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| == Whats inside the box == | | == Whats inside the box == |
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| There are 2 vga ports, use the one the lower port that is on the card, not the one that is onboard near the top of the tower. | | There are 2 vga ports, use the one the lower port that is on the card, not the one that is onboard near the top of the tower. |
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| + | == Places that recovery disks and installation media might be located == |
| + | * Desk in Arts & Crafts |
| + | * The Safe |
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| + | == Installing Windows 8 == |
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| + | When you see "Please insert operating system recovery disk 1 into drive Y:, insert: |
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| + | # Insert the disk labeleled "Windows 8 Recovery media for Windows 8 products (1) disk 1 of 2" |
| + | # Press F12 while the machine is booting to bring up the boot menu |
| + | # Select "Legacy: MATSHITA DVD-RAM SW830" |
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| + | The following is the disk order for the recovery process: |
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| + | # Windows 8 Recovery media for Windows 8 products (1) disk 1 of 2 |
| + | # Operating System Recovery Disc Windows 8 Pro (OEM Activation 3.0 Required) (2) disk 1 of 2 |
| + | # Operating System Recovery Disc Windows 8 Pro (OEM Activation 3.0 Required) (2) disk 2 of 2 |
| + | # Windows 8 Recovery media for Windows 8 products (2) disk 1 of 2 |
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| + | === Updates === |
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| + | You'll need to run Windows update through several 'update and restart' cycles to get to a point where you can install windows 8.1 |
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| + | # Log into the machine. If you're not at the start screen, press the start key on the keyboard. |
| + | # Type 'control panel' and press enter. |
| + | # Search the control panel (upper right of the window) for 'windows update' |
| + | # On the left hand column, click 'check for updates' |
| + | # Sometimes there will be an 'install updates' button, other times you'll need to click on the number of updates found. |
| + | # Repeat as many times as needed to finish out all updates |
| + | # In the start screen, go to 'store' and click the large banner offering a free upgrade to windows 8.1 |
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| + | == Fixing the ICMPv6 Spam == |
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| + | When these machines sleep, they begin to spam the network with ICMPv6 packets. It seems that when 2 or more go to sleep, there is enough spam to disable wifi. |
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| + | This fix is to install version 19 or later of the Intel Network Driver, available at \\fizzle\san\Intelnetworkdriver\ProW.exe (HEFTODO: get the correct link) |
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| + | == Adding the machine to the PS1 Domain == |
| + | See [https://wiki.pumpingstationone.org/Joining_The_Domain_From_Windows Joining_The_Domain_From_Windows] |
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| + | == Adobe Creative Cloud == |
| + | * Login and password are in the Lastpass repository accessible to board members |
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| + | == CoCut Pro == |
| + | * Download from [[http://www.cocut.com/support/onlinreg.dml?dongle_abfrage=ja&j=1&sprache=eng CoCut website]] |
| + | * License information is in receipt attached to [[https://rt.pumpingstationone.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=664 RT Ticket 664]] and in LastPass repository |