Windows 10 Checklist. Brought to you by SAGE PASTEL ACCOUTNING

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1 Windows 10 Checklist Brought to you by SAGE PASTEL ACCOUTNING September 2015

2 Before you install Windows 10: 1.) Make sure that your Graphics driver has a Windows 10 compatible driver 2.) Make sure that your printer has a Windows 10 compatible driver Reason: If there is no Windows 10 compatible drivers for your Printer or Graphics driver this can cause screen resolution anomalies in Pastel. To check if your Graphics Card or Printer is compatible with Windows 10 please go to: Home After installing Windows 10: Our experience has been that the Windows 10 install restores the system to the factor default, this means that if you changed certain system settings in Windows prior to the update they have been reset. 1.) Check that the UAC is turned off click here for steps 2.) Check that the Region and Language is correct click here for steps 3.) Check that your program is set as default click here for steps 4.) If your Printer driver is compatible with Windows 10 make sure that the paper size is A4 or if using pre-printed paper that the custom paper size is selected. 5.) Make sure that if the Windows 10 is the Pastel Server that this is shared correctly click here for steps Page 1

3 Turning off the UAC in Windows 10 This document will guide and illustrate on how to turn off the UAC for Windows 10 Solution: Go to your Control Panel which you can access by clicking on the Windows home button and selecting Settings in the Menu. On the top right hand corner where you see find a setting type in Control Panel Click the Control Panel Icon from the list displayed. Ensure that your View By option is set to Category Click on the green text listed as User Accounts You will get a second menu and once again click on the green text listed as User Accounts Page 2

4 In the next menu in the User Accounts settings click on Change User Account Control Settings Make sure the slider is at the bottom on never notify. Checking the Region and Language in Windows 10: This document explains how to setup your region and language to avoid errors in Pastel. Solution: Go to your Control Panel which you can access by clicking on the Windows home button and selecting Settings in the Menu. On the top right hand corner where you see find a setting type in Control Panel Click the Control Panel Icon from the list displayed. If view by is set to small or large icons, then select Region If view by is set to Category, then select Clock, Language and Region, then Region On the Formats tab make sure that the current format is English South Africa Page 3

5 Click on Additional settings and go on the Numbers tab make sure your settings are as per the below screenshot: Decimal must be a full stop Digit Grouping must be a comma List Separator must be a comma Do the same for the Currency Screen as per the below screenshot: Decimal must be a full stop Digit Grouping must be a comma Page 4

6 On the Date Screen please make sure the short date is correct as per the screenshot: Short date must be: dd/mm/yy Set Program as Default in Windows 10 This document explains how to set your program as default in Windows 10. Solution: Go to your Control Panel which you can access by clicking on the Windows home button and selecting Settings in the Menu. On the top right hand corner where you see find a setting type in Control Panel Click the Control Panel Icon from the list displayed. If view by is set to small or large icons, then select Default Programs If view by is set to Category, then select Programs Default Programs Click on Set your default programs as shown below: Page 5

7 Wait for the list to populate On the left hand side select your program i.e Outlook Click the option to Set this program as default as shown in the screenshot below: Click ok Network Sharing and Security on Windows 10 Sharing and Permissions: Select Computer Local Disk C: Right click on your Pastelxx or Xpressxx folder (where xx represents the version of Pastel you are running i.e Pastel14) and select properties. Select the Sharing tab Click on the Share button as shown in the screenshot: Page 6

8 On the File sharing screen make sure that everyone is showing and that their permissions are correctly set i.e. Read/Write If no users are showing please add them by either select Everyone if you want to share it for everyone or select Find people if you only want certain people to have access to your Pastel folder. Once the person has been added to the list, make sure that the Permission Level for that user has been selected on Read/Write as per the below screenshot: After you have added the user\s, click on Share. After you have shared the Pastel folder for the user\s, it will return to the Sharing tab on the Properties screen for the Pastel folder. When on the Sharing tab, click on Advanced Sharing Permissions Click on Add to add users if they do not show in the list to have permission to access the Pastel folder. If they are showing click on the user\s and ensure that there is a tick on Full Control, Change and Read under the column Allow. As per the screenshot: Page 7

9 Select the security tab and follow the same procedure as the Advanced Sharing process as per the below screenshot: Page 8

10 Read-only: To turn off Read-only, select the General tab and then make sure that there isn t a tick in the block where it says Read-only (Only applies to files in folder). Page 9

11 Network Discovery: If the workstation still cannot access the Pastel folder, register the package as a workstation or is receiving permissions errors after checking all the sharing option explained previously, please make sure that the Server computer has tuned on Network Discovery (making the computer visible to other computers). To turn on Network Discovery on the server computer, click on the network computer screen on the bottom right hand corner next to the time and date in Windows and click on Open Network and Sharing Center. On the left hand side of the Network and Sharing Center screen, click on Change advanced sharing settings. Page 10

12 Under the option Network discovery, select the option Turn on network discovered and click on Save changes. Page 11

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