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
set puppet service to Automatic (Delayed Start) and under Recovery tab set recovery options to attempt restart twice with 5 minute delay. (The puppet service doesn't start successfully on Windows 10 and the OptiPlex 7020).
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
Chromium - Canvas not compatible with Internet Explorer
uBlock Origin extension is prompted to be installed by default. Need to open Chromium once as student user to be prompted.
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
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.
- Turn on 'recieve updates for other Microsoft products'. (updates Office also).
- remove excess printers (like fax)
- Excel on desktop and pinned to taskbar
- Chromium pinned to taskbar
- Internet Explorer pinned to taskbar (for 109 labs Java applet)
- 'student' standard user, 'iphysics' administrator, 'teacher' administrator
- passwords in psafe
password setting for 'student' puppetized
- auto login as student (last login before capturing image is as password-less student user)
- turn on remote desktop and add student allowed list. Administrators are automatically on the allowed list. Only accounts with passwords are allowed to log in.
Tektronix OpenChoice Desktop (623 uses it)
Preferences -> VISA -> Search Criteria -> turn on USB, turn off GBIP, LAN
Plug in an oscilloscope and make OpenChoice Desktop the default action for Autoplay
- Associate Windows Photo Viewer with .bmp files. Open an .bmp image file and select the prompt.
Intro labs programs:
PASCO Capstone
- PASCO Capstone on desktop and pinned to taskbar
- turn off update notifications (if possible)
Advanced labs programs:
- QTIPlot
- CASSY Lab
- X-Ray Apparatus
- Canon Remote Capture (for 109)
Copy the Digital Camera Solution Disk 29.0 from the instructional lab installers folder. Copy to local drive and run Setup.exe . Install just ZoomBrowser FX. Reboot.
Plug in a PowerShot G7 camera. This associates the auto-launch of CameraWindow. (Test and fix until CameraWindow opens when camera is plugged in / turned on.)
OpticStudio
Altera Quartus II Web Edition, Programmer, SignalTap, v13 (for 623)
SBIG 64-bit driver checker Install the checker, than run an update to install the drivers. (for 307/308/407/507 USB CCD)
CCDOps Install the SBIG checker, than run an update to install the drivers. (for 307/308/407/507 USB CCD)
UCS30 driver (bitness of driver matches OS, i.e. 64-bit) (for 307/308)
GIMP / Inkscape / Winfig (requested by Winokur for marking up images 307/308)
LabView 2017 instructions
We have a license file from NI for Labview 2017 which is locked to a Volume ID. See these instructions for how this was accomplished. In summary:
- Change VolumeID to match that stored in psafe labview_mass_deploy.
Install LabVIEW (puppet does it)
- update using National Instruments Package Manager
visit http://ni.com/activate
- Enter serial number and Computer ID (psafe labview_mass_deploy) to get Activation Codes
- Enter activation codes in to National Instruments License Manager. (Do not log in, close that window.)
activate license following deployment (see notes in puppet for how to reconfigure for new versions/changed names.)
Oceanview (1.6.7) 109, 307/308
- Run once to allow through firewall.
- It is nice to show the visible spectrum in the graph. Right-click on the graph, "Graph layer options", "Visible Spectrum" tab, "Show visible spectrum" radio button.
- The 'lite' version suffices
- 109 computers:
PASCO Capstone
- 407 computers:
- TODO : Origin - as of Spring 2021
- Install Advanced Image, then install:
NI-VISA with .NET options
Thermal Noise
Ramsauer
Oscilloscope Setup
Nanosurf Easyscan
- 623 computers:
- NI Multisim (Student Edition 12.0.1). See technote for serial number, etc.
DEO-nano (installed on network drive)
- install driver for board. Plug the board in, find the device in Device Manager, and install driver by recusively scanning c:\altera.
Final cleanup
clear browsing history of Student
delete Downloads of Student
empty trash of Student
- run Disk Cleanup
- defragment disk
- Cisco AMP - set golden image before shutting down for imaging
C:\> CiscoInstaller_goldenimage.exe /R /S /goldenimage 1
- Log in to student