Bari Computer Setup

This provides guidelines on setting up Bari School computer

Hardware

• Purchased 27 Jan 2006
  • Westan Armapro Budget Intel 775 System
  • Case Task 300W pearl-white with front USB ports
  • CPU Celeron 2.8 GHz
  • Mainboard Biostar I915G-M7
  • Video on board
  • Memory 512MB DDR400
  • HDD Western Digital 800JB Samsung
  • DVD-RW drive
  • FDD Panasonic
  • Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard
  • PS/2 Mouse MS optical wheel mouse
  • OS Windows XP Pro
• Changed later to
  • Mainboard ASUS M4A78LT-M-LE Bios 0704 06/11/2010 with onboard AMD760G Graphics
  • CPU AMD Athlon II X2 245
  • Memory 1x2048MB DDR3 667MHz (1 slot spare)
• Changed in July 2014 to
  • Refurbished Dell 760 with A16 Bios
  • ATI Radeon HD 3450 (B629) Display Adaptor with Dual monitor adaptor cords (G2D 349 G3D 120)
  • 4GB DDR2 Memory (2x2GB)
  • Intel Core2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3GHz
  • 320GB SATA Disk
  • DVD-RW drive
  • Window 7 Professional
  • Office 2010
• DVI77SB Diamond Digital LCD Monitor with VGA and DVI input
• DV191B Diamond Digital 19 inch LCD Monitor VGA/DVI (May 2015)
• DVI Cable
• Microsoft Optical Mouse

Operating System

1. Default Install of Windows XP SP2
2. Windows Update
   1. Express Update
   2. Turn on Automatic Updates
   3. Custom Update to catch all
3. Users
   1. Create Admin User (with Administrative privileges)
   2. Create Sukulu User
   3. ...
4. For Windows 10 (Version 1709 onwards), select the Start button, select Settings > Accounts > Sign-in options, then make sure Use my sign in info to automatically finish setting up my device and reopen my apps after an update or restart is turned off (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4027599/windows-10-automatically-finish-setting-up-pc-after-update-restart) to avoid issues on multiuser machines shutting down.

Utilities

1. Adobe Players (test page at http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/
   1. Flash
2. 7 zip
3. Microsoft Security Essentials

Applications

• Office 2003
  • Office 2007 Converters