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Workstations for conferences will generally be set up with a single partition for the hard disk, formatted NTFS, with the Windows XP operating system and the software listed below (which is based on the SLAC standard suite). Workstations will be installed via a generic Microsoft Windows XP Professional CD, and applications will be installed from the internet where possible (to avoid any dependencies from the SLAC network). The workstations will be set up as standalone with no login (i.e., in Workgroup mode, not in Domain mode).

Testing of these systems should be done on the SLAC Visitor Network, to ensure that there are no dependencies on the SLAC Network.

System administrators at the conference site will need the local administrator account, as well as CD's for

Product	Description
NTFS	File System
Windows XP Professional, Service Pack & Hot Fixes	Current version of supported operating system, etc.
MS Office	desktop publishing, full install
Outlook, Outlook Express	e-mail clients
Internet Explorer	web browser
Mozilla	web browser
Acrobat Reader	PDF format reader, test associations within web browsers
GhostView	PostScript reader, test associations within web browsers
RealPlayer G2	Streaming media player, test associations within web browsers
Aladdin Expander	File decompressor
XWIN32	X Window, test that licenses have been registered
Norton AntiVirus	virus scanning program, install latest virus signature file
WinSCP	SCP program
WS_FTP95	FTP program
HyperSnap	screen capture program
TTERMPRO	terminal emulation program, ssh
Telnet	terminal emulation program
Citrix ICA client	Multi-user connectivity for Windows Terminal Server.
Dialup Networking	remote access for VPN/PPTP
Printer Drivers	for appropriate printer models
Networking information	setup for DHCP or fixed IP, NIC set for 'Auto-detect' or ??

Standard Software