© University of Reading 2007 www.reading.ac.uk

Information Technology Services

19 April 2023

Installing / Setting Up PCs

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Staff Image

• Currently– WXP SP2– IE 6– OE 6– Office 2003 Pro– FrontPage 2003– Acrobat Reader– Aladdin Expander

• http://www.rdg.ac.uk/ITS/documents/operatingsystems/staffimage.htm

Staff Image

• How much is it used?

• When to move to:– Office 2007?– Vista?

• summer 2008?

• Trial of Office 2007 in S@iL– now

• Trial of Vista– next session

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Setting up PCs

• DHCP

• Windows patches

• Sophos

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Installing software

• “Obtaining and Buying Software” page– http://www.rdg.ac.uk/ITS/rdgonly/software.htm

• vidist– software distribution server

• Office 2007– \\vidist\office2007

• need to be more careful about activation codes

• Acrobat vs. free PDF creators

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Windows & Office Updates

• WSUS

• all PCs on rdg-home should be on WSUS– AGITS – Feb 2007

• should all PCs be on rdg-home?

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Application delivery

• ITS using SMS for labs

• wider use?

• SoftGrid?

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Vista

• current ITS position at:– http://www.rdg.ac.uk/ITS/news/2007/vista.htm

• need to have another IT Supps event

• what else?

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Remote assistance

• ITS looking to use this to enable more efficient working

• SBS have been using for some time

• issues?

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Laptop users

• file security– should we be worried?

• file synchronisation– good or bad?

• network security

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Printers & accounting

• do you have policies on makes/models?

• do you want to use printer accounting?

• in-built wireless

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