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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the EOL CD

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the EOL CD. Why an EOL CD?. Desire to clean and protect machines prior to attaching to network Blaster worm in 2003 Bandwidth-efficient way to deliver. What’s on the CD?. Security Scan (Windows) Wireless Configuration (Windows / Mac)

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the EOL CD

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  1. How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the EOL CD

  2. Why an EOL CD? • Desire to clean and protect machines prior to attaching to network • Blaster worm in 2003 • Bandwidth-efficient way to deliver

  3. What’s on the CD? • Security Scan (Windows) • Wireless Configuration (Windows / Mac) • CAT Scanner (Windows) • Link to Network Registration (Windows / Mac) • Content broken up over four panes

  4. Supported Configurations • Windows XP • Windows Vista • Mac OS X 10.3+

  5. Getting Started – Pane One • Pop in the CD • Windows will autorun (emory_online_2007.exe) • Mac will mount (run Emory Online 2007 for Mac) • Introduction to EOL

  6. Security Scan Intro – Pane Two • On Windows, will start: • Spybot • Symantec Anti-Virus • CCleaner • Scheduled Windows Updates • Enable Firewall

  7. Windows Updates – Pane Two • MS doesn’t allow redistribution of Windows Updates, so you can’t legally run updates off of CD • Running a Custom Scan will allow you to select individual components to run

  8. Macintosh – Pane Two • Will tell user to install Norton Anti-Virus from Software Express

  9. After Pane Two • Windows will reboot and restart CD on Pane Three

  10. Wireless Configuration – Pane Three • Windows XP • Automatic Wireless Configuration tool • Not usable if laptop has an OEM customized utility for wireless • Wireless Configuration Documentation • Windows Vista • Wireless Configuration Documentation • Mac OS X • Automatic Wireless Configuration Tool • Wireless Configuration Documentation

  11. NetReg – Pane Four • Changes browser homepage to it.emory.edu Students page • Button to initiate Network Registration

  12. Secrets of EOL • Once you’ve passed a step, you can go back via the navigation buttons • Upon executing the security scan, you are cookied as having been scanned and will always start at Pane Three • To clear this cookie, click on the left face of the clock tower

  13. More Secrets of EOL • If you need to skip the security scan and get directly to the Wireless Pane, you can click on the word “here” at the bottom of the Eula on Pane Two

  14. Yet One More Secret of EOL • All executables are found in the FSCOMMAND directory • Patches, SAV, CCleaner, CAT, etc. are found in FSCOMMAND/Resources

  15. Macbook Incompatibility • Problems with newest Macbooks and burned CDs • Alternatives will be available

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