Information Systems:New Computer Setup
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New Computer Setup
This Page will give you brief information about what to do to set up a new computer.
Windows 10 Image
Generally, Lenovo's laptop images are good so, there is no need to format and use a generic Windows 10 image.
Setup Steps
- Select Canada in region and click Yes.
- In keyboard layout select US.
- Skip the second keyboard option.
- Connect with the internet, you can connect with the ethernet cable or connect to a Wifi.
- Create a local user with username: adminit Password: visionit and click next.
- Select NO in location option and click Accept.
- Select NO in Find my Device user can't connect to their MS account due to Group Policy, So, the option is pointless.
- Select Send Required diagnostic data and select Accept.
- Select NO in Improve inking and typing option and click Accept.
- Select NO for tailored experiences with diagnostic data and click Accept. This will not reduce the number of ads, but this option will not send data to Microsoft.
- Select NO for advertising ID and click Accept.
- Use Not now for Cortana.
- Now Windows is set up. It will take some minutes to complete the setup process.
After Installation
After windows is setup up, We want to change the default computer name to a more appropriate name before we connect the computer to the Domain. The computer naming convention is as follow: Department - User's full Firstname and last name initial - number depending how many computer a user have For Example:IT-JackM-01 OR IT-JackM-02 OR DC-Common-01 (Common Computers) If there are two people with same name, last name initials with help in identifying between them.
Notations
| Department | Notation |
|---|---|
| Finance | FIN |
| warehouse | DC |
| Information Technology | IT |
| Purchasing | PUR |
| Buying | BUY |
| Customer Service | CS |
| Teresa | EXC |
| Spare | SPARE |
| Others | UWD |