Information Systems: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.
Computer Name Notations
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 |
| Executives | EXC |
| Spare | SPARE |
| Others | UWD |
Softwares to install
This section will guide through different software required on a machine. Not all machines require all software so, be decide where the computer will be deployed and install accordingly.
| No. | Software | Which Computer to Install | Where to Find | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mocha TN5250 | All Computers | Can be found on superserver (\\superserver\UWD Software\MochaSoft) | ERP System (Green Screen) |
| 2. | ASW | All Computers | Can be found on superserver (\\superserver\UWD Software\ASW\ASW GUI\Disk1) | GUI Version of Mocha TN5250 |
| 3. | Chrome | All Computers | Download from web | NA |
| 4. | Adobe Acrobat Reader | All Computers | Download from web | Just the free version |
| 5. | Microsoft Office Home & Business 2019 | All Computers | Can be found on superserver (\\superserver\UWD Software\Microsoft Office) | Read More about MS Office |
| 6. | ACR Trend Reader | Warehouse | Can be foundon superserver (\\Superserver\UWD Software\ACR TrendReader) | Reads Thermostat Temp |
| 7. | 3CX Client | Customer Service | Can be found on superserver (\\Superserver\UWD Software\3cx) | To make/receive calls from computer |
| 8. | VIP Doc View | All Computers | Can be found on Superserver (\\Superserver\UWD Software\Gauss\VIP DocView) | Pulls scanned docs from AS400 |
| 9. | SRFax | All Computers | Can be Found on Superserver (\\Superserver\UWD Software\SRFax Printer Driver) | Driver to convert doc for fax |
| 10. | Fixme.it | All Computers | Can be found on Superserver (\\Superserver\UWD Software\Techinline Fix Me Unattended Client) | Unattented clients for remove service |
| 11. | ACS Analyser | Managers | Can be found on Superserver (\\Superserver\UWD Software\ASW Analyzer Newest Version) | Database software need configuration |
| 12. | iBMi Access | Selective Computers | Can be found on Superserver (\\Superserver\UWD Software\IBMiAccess_v1r1_WindowsAP_English) | Utility software for IBMi |
| 13. | Vantage | Laptops | Can be found in MS Store | For lenovo updates |