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Chapter: Administration


Adding or changing computers

Setting up a client (work station) in Windows

Autoexec.bat and config.sys

Include a path statement as follows in Autoexec.bat
path=c:\notes;c:\notes\data;p:\cmds
If using Latam, include a line in config.sys as follows:
Files=100

User Account On Server

Be sure the name of the client is registered on the Server (MR_Server).
If the user you are setting up is brand new, you must create a user account for them on MR_Server. This is done using User Manager for Domains in the Administrative Tools submenu of the start menu. Follow these steps

1. Click:
¨ Start
¨ Administrative Tools
¨ User Manager for Domains
¨ User
¨ New User

2. Then and fill in the blanks which should be reasonably self-explanatory. Use the computer name (eg. WS20) for both the Username and Full Name fields, unless it is a solicitor in which case you can put their real name in the Full Name field.

3. Click "Password Never Expires" on, and "User Must Change Password at Next Logon" off. Click "Groups" and add the user to the MRUsers group.

Regional Settings Properties in Control panel
Miscellaneous tasks
Network configuration
General
Map network drives

6. The next task in network configuration is to add the network drives N:, P:, F:, by clicking "Map Network Drive" in Windows Explorer and connecting

¨ N: to \\galt\network$
¨ P: to \\galt\programs$
¨ F: to \\galt\office$
¨ Q: to "\\galt\masters$ (no longer in general use)
7. Solicitors should also have J: connected to "\\whitestar\cd_rom_j" and K: connected to "\\whitestar\cd_rom_k". You should be sure that you select the option to reconnect these drives at the next logon.

Network printers

Share local drive

9. Share the root folder of the user's C: drive by right-clicking it and selecting Share. In the window that comes up share the folder as WSX$, where WSX is the workstation ID. The password for full access should be 9WSX7 (where WSX is the workstation ID again). Other computers can then connect to the computer's C: drive by running \\WSX\WSX$.

Latam
Word 8
Notes

Sub topic: Practice directions