• A machine with a pre-installed Win 7 that has never been booted
• … or a Win 7 installation DVD, a licence number
  • if possible, a DVD with the specific drivers of the machine

Switch on the machine! If the machine did not have a pre-installed Windows 7, make sure that there is Windows 7 DVD in the the reader.

1. Choose France (or whatever is most appropriate) for the different localization settings. Warning, it will not be possible to change the language after that
2. User name: your LSCE login
   Computer name: <login>-Dell or <login>-HP (or anything)
3. Password: anything you can remember
4. License agreement: accept it…
5. Security setting: only install important updates
6. Time zone, etc…: choose the appropriate settings
7. Wait, wait, wait (the computer may reboot)
8. Done!!!

Use gparted to change the default partitions of the disk

• Determine the MAC address of the PC
  • Start Menu → “type 'cmd' then press Enter in the Search field”
  • Type “getmac” in the Command Prompt window and write down the MAC address
  • Type “exit” to close the Command Prompt window
• Ask the LSCE sysadmins to add the MAC address to the DHCP, and get a static IP address for the PC

The first time a new Dell computer is put on the network, it will start the Dell Digital Delivery program. Accept the options and download the extra software (Download “My Dell - Help, Support and Updates” but you probably don't need “Dell Data Protection Security Tools”).

If the machine did not have a pre-installed Windows 7, you will have to install additional Dell or HP (or whatever) drivers…

Control panel ⇒

Some machines with a pre-installed Windows system, may have some pre-installed applications that need to be uninstalled:

• MacAfee: this antivirus must be removed before the installation of Symantec Endpoint Protection
• DEMO version of Microsoft Office: remove this before installing Office 2010 supplied by CEA
• …

Ask the LSCE sysadmins to make the standard installation

• Giving the machine its final name (LSCEnnnn, where nnnn are the last 4 digits of the static IP address)
• Configuration of the local LSCE time server
• Kerberos configuration
• Symantec Endpoint Protection
• OCS inventory
• FortiClient
• cygwin/X
• LSCE printers
• Winzip or 7zip
• Acrobat
• Acrobat Reader
• Microsoft Office Professionnel Plus 2010
• Firefox
• Thunderbird
• Putty
• WinSCP
• java

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