Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

Link to this comparison view

Both sides previous revision Previous revision
Next revision
Previous revision
grad_student_laptops [2020/05/15 10:21]
mgrant
— (current)
Line 1: Line 1:
-====== Laptop Software Policy ====== 
-All students separating from the college are responsible for deleting/​removing all institutionally owned software from their laptops upon departure. 
- 
- 
-You are no longer licensed to use any Olin owned/​licensed software including: 
- 
-  * Olin site licensed software such as Matlab and Solidworks 
-  * Symantec Endpoint Protection - you should have a personal copy of antivirus software 
-  * All programs that are licensed for the cloud from Microsoft and Adobe will stop functioning as the licensing will be expired. Be sure to move any cloud files to a more accessible location. ​ 
- 
-Microsoft Security Essentials is free antivirus/​anti malware product provided by Microsoft that  
-should serve most students needs in replacing the institutionally-owned Symantec that comes installed on all Olin-maintained computers. 
- 
-Please note that all network based applications that connect to a server for a license key will no  
-longer work.  
- 
- 
-======How to reset your laptop to the Windows 10 factory image====== 
- 
-Before doing the steps below make sure you have all your data backed up on an external source i.e. thumb drive, external hard drive, or cloud storage. ​ This process will delete all data and user accounts. ​ When completed your laptop will be like it was out of the box from Dell.  We recommend using this method to “refresh” you laptop to give it a longer life after 4 years of hard use. 
- 
-1. Click **Start** , then type "​reset."​ 
-2. Select **Reset this PC (System Setting)**. 
-3. Under Advanced Startup, select **Restart now**. 
-4. At the Choose an option screen, select **Troubleshoot**. 
-5. Select** Factory Image Restore**. 
-6. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the reset process. This takes some time and your computer will restart. 
- 
-Once the reset process is complete you will need to setup your system, simply follow the onscreen instructions. ​ If you are signing in with a Microsoft account that account will be used via Microsoft support for password recovery. 
-If you don’t have a Microsoft account you want to use, we recommend making a secondary local administrator account as a backup in case you forget the password for your primary account. ​ You can do this by doing the following: 
-1. Click Start , then type “users"​. 
-2. Expand the **Local Users and Groups section**. 
-3. Select **Users**, and then **Action** at the top of the window, and click **New User**. 
-4. Create username and password for the account and click **Create**. 
-5. Click on **Groups** on the left in the **Computer Management** window, then double click **Administrators**. 
-6. On the next window click **Add**, type in the name of the new account you just made and click **Okay**.