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  • These are the things to watch for when creating a new lab image. You should be able to answer each of these yes or okay. Details will vary a little between intro and advanced labs.

Italicized items have been "puppetized".

Checklist for image:

  • Tivoli Endpoint Management Client
  • Puppet client
  • 7-zip (can unpack Office .iso file)

  • Office (Word, Excel)
    • run excel as administrator user
    • run excel as student user (maybe not needed?)
    • ensure activated

      • open Command Prompt as Administrator
      • then run cscript "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\ospp.vbs" /act 

    • ensure analysis toolpak enabled in excel as student user
  • Acrobat / Edge - open PDF from web as a test

  • Java

    • change java settings to "do not check" for updates
    • Run all applets as student user and choose the "do not bother me" options Java Applets

  • Flash

  • Matlab (network server https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/106003-how-do-i-install-a-matlab-client-for-a-network-license?s_tid=gn_loc_drop)

  • Mathematica

  • set browsers' homepage to current semester course reference page

  • Windows tasks
    • ensure activated

    • change powersave to never sleep/hibernate, but turn off display after 15 minutes.

    • change ntp server to time.nist.gov (often time.windows.com does not work).
    • Turn on Microsoft Update in Windows Update (updates Office also).
    • remove excess printers (like fax)
    • excel on desktop and pinned to taskbar
    • auto login as student https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee872306.aspx

Intro labs programs:

  • Excel shortcut pinned to taskbar
  • PASCO Capstone

    • PASCO Capstone on desktop and pinned to taskbar

Advanced labs programs:

  • QTIPlot

  • CASSY Lab
  • LabView

    • activate license following this. See psafe for VolumeID, etc.

  • X-Ray Apparatus
  • Tektronix OpenChoice Desktop

  • 307/308 computers:
  • 109 computers:
    • PASCO Capstone

  • 407 computers:
    • Install Advanced Image, then install:
      • NI-VISA with .NET options

      • Thermal Noise

      • Ramsauer

      • Oscilloscope Setup

Final cleanup

  • clear browsing history of Student

  • delete Downloads of Student

  • empty trash of Student

  • run Disk Cleanup
  • defragment disk


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