Windows 7 Setup

1. Starting with a fresh installation connect network (IP settings) and select workgroup 'AGRITECH'. Check that network is accessible and that internet is connected.
2. -Important- Add an administrator account named "Paul".
3. Restart and login as "Paul".
4. Set computer network name from System Properties (type "name" into search edit).
5. Restart and login again as "Paul".

1. Load the profile for "Paul" using "Windows Easy Transfer", located at Windows Easy Transfer - Items from old computer.MIG. Settings should mirror the previous installation. It might be necessary to also load Windows Easy Transfer - DesktopMIG so all desktop settings are loaded.
2. -Important- After a reboot take ownership of hard drive and all contents.
3. Set permissions for root drive and set shares if required.
4. After a reboot remove all other admin accounts. Set any other accounts as necessary.

1. -Important- Install any available updates with the windows update system. Some systems may require the following patch.
2. Win 7 requires this update to open old style help files.
3. Win 7 requires the registry entries in this file to run *.hlp files on remote machines and to run macros.

1. After a reboot install Firefox. Installer located at m:\Downloads & Patches\Mozilla.
2. Copy HomeGrown tools, DragDrop and HtmlEditor, as well as folders for DrawChem and PhotoAlbum to local machine. Best done by copy and paste from m:\ drive.
3. Install "HomeGrown Html Editor" into Firefox with about:config View_source.editor.external = true and path=C:\HomeGrown\Html Tag Helper\htmledit.exe.
4. Install the "Launch External Application" addon from this site.
5. Follow the add on instructions below to launch "HomeGrown FavsApp" located at M:\HomeGrown\FavsApp\FavsApp.exe.
6. This is a good time to configure Firefox menu and toolbars as desired.

1. -Important- Install a printer (optional but recommended).
2. Install clawPDF writer (could be sufficient by itself) located at m:\Downloads & Patches\PDFWriter.
3. Install Delphi 5 and/or BDE. If installing Delphi 5 remember to remove the BF_MIDDLE flag from TOleContainer in the OleCntrs file.
4. Set the default BDE config to m:\Lock\BDE Cfg\idapi.cfg.
5. Move favorites with regedit method. Key is HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders. Change value to m:\Favorites

1. -Important- Install Mail Recipient in the SendTo folder.
2. Navigate to \users\Paul\AppData\Microsoft\SendTo
3. Add a plain text file. Open it and add the text "Mail". Save the file.
4. Rename the file "MailRecipient.MAPIMail without any extension..SendTo will now include "MailRecipient".

Notes:

1. FavsApp Installation Notes
   1. Install the "Native Client" by navigating to M:\Shared Files\Native Client\windows.zip and extracting all files to a local folder. When complete run "Install.bat".
   2. Go to the add on web page. Install version 0.5.2.
   3. Set the options in the add on manager/Options page.
   4. Pin the button to the tool bar.

2. Event viewer should function. If not remove files from C:\Windows\System32\LogFiles\WMI\RtBackup. This can be difficult since security issues may arise.

3. Rebuilding the Icon Cache Database:
   1. Close all folder windows that are currently open.
   2. Launch Task Manager using the CTRL+SHIFT+ESC key sequence, or by running taskmgr.exe.
   3. In the Process tab, right-click on the Explorer.exe process and select End Process.
   4. Click the End process button when asked for confirmation.
   5. From the File menu of Task Manager, select New Task (Run…)
   6. Type CMD.EXE, and click OK
   7. In the Command Prompt window, type the commands one by one and press ENTER after each command:
      • CD /d %userprofile%\AppData\Local
      • DEL IconCache.db /a
      • EXIT
   8. In Task Manager, click File, select New Task (Run…)
   9. Type EXPLORER.EXE, and click OK.