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    Martin’s instructions for Securely Installing Windows XP & Core Applications

    1. Wipe drive using DBAN (autonuke option)
    2. Perform Base Install Using WinXP install CD. Be sure you are doing the following while behind Badger.

    • Install to the unpartitioned area by just hitting enter
    • Use NTFS
    • Assign the Administrator account the password
    • When prompted for Name and Organization, provide something appropriate to your site
    • When prompted for Computer Name, use something unique for each computer and appropriate to your site
    • Make sure “Users must enter a username and password to use this computer”
      3. Under Start->Control Panel, select Security Center. Under the section that says “Manage security settings for”, select Automatic Updates. Confirm updates will be automatically checked daily. Then select the link that says “Install updates from the Windows Update Web Site”.
      4. Choose Express to install the high-priority updates. When prompted, click on “Install Updates”. Once done, reboot if prompted.
      5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until no more updates are found
      6. Install and configure the ClamWin antivirus package from “451 Software Extras for Windows” CD Security folder
    • Run clamwin-0.94-setup.exe
    • Install for everyone
    • Open clamwin, got to Tools->Preferences. Select the Internet Updates tab and make sure Automatic Virus Database Updates is enabled.
    • Go to Start->Control Panel. Open up Security Center. Under the Virus Protection section, click on Recommendations. Select “I have an antivirus program that I’ll monitor myself”.
      7. Install and configure Ad-Aware anti-spyware package from “451 Software Extras for Windows” CD Security folder
    • Run aaw2008.exe and do a standard installation
    • Install for anyone who uses this computer
    • When prompted for a license key, click on “use free”
      8. Setup initial accounts.
    • Go to Control Panel and choose “User Accounts”
    • There should be two administrator accounts:
      o username “gslisadmin”
      o username “siteadmin”
      o Create at lease one limited user account
    • Confirm the guest account is turned off
      9. Disable File and Print Sharing
    • Go to Control Panel and choose “Network and Internet Connections”
    • Under “pick a Control Panel icon”, choose “Network Connections”
    • Right click on the available network connection(s) and choose properties
    • Make sure “File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft networks” is not selected
      10. From the BrowsersPlayersPlugins folder on the “451 Software Extras for Windows” CD, install the following (Firefox and Seamonkey should be installed first, as some of these are plugins for those web browsers)
    • AdbeRdr811_en_US.exe – Adobe PDF Reader
    • Firefox Setup 3.0.3.exe – Firefox 3.0 web browser
    • Install_flash_player.exe – flash player plugin
    • javaRuntime-6u4-windows-i586-p.exe – java runtime update
    • QuickTimeInstaller.exe – Quicktime movie player
    • RealPlayer10-5GOLD.exe – Realtime media player
    • Seamonkey-1.1.12.en-US.win32.installer.exe – Seamonkey HTML editor and web browser
    • Shockwave_Installer_Full.exe – shockwave media player plugin
    • WindowsMediaPlayer9.exe – Windows Media player
      11. From the Utilities folder on the “451 Software Extras for Windows” CD, install the following:
    • OOo_2.4.1_Win32Intel_install_wJRE_en-US.exe – Open Office Suite (Microsoft Office equivalent)
    • pidginIMClient-2.3.1.exe – Instant Messaging client that supports AIM, Jabber, etc. accounts
    • putty-0.60-installer.exe – SSH client
    • Thunderbird Setup 2.0.0.9.exe – Email client supporting both POP and IMAP
    • Winscp406setup.exe – SCP client for secure file transfers
    • Zg603std.exe – zip genius file compression utility

    12. Install the applications of interest from the Edutainment, Graphics, and Religious folders on the “451 Software Extras for Windows” CD.

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    Lesson:

    Talk about what an OS is.

    Play around with Windows.

    Explain what we are installing and why.

    Software vs open source software.

    Give them the discs and let them install the rest.

    No PPT necessary.  Hands on.

    Pique there interests – games.  Create a handout explaining how to load apps.

    Show us a game Windows.  Now let me show you  how to find it in Linux.

    What they know:

    My Space

    What they don’t know:

    OS

    (To Be Completed)

    Skype meeting with Mike Adams – The Follow-up Meeting

    Date: July 14, 2009
    Time: 4:00 – 4:20

    Follow Up Meeting

    • Required Equipment and Preparation – Teen Tech
    • Onsite Tasks – Teen Tech
    • Lessons
    • Cataloging Computer – Peer Ambassadors
    • Addressing Questions and Concerns
    • Possible Future Purchases

    Required Equipment and Preparation – Teen Tech
    #Windows XP Disks
    Adam will make Windows XP disks for Thursday. Martin has an install CD with acrobat, Firefox, the Bible, and Open Office.

    1. Trip Arrangements
      We will meet at GSLIS on Saturday, July 18th at 7:00am at the back parking lot. No lunches will be provided because will not be staying overnight. It will take us 3 hours to get to East St. Louis. We will finish by 4:00pm and pick up dinner on our way back.
    2. Equipment
      Gather monitors, keyboards, mice, power cables and other required materials on Thursday.
    3. Extra Computer
      We can possibly bring an extra computer and install Linux to show them how it works.

    Cataloging Computer – Peer Ambassadors
    We have decided to use Alexandria in the Manual Mode.

    Further Questions and Concerns
    We were unsure how many computers would have XP or Linux. After a conversation with Martin we decided to put XP on all of the computers. Prof. Wolske explained that if we did the suggested 7XP/3 Linux arrangement the community members would use the 7 XP computers. The only way to switch them to Linux would to make all of the Linux. In addition, it thought that it would be best to listen to Mike about his Linux since he knew the community better.

    Possible Future Purchases
    Since we wont be stay overnight or purchase lunches, we will have extra funds at the end of the class to spend on other things such as posters and flyers. We need to talk to people in the main office about our group’s current project.

    @echo off

    REM changes shortcuts to readonly and hidden temporarily to except them from deletion; deletes everything, then resets REM attributes. Does not ask for permission (/q).
    REM place in a protected scripts folder; change del path to the gen user desktop area. Automate with scheduled task.

    attrib +r +s *.lnk
    del . /S /Q
    attrib -r -s *.lnk

    Linux Scripts Installed

    Autoupdate – automatically installs software updates weekly.
    At the command line:
    cd /etc/cron.weekly
    sudo pico autoupdate
    (enter password if required)
    #!/bin/bash
    apt-get update
    apt-get upgrade -y
    apt-get autoclean
    exit 0
    Press ctl x to exit.
    Enter y for yes to accept.
    Press enter to accept filename.

    To check that autoupdate file is there type ls at the command line.

    At the command line:
    sudo chmod a+x autoupdate

    To check that all files have the same persmissions, type ls -l at the command line.

    That’s it!  Done!

    Other Documents

    static_IP_windowsXP

    gethsemane project outline