MCC ETS QC Procedure for IPCs in SEC
 January 29, 2023


Follow these steps to QC an instructor PC in the SEC building after it has been imaged.


Rename the PC.


Login as ETSAdmin


Tap the windows key and search for rename. Select View your PC name > Rename this PC (advanced) > Change and enter the new Computer name in the format of BBB-RRR-IPC where BBB is the three letter abbreviation for the building, such as SEC or GCC, RRR is the three digit room number, and IPC is a constant representing an instructor PC. Click OK > OK > Close > Restart Now and allow the computer to reboot.


Following reboot log back in as ETS Administrator.


Activate the Instruction user account


Click to File Explorer. Right-click This PC and select Manage. The Computer Management panel is displayed. Expand Local Users and Groups, click Users, and double-click Instruction. De-select Account is disabled and make sure that User cannot change password and Password never expires is selected. Click Apply > OK.


Reboot the computer and log in using the Instruction account.


Activate MS Office


Activate MS Office by starting MS Word. Open a blank document. Close MS Word. If there are no error messages then Office has been successfully activated.


Activate Windows


Close all open windows. Right-click the computer desktop screen and select Personalize. A “Background” panel is posted. Look for a message atop this panel in red lettering that says “You need to activate Windows before you can personalize this PC”.


Click the search icon. Ender cmd. Select Run as administrator and click Yes at the User Account Control confirmation prompt. This will cause an Administrator Command Prompt window to open.


In the Administrator Command Prompt window enter slmgr /skms 10.3.105.12 and look for a Windows Script Host message box to pop up with message text “Key Management Service machine name set to 10.3.105.12 successfully”. Make sure no error messages are posted. Click OK.


Next enter slmgr /ato. Wait for a Windows Script Host message box to post a success message with message text “Activating Windows (R), Enterprise edition … Product activated successfully”. Click OK.


Reboot the computer. This is necessary for the Windows activation to take effect. Log back in to the Instruction account.


Right-click the desktop. Select Personalize. When the Background panel is displayed verify that there no longer is a message atop the panel in red letters indicating Windows is not activated.


Set Lock Screen


In the Find window type lock. Select Lock screen settings. Click Browse > Archive > Entry New Splash Page 1650 > Choose picture. Note the image of the SEC building is now shown as Background on the Lock Screen panel.


Screen Saver Settings


In the Find a setting window type screen saver. Select Change screen saver. Verify that Screen Saver 3D Text is specified and Wait is set to 60 minutes. Click the Settings… button. Set Custom Text: to Mission College. Click OK > OK.


Power Management Settings


In the Find a setting window type power. Select Power & sleep settings. A Power & Sleep settings panel is presented. Set Screen When plugged in, turn off after to Never, and set Sleep When plugged in, PC goes to sleep after Never.


Account Picture


In the Find a setting window type accounts. Select Change your account picture. Click Browse for one. Click on the image named 1024 2. Click Choose picture. Note under “Your info” and above “INSTRUCTION” that a picture of the Gilbert center is now displayed.


Launch Acrobat, three times


Launch Acrobat Reader from the task bar. A “Welcome to Acrobat Reader … Start Tour” message box is posted. Close this message box by clicking the X in the upper right corner. Close and restart Acrobat Reader and verify that the “Welcome to Acrobat Reader … Start Tour” message box is no longer posted.


Look on the desktop for an Acrobat Reader shortcut. If it is there on the desktop then move this shortcut to the recycle bin and then empty the recycle bin. Please note that it can take as long as 120 seconds for this shortcut icon to appear.


Start Acrobat Reader again. There may be a prompt indicating updates were installed and to restart the computer. If this message is posted respond to restart the computer and then log back in to the Instruction account.


Create Documents folder on (D:) drive


Click to File Explorer > DATA (D:). Right-click DATA (D:). Select New > Folder. A new folder named New folder is created on the D: drive. Right click the folder named New folder, select Rename, and name it My Documents. Below Quick access along the left of the Data (D:) panel right-click Documents and select Properties > Location > Move… > Data (D:) > My Documents > Select Folder > Apply > Yes > OK.


Right-click Documents below Data (D:) and select Send to > Desktop (create shortcut).


On the desktop right-click Documents – Shortcut > Properties and verify that Target: is “D:\My Documents”.


Right-click this Documents shortcut and make sure the name is Documents, and not Documents - Shortcut.

   
Copy AV Guide folder to desktop


Copy the folder in Local Disk (C:) > Users > ETS > AV Guide to the desktop.


Position the AV Guide folder in the upper left corner of the desktop. Position the Documents shortcut directly below the AV Guide folder.


Configure Microsoft Edge browser


Start Microsoft Edge by clicking the icon in the task tray. In the upper right corner click the three dots > Settings > Start, home, and new tabs.


Under When Edge starts select the “Open these pages” radio button > Add a new page. Enter the mission college URL and click Add. Under Home button enable “Show home button on the toolbar. Select the radio button next to Enter URL, enter the Mission College URL, and click Save.


Close and restart Edge and make sure it opens with the Mission College home page. Click the home icon to the left of the address bar and make sure the Mission College home page is displayed. Click the plus sign to open a new tab, click the home button, and make sure the Mission College home page is displayed.


Click back to Edge > Settings > Profiles > Personal Info. Disable Save and fill basic info, Automatically fill my info on sign up forms, and Save and fill custom info.


Under Profiles > Passwords disable Offer to save passwords.


Under Profiles > Payment info disable Save and fill payment info.


Close Edge and start Firefox.


Configure Firefox


Firefox should be properly configured and not require changes. The following steps are to make sure Firefox is correctly configured.


Make sure that the Mission College home page is displayed when Firefox is started. Click the plus sign to open a new browser tab and click the home button to the left of the address line. Make sure the Mission College home page is displayed.


Close Firefox and start Chrome.


Configure Chrome


Click the three dots in the upper right corner of the Chrome page and select settings. Enlarge the display so it fills the entire screen. This makes a list of Settings choices visible along the left side of the page. Click Appearance and enable Show home button. Select the radio button next to Enter custom web address and type in the Mission College home page URL.


Click On Startup > Open a specific page or set of pages > Add new page. Enter the Mission College home page URL and click Add.


Close Chrome and then start it. Make sure the Mission College home page is shown. Open a new tab, click the home button, and make sure the Mission College home page is shown.


Close Chrome and start Brave.


Configure Brave


Click the three dashes in the upper right corner of the Brave window. Select Settings > Get started. Click the radio button next to On Startup Open a specific page or set of pages > Add A new page. Enter the Mission College home page URL and click Add.


Click Appearance > Show home button and enable this option. Click the radio button next to Enter custom web address and enter the Mission College home page URL.


Click New Tab Page and select New tab page shows Homepage.


Close and restart Brave. Make sure the Mission College home page is displayed. Click the plus sign to open a new browser tab and make sure the Mission College home page is displayed. Click the home icon to the left of the address line and make sure the Mission College home page is displayed.


Configure Broadcast Information


Broadcast information is an informational broadcast sent to every IPC on campus. It displays information on the Windows Desktop naming the daily Administrator-On-Duty and phone numbers to call in case of an emergency. It is vital that this feature is enabled, tested, and working.


First, click to C:\ > Users > ETS > autoBGinfo > BGIfor Installer Parker. Right-click the install WIndows Batch File in this folder and select Run as administrator. The program runs very quickly.


Next, click to C:\ > Users > ETS > autoBGinfo. Right click the BGInforAutoUpdate Windows Batch File and select Run as Administrator. If things work correctly this will cause a broadcast message to appear on the Windows Desktop of the Main Display. This indicates that Broadcast Information is working.

To make the broadcast remain permanently in effect follow these steps:



Start SolidWorks


Do this only on the student and instructor PCs in SEC 204, 220, and 230

Click the desktop icon to start SolidWorks 2022. It normally takes 15 to 18 minutes to start. Make sure SolidWorks completes initialization and does not post any errors about invalid license, SQL database not found, invalid account name, or incorrect password.


Exit Solidworks by  clicking File > Exit.


Start SolidWorks Electrical


Do this only on the student and instructor PCs in SEC 204, 220, and 230

Click the SolidWorks application icon to start SolidWorksElectrical. It normally takes 3 - 5 minutes to start. Make sure SolidWorks Electrical does not post any errors indicating Unable to Connect to the SQL Server or Cannot connect to the database.


If there are errors there are four items to inspect, verify, and possibly correct.


Click to C:\ > Windows > System32 > drivers > etc and open file hosts with an editor. There must be the following line in this file:
10.3.105.238       mcsql-02

From Solidworks Electrical click Tools >  Application Settings > Databases. Server name, User name, and Password are specified on this panel. If you do not know what the correct values are for these three parameters then ask Robert Guest or Patrick Ly in IT.


Exit Solidworks Electrical by clicking Solidworks > File > Exit


Arrange task bar icons


Do this only on the student and instructor PCs in SEC 220


On the task bar, make sure the following application items are present on the task bar and are from left to right are arranged in the following order:



Desktop Icons


Make sure there are desktop icons for Solidworks 2022, AutoCAD, and Matlab.


Start and stop AutoCAD and Matlab. Make sure these packages fully initialize without error and do not post any errors or warnings about invalid license.


Run Windows Update


Click Search > Windows Update Settings > Check for updates and install any and all available updates. The image created for the Instructor PCs is usually new and current and it is not likely there will be many updates.


Disable Windows Update


After Windows is updated in the previous step of this procedure, click to C:\ > Users > ETS > BasicUpdatePack. Right click the disable windows update Windows Batch file and select Run as administrator. This script will run in one to three seconds and does not post any messages.


Configure Sound


Click the speaker symbol at the right end of the task tray. Set the volume slider to 15. Click the up arrow and select Extron HDMI (Intel(R) Display Audio). Open a browser window, click to You Tube or some other music source, and play music. Make sure the sound is coming from speakers on the classroom wall at the front of the room above the white board.


Set boot time to 3 seconds


Click search, type in msconfig, and select System Configuration. A System Configuration panel is displayed. Click the Boot tab, set Timeout: to 3 seconds, and click Apply. Click the Services tab and make sure that Bitlocker Drive Encryption Service is not selected.


Inspect Task Scheduler


Click to Search > Task Scheduler and click on Task Scheduler. The Task Scheduler App is displayed. Click on Task Scheduler Library. Right click the Adobe Acrobat name and select Delete. Click Yes at the delete confirmation prompt. Look at the list of tasks and make sure there are only five tasks:
1. BGInfoLoadingScreen
2. Disable Windows Update V3
3. FreshserviceAgentUpdater
4. Shutdown
5. Synctime


Close Task Scheduler.  


Clear Cache


Click to This PC > Local Disk (C:) > Users > ETS > BasicUpdatePack. Right click clear cache and select Run as Administrator. Right click clear secure credentials and select Run as administrator


Install EAZ Fix Software


Click Search > EAZ and click on EAZ Fix Software > Eazy Fix v11A. Right click x64 and select Run as administrator to start the installation process. Click Yes at the confirmation prompt. Click OK at the Language Selection prompt. Click Next > Next > Unattended Setup > Next. The install will run and then restart the computer. Log back in to the Instruction account after the computer has restarted.


Delete files


Delete all icons and folders on the desktop except for Documents – Shortcut, AV Guide folder, and the Recycle Bin.


Click to Local Disk (C:) > Users > ETS and delete the QC Files folder.


Empty the Recycle Bin


Take Snapshot


Click search > Shield and click on Eazy Fix App. Log in to the administrator account using the administrator password.


Click to Task Scheduler and make sure a Rollback task is present and if not then create one.


Click to Snapshots > New Snapshot. Name the snapshot Deploymmddyyii where mmddyy is the current date and ii are your initials. Make sure that both Lock the snapshot … and Flush disk cache … options are selected. Click Next > Finish.


Restart and watch for errors


Restart the computer twice and power off/on two times. Look for error messages and if any are seen take pictures and inform Robert.


Close Eazy Fix and shut down the computer. You are done, thank you.