iOAP Setup and Maintenance of Assessment Laptop

Introduction In order to have smooth functioning of laptops during ion assessments, a few setup activities have to be done and some precautions need to be taken to maintain these laptops as their requirement is critical to the online assessments. In this video you will learn: How to change the computer name. How to disable user account control settings. How to disable firewall. How to create user accounts for iON assessments. How to maintain the assessment laptop. Let us begin with the process to change the computer name. Gd Note: Can we make all the HOWs as clickable links to branch into the respective sections.

Setup - Change Computer Name To begin setting up the laptop for assessment, you need to first change the computer name by resetting it to your asset ID. To do so, go to the Start menu and right click on Computer.

Setup - Change Computer Name From the sub menu, click Properties.

Setup - Change Computer Name Click on Change Settings link.

Setup - Change Computer Name A System Properties window will be displayed. Click Change to rename the computer.

Setup - Change Computer Name The Computer Name/Domain Changes window is displayed. Enter your laptop asset ID in the Computer name field and click OK. The computer name will be changed to your asset ID. Let us now see how to disable the user account control setting.

Setup – Disable User Account Control Settings To disable the user account control settings, go to the Start menu and access the Control Panel.

Setup – Disable User Account Control Settings Select User Accounts.

Setup – Disable User Account Control Settings Click on Change User Account Control settings.

Setup – Disable User Account Control Settings In the UAC settings window, drag the trackbar control to Never notify and click OK. The UAC setting is disabled. Let us now look at the process to disable Firewall.

Setup – Disable Firewall To disable firewall, go to Start menu and access Control Panel.

Setup – Disable Firewall Select Windows Firewall.

Setup – Disable Firewall Select the Turn Windows Firewall on or off option for both networks public and private. Then, click OK to apply changes. The Firewall is disabled. Let us now look at the process to create accounts for users.

Setup – Create Accounts To create accounts for users, go to the Start menu. Enter compmgmt.msc in the Search programs and files section and press the Enter key.

Setup – Create Accounts In the appearing Computer Management window, click Local Users and Groups in the System Tools.

Setup – Create Accounts On clicking Local Users and Groups, a Users folder and a Groups folder are displayed.

Setup – Create Accounts Right click on the Users folder and select the New User option.

Setup – Create Accounts In the appearing New User window, you need to enter the following details: User name: Ion Assessment Password: Confirm Password: Note for agnelo: Don’t we have to give full name and description for new user.

Setup – Create Accounts After entering the necessary, deselect the option of User must change password at next logon.

Setup – Create Accounts On doing so, the following two check boxes are enabled. Now, select the options of User cannot change password and Password never expires by checking their respective boxes.

Setup – Create Accounts After selecting the relevant options, click Create to proceed with account creation.

Instructions for Maintenance For hardware issues, you need to contact the local IS Team. For software issues, you need to follow the steps in this document. Following are some software-related issues: laptop keeps rebooting. applications keep crashing. certain applications cause the laptop to freeze all functions. Following are some of the causes: installation of unauthorized software. virus infection. operating System (OS) corruption. tampering software settings. This will come under how to maintain assessment laptop