 
      * Open Microsoft Word
      * Click OK
      * Install Update Only
      * File -&gt; Help -&gt; Activate 
         * See: CFPrivate.MicrosoftOfficeLicenseKey

---++++ Correct Hardware Detection Problems
   1 If Screen resolution is too low (Looks really bad) 
      * If it is a Lenovo Thinkpad T420s (you can try this with another Lenovo as well, may or may not work) 
         * Open Windows Explorer (Windows Key + E)
         * Navigate to C:\drivers\T420s\SWTOOLS\VIDEO\83D635WW * Run setup.exe
         * Follow the onscreen instructions, don't restart
      * Otherwise 
         * Start -&gt; Control Panel -&gt; Adjust Screen Resolution
         * Change resolution to the highest one -&gt; click apply
         * Windows will change the resolution and ask if you want to keep it: 
            * If the screen goes black, wait 15 seconds 
               * Try the next highest and repeat
            * If the box shows up, and the lettering looks normal -&gt; Click "Keep Changes" 
               * If the lettering looks funny (out of proportion) try the next highest and repeat
         * Close the Control Panel
---++++ Update Software
   1 If at any point Windows Update pops up a box in the lower right asking to restart the computer 
      * change 10 minutes to 4 hours, click postpone
   1 If Java Updater Requests permission 
      * Click Yes
      * When the balloon appears on the Java icon click it
      * Click Install
      * Click Install (Again!)
      * Wait a few minutes for Java to install
      * If it asks about install Extras (e.g. Ask Toolbar) 
         * Uncheck the Box marked install
         * Click Next
      * Java will now install, wait patiently
      * Click Close
---++++ Finish With Windows Update And Clean Up
   1 Windows Update may appear asking to restart 
      * Click Restart now
      * Wait patiently while the computer restarts 
         * Note: If the Force close option comes up listing Windows Update, wait, it will close on its own
   1 If Windows Update does not appear (if it has not shown up after about five minutes, it's not going to), then log out (if you ran the setup.exe in a previous step restart instead) 
      * Click Start
      * Hover over the arrow next to shutdown
      * Click Log out (or Restart)
   1 Windows may reboot several times
   1 Windows will show to the login screen 
      * Login as either cscf-op or cscf-admin
   1 Delete the Temp account 
      * Open Start -&gt; Control Panel -&gt; User Accounts and Family Safety -&gt; Add or remove user accounts
      * Click on Temp
      * Click Delete the account -&gt; Delete Files -&gt; Delete Account
      * Close the Control Panel
   1 Shutdown the computer or reboot into Linux (Done!)

---+++ Linux
---++++ Boot Computer And Log In
   1 Boot the Computer 
      * Windows Bootloader choose Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
      * GRUB Choose first Ubuntu option
   1 Will present you with a login screen, log in as either cscf-op or cscf-adm using fall 2011 password
---++++ Set Hostname
   1 Press Ctrl+Alt+T to open a terminal
   1 Type "sudo vim /etc/hostname", press enter
   1 Enter the same password you used to log in
   1 change scspcxxx to rsg-pc### (substitute 3 digit number from hostname for ###)
   1 Type "sudo vim /etc/hosts", press enter
   1 Change scspcxxx to rsg-pc### (substitute 3 digit number from hostname for ###)
---++++ Fix Upgrade Policy and Update
   1 Change upgrade policy to never upgrade 
      * Still in the terminal, type "software-properties-gtk", press enter
      * On the Updates Tab, change Release Upgrade menu to Never
      * On the Other Software tab 
         * Scroll down to just below the "Canonical Partners" listings (just over half way)
         * Uncheck the four lines starting with "http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/"
      * Click close
   1 Install updates 
      * Type "apt-get update", press enter
      * If the Update Manager opens, close or ignore it
      * Type "apt-get dist-upgrade", press enter
      * If prompted to install updates, type "y", enter
      * If prompted to replace a config file, press enter
---++++ Finish
   1 Shutdown the Computer 
      * Settings / Power Menu (Top right) -&gt; Shutdown -&gt; Shutdown

---++ Before Deploying
---+++ Windows
   1 Add user to local Administrators group
---+++ Linux
---++++ AD setup
---+++++ Initial setup
   1 Run MikeG's script (Twiki reference???)
   1 run Clayton's script (Twiki reference??)
---+++++ final AD setup
   1 vi /etc/security/access.conf and add user (or users_groupname)
   1 vi /etc/sudoers and add user (and, possibly, admin_groupname)

---++++ update
   1 apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade 
      * when queried, do not replace the LDAP/common-auth !
      * smb.conf - it will ask for a newer version - don't do it!

---++++ Setup networking
   1 ONA

---++++ update inventory
   1 remove old machines and equipment
   1 add new machine
-- Main.DennisBellinger - 25 Jun 2012
Topic revision: r2 - 2013-06-07 - DevonMerner
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