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Prepared by George Schaefer with help from Larry Sweat/Ed Lerner/Others
Here is something I put together with the help of others that is definately more than anyone would ever do but it might be of help in a problem installation
LOG INTO NETWORK WITH FULL SECURITY RIGHTS CHECK FOR ADEQUATE HARD DISK SPACE ON THE SERVER AND EACH WORKSTATION (SUGGEST 150 MEGS) CHECK THAT THE SERVER AND EACH WORK STATION HAS A SURGE SUPPRESSOR AND A WORKING UPS UNIT SET CONFIG.SYS ON SERVER SET CONFIG.SYS ON WORKSTATION(S) SET CONFIG.NT ON WORKSTATION(S) (IF NT) SET SHELL.CFG ON WORKSTATION(S) (IF NOVELL) SET FILEHANDLES ON WORKSTATION (IF NOVELL) CHECK NETWORKING OPTION IN CONTROL PANEL FOR MULTIPLE PROTOCOLS MAKE A COPY OF WIN.INI & SYSTEM.INI ON WORKSTATION(S) BACKUP REGISTRY ON WORKSTATION(S) VERIFY THAT NETWORK PROTOCOLS ARE SET UP PROPERLY VERIFY THAT THE OPERATING SYSTEM IS WIN98 2ND EDITION OR LATER VERIFY THAT WORKSTATIONS ARE UPTO DATE ON PATCHES VERIFY THAT THE SERVER'S NETWORK IS UP TO DATE ON PATCHES VERIFY THAT IF CLIENT 32 IS BEING USED IS THE MOST CURRENT VERSIOM MAKE SURE THAT NOVELL VERSION 4 IS NOT USING SERVICE PACK 4 CHECK AND CLEAN UP PROGRAMS BEING STARTED IN THE START UP MENU CHECK AND CLEAN UP PROGRAMS SHOWING IN THE MSCONFIG PROGRAM IN STARTUP TAB CHECK THE FREE RESOURCE TAB ON THE CONTROL PANEL/SYSTEM/PERFORMANCE 80% OR BETTER IS BEST
REBOOT WORKSTATIONS RUN SCAN DISK ON WORKSTATIONS DEFRAG DISK ON WORKSTATION DISABLE VIRUS PROTECTION S/W DISABLE SCREEN SAVERS (TEMPORARILY)
ON UPGRADE/REINSTALL-RENAME CMS PROGRAM DIRECTORY MAKE A NEW CMS PROGRAM DIRECTORY COPY SYSPROF1 & SYSPROF2 COPY THE COMPANY DATA FILES FROM THE RENAMED DIRECTORY TO THE NEW CMS LOCATION RECHECK THE ICONS ON THE TASK BAR TO MAKE SURE THAT THE OTHER MONITORING SW RECHECK THE ICONS ON THE TASK BAR TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VIRUS S/W RUNNING CLOSE ALL OPEN PROGRAMS
LOAD CMS LOAD ANY CMS PATCHES/UPDATES REBOOT WORKSTATION DISABLE VIRUS PROTECTION S/W RUN CLIENT.EXE ON EACH WORKSTATIONS, IF UPDATING RENAME THE DIRECTORY ON THE WS SETUP DESKTOP ICONS FOR CMS PROGRAM DISABLE SCREEN SAVERS ON ANY ICON RUNNING THE DOS VERSION DISABLE THE LOGO SCREEN ON THE DOS VERSION
MAKE A DIRECTORY TO STORE AN EXTRA COPY OF CERTAIN FILES (MD\CMSWIN\SAVE) COPY SYSPROF*.* VERSYS*.* CMSUSER*.* RRWUSER*.* *.RP5 TO THE DIRECTORY MADE ABOVE ACTIVATE SECURITY SYSTEM ON SENSITIVE MODULES ESPECIALLY PAYROLL REDEFINE SICK PAY CODES & STATE P/R TAX CODES ACTIVATE USER DEFINED FIELDS IN INVENTORY, PO, PR & OE SET UP PRINTERS (ESPECIALLY SPECIAL PRINTER SETUP FOR DOT MATRIX CHECKS)
TROUBLESHOOTING RECHECK CONFIG.SYS RE-INDEX ALL MODULES RENAME OR REMOVE THE VER*.* FROM THE COMPANIES DATA DIRECTORY RENAME OR REMOVE THE BACKUP.DAT DIRECTORY RENAME OR REMOVE THE BACKUP DIRECTORY OFF OF THE PROGRAM DIRECTORY BRING UP EACH PC IN SAFE MODE, CHECK DEVICE MANAGER FOR DUPLICATES/ERRORS
GPS - 08/14/2000 |
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