Heads up on FHC image now shipping
Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2014 4:10 pm
Six FHC computers unboxed and installed. A few things the stating instructions failed to mention:
Windows does not come activated. Minor issue, two clicks activates Windows over the internet and a third click to close the confirmation window. A minor issue, but I've been doing PC deployments and refreshes for years and this type really needs to be mentioned in the staging script.
The script should remind people to set the correct time zone, but doesn't.
On all six machines I had to run the portal config utility - the script says that this only needs to be done "if" it doesn't work automatically.
One machine failed the phone home configuration. Again, easy fix - located the phone home app which is in a temp folder (bad place for it to be by the way), executed it and all worked well. Again, this should be listed as a troubleshooting tip in the script.
There is a premium app - ArkivDigital Online - that is installed from the premium portal. The staging script should mention this and take the stager through the install. Simple, basic, there is no reason why this shouldn't be done automatically at deployment.
Due to the Microsoft silliness of removing the "install updates and restart" option that existed up until XP (and Vista? Don't remember) you have to shut down the system to install the updates, then restart. This should be mentioned in the deployment script as well.
Windows does not come activated. Minor issue, two clicks activates Windows over the internet and a third click to close the confirmation window. A minor issue, but I've been doing PC deployments and refreshes for years and this type really needs to be mentioned in the staging script.
The script should remind people to set the correct time zone, but doesn't.
On all six machines I had to run the portal config utility - the script says that this only needs to be done "if" it doesn't work automatically.
One machine failed the phone home configuration. Again, easy fix - located the phone home app which is in a temp folder (bad place for it to be by the way), executed it and all worked well. Again, this should be listed as a troubleshooting tip in the script.
There is a premium app - ArkivDigital Online - that is installed from the premium portal. The staging script should mention this and take the stager through the install. Simple, basic, there is no reason why this shouldn't be done automatically at deployment.
Due to the Microsoft silliness of removing the "install updates and restart" option that existed up until XP (and Vista? Don't remember) you have to shut down the system to install the updates, then restart. This should be mentioned in the deployment script as well.