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
Chrome - Canvas not compatible with Internet Explorer
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
Tektronix OpenChoice Desktop
Preferences -> VISA -> turn on USB, turn off GBIP, LAN
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
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.
- Change VolumeID to match that stored in psafe labview_mass_deploy.
- Install LabVIEW (maybe with puppet)
Run National Instruments License Manager and login with it-staff@physics.wisc.edu @ ni.com (psafe)
- Enter serial number (psafe labview_mass_deploy)
activate license following deployment
Tektronix OpenChoice Desktop
Preferences -> VISA -> Search Criteria -> turn on USB, turn off GBIP, LAN
- 109 computers:
PASCO Capstone
- 407 computers:
- Install Advanced Image, then install:
NI-VISA with .NET options
Thermal Noise
Ramsauer
Oscilloscope Setup
- Install Advanced Image, then install:
- 623 computers:
- NI Multisim
Final cleanup
clear browsing history of Student
delete Downloads of Student
empty trash of Student
- run Disk Cleanup
- defragment disk