UBC Physics & Astronomy
rupee.phas.ubc.ca
142.103.235.152

Purchase Date:

Hardware Specs Software Installed User Info
  • Motherboard: Intel DG965SS
  • BIOS Version:
  • Processor:  Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 CPU 6400@ 2.13GHz
  • Memory: DDR2 2GB
  • Hard Disk: 150GB HDD
  • Video:
  • Network: Intel Gigabit Network Connection
  • MAC Address: 00:0e:0c:c2:ce:41
  • Optical Drive: DVD RW
  • Network Printer:
    Xerox ColorQube 8870 (lp3)
  • Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit
  • Adobe Reader X
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Opera
  • Sophos Anti-virus
  • Sophos AutoUpdate
  • User Name: Finance Kiosk
  • Office: Hennings 325
  • Windows Login Username: kiosk

2012-05-55
Scheduled the computer to reboot every Sunday morning at 1:00AM

2012-03-23
Installed Firefox and set all user's homepage to be the finance form page
1. Login as bigcheese, start Firefox and set the homepage to be http://gamma.phas.ubc.ca/deptoffice/procedures/financeforms.html
2. Copy C:\Users\bigcheese\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla folder to C:\Users\Public folder, and then rename it to Public Mozilla
3. Change Firefox shortcut's properties, both on the Desktop and in the Start Menu, so the Target will be:
   "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -profile "C:\Users\Public\Public Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\profilename.default"
4. Change Privacy option to "Never remember history"

*** This method only works when the user start Firefox from either the Desktop or the Start Menu shortcut. 

2012-03-14
Disable kiosk mode, join the computer to PHAS domain

Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 scanner is going to be attached to the computer, so the users need to login with their own account to access the computer.

1. Add the computer to phas.ubc.ca domain.
2. Installed ScanSnap software and Adobe Acrobat Pro 9.
3. Created a group policy "Allow logon locally" applied to the computer:
   Computer Configuration > Policies > Windows Settings > Security Settings:
    Local Policies/User Rights Assignment
      Allow lo o locally: PHAS\staff;PHAS\Grads;PHAS\Faculty;PHAS\Domain Admins;BUILTIN\Administrators
    Local Policies/Security Options > Interactive Logon
      Interactive logon: Do not display last user name: Enabled
      Interactive logon: Do not require CTRL+ALT+DEL: Enabled
   Administrative Templates > Windows Components/Internet Explorer
      Disable changing secondary home page settings: Enabled
        Secondary home pages: http://gamma.phas.ubc.ca/deptoffice/procedures/financeforms.html
4. Removed Opera & Firefox.

2012-02-29
Create phas account for printing

Added local account kiosk to be a phas staff account, so it can print from the computer


2012-02-24
Setup Kiosk Computer
  1. Install Windows 7 and its updates
  2. Install Sophos Anti-Virus
  3. Install Opera and create a Opera Kiosk shortcut


For more assistance contact Ron Parachoniak, rap@phas.ubc.ca
 
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