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Operating Systems OIS & Information Services Working with Windows 7 at CERN Juraj Sucik Micha Budzowski IT/OIS CERN IT Department CH-1211 Geneva 23 4 April, 2011 Switzerland www.cern.ch/i t OIS Motivation Windows 7 The

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Operating Systems & Information Services

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Working with Windows 7 at CERN

Juraj Sucik Michał Budzowski IT/OIS

4 April, 2011

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OIS Motivation

  • Windows 7

– The default Operating System at CERN since March 2010 – Improvements in the areas of

  • Usability
  • Security
  • Stability
  • Windows XP

– Nearly 10 years old – Approaching the end of its life-cycle – CERN support for XP will stop at the end of 2012

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OIS Agenda

  • Part 1: Windows 7 at CERN
  • Part 2: New concepts of Windows 7
  • Part 3: Common questions

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OIS Part 1

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Part 1

Windows 7 at CERN

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Windows 7 and Windows infrastructure at CERN

  • „My Documents” are redirected to DFS

as before

  • Printing works in the same way as

before

  • Applications are managed with CMF

as before

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OIS Windows 7 at CERN

  • Windows 7 is supported at CERN:

– On all new PCs bought from CERN stores – On most of the older PCs satisfying hardware requirements

  • Windows 7 is available for installation:

– On all PCs satisfying minimum hardware requirements

  • To check if Windows 7 is supported on

your machine go to:

https://cern.ch/winservices/Services/ComputerAccounts/ComputerAccountStatus7.aspx

  • Windows 7 32-bit is the default OS for

new Windows installations

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OIS Hardware requirements

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Windows 7 32-bit Microsoft CERN Recommendations ) Memory 1 GB 2 GB Disk Size 16 GB 60 GB CPU 1 GHz 2 GHz Windows 7 64-bit Microsoft CERN Recommendations ) Memory 1 GB 4 GB Disk Size 16 GB 60 GB CPU 1 GHz 2 GHz

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Part 2

New Concepts

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OIS Improved user interface

  • Improved taskbar
  • Demo

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OIS Libraries

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  • „View‟ of different

locations for user files

  • Four libraries by

default: „Documents”, „Music”, „Pictures” and „Videos”

  • Additional locations

may be easily added

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OIS User Account Control

  • Mechanism to increase security
  • By default applications run with standard

user privileges

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Admin privileges requested

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OIS Search and Indexing

  • Search now works based on an index,

which is updated in the background

  • Faster for indexed locations
  • Indexed by default:

– Outlook contents – Menu Start – Offline files

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Hints for communicating with Service Desk

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  • Save error message with Ctrl+C
  • Snipping Tool
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OIS Summary of new features

  • New User Interface

– Taskbar, Live preview, Pinning, Jump lists, Snapping windows, Search window, Flip, Flip-3d, Desktop peek, Shake

  • Libraries
  • User Account Control
  • Search and Indexing
  • Hints for communicating with Service Desk

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Part 3

Common questions

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OIS Windows 7 readiness check

Q: How to check if Windows 7 will run on a given PC A: Go to „Computer Account Status” page:

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How to install Windows 7 at CERN

  • 1. Preferably ask Service Desk to do it
  • 2. Alternatively follow standard installation procedure

(Diane):

1. Check if your PC is ready for Windows 7 2. Make sure your PC is registered as „Windows” in the network database: https://network.cern.ch/ 3. Reboot your PC 4. Press „F12” to start network installation 5. Choose „Windows 7 Enterprise” from the choice of

  • perating systems.

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If Windows 7 is not listed in the list of operating systems, it means it is not available for your hardware. You are advised to contact CERN Service Desk.

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OIS How to log on?

  • 1. Press „Control-Alt-Del”
  • 2. If the user you see is not your domain user,

click „Switch user”

  • 3. Enter your CERN account name and

password.

  • You can also use your CERN email address to log in
  • Use the Account Status Page to check which credential you may use

to log in: http://cern.ch/account

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OIS How to configure a printer

DEMO 1. Go to „Devices and printers” 2. Select „Add a network printer” 3. Choose: an and 4. Enter your building number in the „name” field:

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How to check if an application is available on Windows 7?

  • Most applications are available on

Windows 7

– For detailed list of applications available on W7, check: https://cern.ch/nice/Help/?kbid=010310

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OIS How to install a program

DEMO

  • First try „Add/remove CMF packages”:

Find your program on the list, select the checkbox and click „Save”.

  • If your program is not listed, then it is not managed

by CMF. In this case, you need to install it manually according to software vendor instructions

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How to install a program - compatibility

  • Some older

applications may be installed in compatibility mode with older versions

  • f Windows

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How to find files in your home folder?

DEMO

  • Use „Search” box from Menu Start
  • Use „Search box in „Documents” folder

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OIS How to improve performance

Basic suggestions:

  • Make sure you have 2 GB of memory
  • Disable transparency:

1. Right-click desktop, click „Personalize” 2. Click on “Window Colour” 3. Untick the „Enable transparency” checkbox

  • Disable Aero:

1. Right-click desktop, click „Personalize” 2. Choose „Windows 7 Basic” theme and click „OK.”

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OIS References

  • Complete documentation for Windows 7 at

CERN: https://cern.ch/nice/Help/?fdid=5

  • Help and Support

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OIS Further training opportunities

  • Regular Technical Training course:

Windows 7 (3 hours)

  • 4th April at 15h30: “Move smoothly to Office

2007 or 2010”

  • Slides and recordings from these tutorials

will be available at:

https://cern.ch/winservices/Help/?kbid=170110

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OIS Questions?

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