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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:
- UCS30 driver (bitness of driver matches OS, i.e. 64-bit)
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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-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.
+ . 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.

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- * OpenAFS client
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- * 7-zip (can unpack Office .iso file)
 * Office
+ * Puppet client
 * ''7-zip ''(can unpack Office .iso file)
 * Office (Word, Excel)
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-  * ensure analysis toolpak enabled in excel
 * Acrobat Pro
 * Java
  * change java settings to "do not check" for updates - will be done by TEM
 * Flash
 * Matlab
 * Run all applets as student user [[https://wiki.physics.wisc.edu/il/Java%20Applets|Java Applets]]
 * set browsers' homepage to www.physics.wisc.edu
+  * 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 [[https://wiki.physics.wisc.edu/il/Java%20Applets|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''
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-  * ensure activated
  * change powersave to never sleep/hibernate, but turn off display after 15 minutes.
+  * ''ensure activated''
  * ''change powersave to never sleep/hibernate, but turn off display after 15 minutes.''
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+  * 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]]
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+ * Excel shortcut pinned to taskbar
 * ''PASCO Capstone''
  * PASCO Capstone on desktop and pinned to taskbar
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- * QTIPlot
+ * ''QTIPlot''
 * CASSY Lab
 * ''LabView''
  * activate license following [[http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/CEF3043068981186862578090074BF31|this]]. See psafe for VolumeID, etc.
 * X-Ray Apparatus
 * ''Tektronix OpenChoice Desktop''

 * 307/308 computers:
  * ''[[http://www.spectrumtechniques.com/products/components/|UCS30 driver]] (bitness of driver matches OS, i.e. 64-bit)''

 * 109 computers:
  * ''PASCO Capstone''
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-  * Install Advanced Image, then use TEM to also install:
   * NI-VISA with .NET options
   * Thermal Noise
   * Ramsauer
   * Oscilloscope Setup
  * [[http://www.spectrumtechniques.com/software_downloads.htm|UCS30 driver]]
+  * Install Advanced Image, then install:
   * ''NI-VISA with .NET options ''
   * ''Thermal Noise ''
   * ''Ramsauer ''
   * ''Oscilloscope Setup ''
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- * clear browsing history of Student
 * delete Downloads of Student
 * empty trash of Student
+ * ''clear browsing history of Student ''
 * ''delete Downloads of Student ''
 * ''empty trash of Student ''
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- * Rename computer to 'instr1' and shutdown ASAP (to avoid having TEM rename the computer again).
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