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THE OVERKILL INSTALLATION CHECKLIST FOR Cougar
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 Cougar PROGRAM DIRECTORY
MAKE A NEW Cougar PROGRAM DIRECTORY
COPY SYSPROF1 & SYSPROF2
COPY THE COMPANY DATA FILES FROM THE RENAMED DIRECTORY TO THE NEW Cougar
LOCATION
RECHECK THE ICONS ON THE TASK BAR TO MAKE SURE THAT THE OTHER MONITORING Software
RECHECK THE ICONS ON THE TASK BAR TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VIRUS S/W RUNNING
CLOSE ALL OPEN PROGRAMS
LOAD Cougar
LOAD ANY Cougar 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 Cougar 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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