SEC 230 QC

MCC ETS Dell All In One Engineering PC QC Procedure SEC Room 230
January 29, 2023

Introduction

This HowTO explains how to image and QC the All-In-One Dell computers that are in SEC 230. The image is fairly recent so there is less configuration work than usual. Windows is current and likely will not require updates. The browsers are already configured and the QC steps there consist of quickly making sure the home pages are properly set.

By default, a newly imaged All-In-One computer in room SEC-230 will log in as ETS Administrator on first boot after imaging. Make sure this is the case.

Please note the power on button for these computers is along the right side of the screen at the bottom. It is a narrow push button.

After the computer starts there may be a “Networks” prompt with message text “Do you want to allow your PC to be discoverable by other PCs and devices on this network?”. If this prompt is posted click Yes.

Rename the PC

Click to search > Rename and click on View your PC name.

Expand the About window to see Rename this PC (advanced) and select Rename this PC (advanced)

Click the Computer Name tab, Change…, and enter the new computer name in the form of SEC-RRR-nn where SEC is a constant, RRR is for room 230, and nn is a sequence number. This value should be on a label that is taped to the top of the computer screen. For example, SEC-230-14.

Click OK > OK > Close > Restart now. Make sure the PC restarts. Log back in as ETS Administrator.

Activate the student account

Click to file explorer. Right-click This PC and select Manage. Click to Local Users and Groups > Users

Double click user Student. De-select Account is disabled. Make sure Password never changes is selected. Click Apply > OK

Right-click Student and select Set Password > Proceed > Enter new password and confirm password > Click OK

Close the computer management window.

Reboot the computer. Log back in to the ETS Admin account.

Enable Auto Logon for the Student Account

Click to This PC > Local Disk (C:) > Users > ETS >QC Files > AutoLogon

Right-click Autologon64, select Run as Administrator, click Yes at the confirmation prompt, and click Agree at the License Terms prompt. Enter Student for username. Note the spelling and capitalization. Make sure Domain is blank. For password enter student.

Click Enable and click OK at the success message.

Restart the computer and make sure it logs in automatically to the student account without prompts for user name or password.

Please note there are several subsequent steps that may ‘undo’ this setting and require doing it again. Typically, these steps are the BIOS update, Windows Update, and setting the domain.
 

Click to the SOLIDWORKS 2022 folder

On the desktop is a folder named SOLIDWORKS 2022. Click on this folder to open it up.

Delete the file named SOLIDWORKS 2022 SP4.0

Empty the trash bin and run the clear cache script.

Start SOLIDWORKS 2022. It may take a long time to initialize on the first start, which is why you are doing it rather than impose this burden on an engineering student. Click Accept at the license prompt. Watch the progress messages. Make sure no errors are posted. After SOLIDWORKS 2022 has completed initializing shut it down.

To shut down Solidworks click SOLIDWORKS (upper LH corner) > File > Exit.

Restart Solidworks 2022 four times. Make note of how long it takes to start up each time. Expect the startup times to decrease down to about 15 minutes.

Start SOLIDWORKS Electrical and then shut it down. Do this two times. There may be a prompt from the Windows firewall with message text “Windows Defender Firewall has blocked some features of SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2022 SP4 on all public and private networks”. If this message is posted click the “Allow access button”. The message should only be posted on the first start of SOLIDWORKS Electrical. Start it a second time to make sure the message is no longer posted.

To shut down Solidworks Electrical click SOLIDWORKS (upper LH corner) > File > Exit.

Restart the computer. Following reboot the computer should log in to the Student account automatically.

Add the Domain setting

Tap the Windows logo key, type rename, and hit enter. The About panel is displayed. Enlarge the panel to fill the entire computer screen. Click the option to the right labeled ”Rename this PC (advanced)”. Click the Change button. Click the Domain button. Enter mclabs.net in the box below the Domain radio button. Click OK. When prompted enter the ETS Lab Aide user name and password with permission to join the domain. A message “Welcome to the mclabs.net” is posted. Click OK. There is a prompt to reboot the computer. Click OK > OK > Close > Restart Now

Following reboot there may be a prompt for the student account login password. If this is the case log in and run Autologon64 again.

Verify Microsoft Edge for Mission College Engineering home page

Start Microsoft Edge by clicking the Edge icon in the task bar. Look at the screen and address bar. The URL in the address bar should be missioncollege.edu/depts/engineering and the Mission College Engineering department home page should be displayed.

Click the plus sign to open a new browser tab. Click the home icon. The Mission College Engineering department home page should be displayed.

Close Edge.

Verify Firefox browser for Mission College Engineering home page

Start Firefox by clicking the Firefox icon in the task bar. The Firefox browser will open. Look at the screen and address bar. The URL in the address bar should be missioncollege.edu/depts/engineering and the Mission College Engineering department home page should be displayed.

Click the plus sign to open a new browser tab. Click the home icon. The Mission College Engineering department home page should be displayed.

Close Firefox.

Verify Chrome browser for Mission College Engineering home page

Start Chrome by clicking the Chrome icon in the task bar. The Chrome browser will open. Look at the screen and address bar. The URL in the address bar should be missioncollege.edu/depts/engineering and the Mission College Engineering department home page should be displayed.

Click the plus sign to open a new browser tab. Click the home icon. The Mission College Engineering department home page should be displayed.

Close Chrome.

Verify Brave browser for Mission College Engineering home page

Start Brave by clicking the Brave icon in the task bar. The Chrome browser will open. Look at the screen and address bar. The URL in the address bar should be missioncollege.edu/depts/engineering and the Mission College Engineering department home page should be displayed.

Click the plus sign to open a new browser tab. Click the home icon. The Mission College Engineering department home page should be displayed.

Close Brave.

Set the User Account icon and Lock Screen image

Click the windows logo key. Right-click on Student and select Change Account Settings. Click “Browse for one”. Click on MCLogo_Mac.jpg > Choose Picture. Note the Mission College logo is now displayed on the Student Local Account screen.

In the “Find a setting” search box enters “lock screen”. Click on Lock screen settings > Browse. Click on a folder named ARCHIVE and then click on the file named “Entry New Splash Page1650” > Choose picture.

Note the picture of the SEC building is now shown on the Lock screen panel. Close the Lock screen panel.

Click the Windows logo key. Right click Student. Select Sign Out. The previously selected picture of the SEC building is shown on the screen. Sign back in as student.

Run Windows Update

Click the Windows logo key, enter update and click on “Check for updates”. A Windows Update panel is displayed. Click the “Check for updates” button. Either a message will be posted indicating “You’re up to date”, or there may be a message indicating there are updates to download and install. Select all updates to Windows 10. It may take several iterations of update, restart, enable windows update > check for updates…

It is likely in this case that there will be no updates to install, this because the image created for these computers is very recent and there are no updates created since then.

Following each system restart pay attention to whether autologin for the student account remains in effect and if it stops working please re-run Autologon64.

Activate MS Office

This is accomplished by starting MS word and opening a word document.

Mute the Speaker

Click the speaker symbol that is in the task tray just to the left of the date and time settings. A Speaker/Headphones message box pops up. Set the volume slider all the way to the left.

Startup configuration

Click the Windows logo key, type in msconfig, and hit enter. A System Configuration panel with five tabs is displayed.

Click the Boot tab and set Timeout to 3 seconds. Click Apply.

Disable Windows Update

Click to This PC> Local Disk (C:) > Users > ETS > BasicUpdatePack

Right click the windows batch file named disable windows update and select Run as administrator.

Clear Cache

In the same folder as disable windows update, This PC > Local Disk (C:) > Users > ETS > BasicUpdatePack, right-click the Clear-Cache Windows Batch File. Select Run as Administrator and allow the script to run. Click Yes when a confirmation prompt is posted. It will take less than ten seconds to run.

Clear Secure Credentials.

In the same folder as disable windows update, This PC > Local Disk (C:) > Users > ETS > BasicUpdatePack, Right-click the Clear Secure Credentials batch file. Select Run as Administrator. Click Yes when a confirmation prompt is posted. It will take about two seconds to run.

Install EAZ-Fix Software

Tap the Windows logo key, type EAZ, and hit enter. A folder is displayed and contains two folders. Click to open the Easy Fix v11a folder. Right-click the x64 exe Application and select Run as Administrator.

Click Yes at the confirmation prompt

Click OK at the Language Selection prompt

Click Next to start the Easy Fix Setup Wizard

Click Next at the License Agreement

Select the Unattended Setup radio button at the Setup Type Selection prompt. Click Next. The computer will restart.

Take a Snapshot

Tap the Windows logo key and type Shield. Look for an icon labeled Eazy Fix App and click it. There will be an Eazy Fix login prompt with the user name Administrator filled in. Enter the ETS Administrator password and click OK.

From Eazy Fix click to Snapshot > New Snapshot. For name enter DeploymmddyyII where mmddyy is the current date and II is your initials. Select the “Lock the snapshot…” and “Flush disk cache…” options. Click Next > Finish.

Reboot and power off/power on the system several times to make sure it starts in a reasonable amount of time and the student user autologon remains in effect.

You are done. Thank you.

Notes about imaging the student PCs in SEC-230

Recovery > Browse for Backup > This PC > SEC 230 (F:) > SEC-230 folder > SysPrep > SolidWrk 2022 > MyBackup.tibx dated 1/6/2023 3:10:00 pm

Right-click My backup and select Recover

Recover whole disks and partitions

Highlight Jan 6 and 3:03:00 pm > Next

Select Disk 1 > Next

Select Disk 1 > Next > OK > Proceed

Select Restart computer when completed