Attaching Windows 7 to SBS 2003 Notes (HP 6000Pro SFF):
Administrator Steps
1. Copy users IE favorites and cookies to My Documents
2. Copy users .NK2 file from user folder c:/doc&setting/user/appdata/microsoft/outlook
3. Create PC Name on Server
4. Turn on new PC
5. First time setup username = user (this is the local admin account of the PC)
6. Do not assign a password – leave blank
7. Click on Start (Windows Icon) – Programs – IE – Right Click – Select RunAs Administrator
8. http://servername/connectcomputer
9. Choose ‘run’ on pop-ups that appear
10. Reboot
11. Login as servername.local\administrator
12. Right click taskbar – edit taskbar settings
a. Use small icons
b. Customize start menu
13. Go to Control Panel – Programs and Features
14. Remove unneeded apps – (Office 2007, McAfee, Office Activation Asst, PDF Complete)
15. Open IE8 – Tools – Set home page to about:blank
a. Connections – Use Proxy Server
b. servername Port:8080
16. Right click Desktop – Personalize – Change Desktop Icons – Place a check on My Computer, Network, Recycle Bin
17. Right click desktop – view - autoarrange
18. Run: UAC – move slider down 1
19. Turn on network discovery – type: network and sharing center on the search box on the task bar
a. Click on Change advanced sharing settings
b. Select Network Discovery
20. Remove register DNS suffice on NIC Card
21. Remove offloading and Receive Side Scaling from network card
22. Uncheck power setting – allow power to turn off
23. Update driver to Microsoft driver – 10.5.1.0
24. From command prompt type the following:
a. netsh interface tcp set global rss=disabled
b. netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled
c. netsh int ip set global taskoffload=disabled
d. netsh int ip show global
i. Verify settings – disabled offload
27. Install ISA client (if using ISA on SBS 2003)
28. Reboot
29. Install AV
30. Enable Remote Registry Service. Change from manual to automatic start.
31. Enable Remote Access
a. Right Click My computer
b. Advanced System Settings
c. Remote
d. Select Users
32. Install Office App
38. Configure Mouse from Control Panel
39. Verify Printers – Add if needed
40. Download latest Java app
42. Update Adobe Flash and Shockwave
44. Open Office Apps – Activate
47. Open Media Player – config settings
48. Install updates – reboot
49. Delete McAfee, PDF Complete from swsetup folder
50. Reboot
51. Install Office SP3
52. Install Chrome
53. Install XP Mode (IF NEEDED… – See separate documentation)
New User
1. Login as user
2. Configure desktop settings + start menu
3. Right click Desktop – Personalize – Change Desktop Icons – Place a check on My Computer, Network, Recycle Bin
4. Configure Mouse from Control Panel
6. Pin Office Apps to Task Bar and Start Menu
7. Open IE – Set Homepage to google
8. Open Outlook 2003 – Configure settings – Junk Mail – Mail Format – Spelling
9. Open IE8 – Tools – Options – Connections - Remove top 2 checks for ‘Automatically apply settings’
10. Restore users favorites from bookmark.html
11. Restore users .NK2 file to c:/users/username/appdata/roaming/microsoft/outlook
13. Install Chrome
14. Verify XP Mode with Genero (TBD)
Administrator Steps
1. Log back in as admin
2. Remove user from Local Admin Group
3. Move UAC slider back up… Zip it up
Administrator Steps for users OLD PC
1. Activate local Admin account – make password blank
2. Right click My Computer – Properties
3. Computer Name – Change
4. Rename PC to ‘PC’
5. Change to ‘WORKGROUP’
6. Restart
7. Login as local admin
8. Remove programs
f. Remove other unneeded items
9. Remove old user profiles
10. Remove offline files option
11. Remove remote user option
