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Unfortunately these were never posted on the site. The original instructions were a soft bound, 8 1/2 x 11 booklet of under 100 pages.

But if you have good general computer skills and are familiar with the Gates Computers, this is actually pretty straightforward. Most of the instructions are just waling you through collecting existing settings, and then reentering them afterwards.

First, in the binder, you should see a 5 DVD Software Upgrade set. These are the only discs you need to use. They contain a complete drive image that includes all the applications, profiles and security. All you need to do is to boot to the first DVD and follow the instructions. You will swap out DVDs when prompted (about 30 40 minutes) until all 5 are done.

Things to be aware of:
- BIOS: you need to change the boot order, and BIOS should be password protected, if you don't know it let me know.
- Exec password: will 'exec' the first time you log in after reimaging.
- Network Settings: you will need to reenter your network settings. After reimage it will be set to a dummy static IP address.
- Printer: you will also need to change the port address for the printer if you are still using the original HP printer (or of course install any others)
- Any other configuration changes - keep in mind that any software or settings that have been added by your library will be wiped out, so look around in the PC before imaging to see what's there. The base image does not include any antivirus or other security software beyond the PAC system.

Dale

Hi -

Yes, I used to be a trainer and then did tech support for the US Library Program during the years these were installed.

I don't remember exactly when Utah got the XP upgrade, but it must have been late 2003 or the first 1/2 of 2004.

If this is a big enough concern, there is another way to go about upgrading the computer - you can always just Ghost the drive from a working Gates PC. The low-tech way is to put both hard drives in one pc, and boot to a Ghost floppy or CD and make a direct copy of the drive.

Once copied and back in it's original computer, you would want to log in and change the computer name, and the IP address if static, before connecting it to the network.

If you need Ghost to do this, you can usually get older versions of it cheap on Ebay. There are also free alternatives, but I don't have any experience with any of them. Here is a list though: http://www.thefreecountry.com/utilities/backupandimage.shtml

Dale

Just running the disks takes about 3 hours - though all you need to do is to keep coming back to the computer every 30 - 40 minutes to switch disks.

The next biggest chunk of time will be all the Windows Updates - that will probably take 1/2 an hour.

All together, I think that about 5 hours is average - less if you don't have a lot of customizations to do and your own software to install after upgrading.

I think it would concern me too. The good thing is you have the Centurion Guard to back you up.

But it sounds like your Policy Restrictions aren't applying properly. I suspect it might be something that happened when applying the osv2 template.

I would go back in exec and open up Policy Editor. And make sure you do not open the policy file first.
Then go to Options>Policy Template and remove osv2.adm.
Once removed, add it right back in.
Also verify that your list of templates is identical to your other computers (there may just be 2 on your model, but I can't remember for sure).
Then go ahead and open the template and browse through the settings for all and replace the check for "Hide these specified drives...". And of course make sure you are checking an option that includes hiding C.

The only other thing I can think of is that some times the drive lettering gets messed up during the upgrade. The second hard drive partition, with all the application folders should be the D: drive.

If it isn't then you can go into Disk Manager and reletter the affected drives. Let me know if you need to do this but don't know how.

Dale