Windows XP Professional Configuration for Agilent ChemStation A.10.01 or higher Introduction With Revision A10.01 the Agilent ChemStation will be supported on Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 1a. Agilent delivered ChemStation Bundle Systems will come with Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1a pre-installed and will be configured for optimum ChemStation usage. If the system was not purchased as an Agilent ChemStation Bundle, these configuration changes need to be done to allow for successful operation. Please follow the steps described below. Steps to configure Windows XP SP1a correctly to run an Agilent ChemStation A.10.01: Installation Windows XP: 1 Install Windows XP from recovery CD or Windows XP Professional CD-ROM. During the setup of XP apply the Computer Name, Administrator password and network settings. At this time, either join an existing domain or set up the system in workgroup mode. 2 Check the Windows version by running winver command from Start/Run: If necessary, install Service Pack 1a for XP. Ignore the option to archive current files and reboot the system. 3 To secure your system against viruses, please install Norton AntiVirus on your system. Agilent Technologies
Configure Settings for Windows XP 1 Windows Logon Options : (For Workgroup Systems) Select the classic logon style and disable multi-session mode. a Select User Accounts from the Control Panel. b Select Change the way users log on or off Disable Use the Welcome Screen Disable Use Fast User Switching 2 Recycle Bin Properties: (right-click on desktop icon Recycle Bin) Mark following options: a use one setting for all drives. b c Do not move files to the Recycle Bin. Remove files immediately when deleted. Display delete confirmation dialog 3 Hard disk Properties: (right-click Start/Explorer, right-click on C: drive) Disable Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file searching 4 Screen layout: (right-click desktop/arrange icons by) Disable Align to grid 5 Screen layout: (right-click desktop/properties): Please change following items in the Display Properties: a Themes Tab: Change Windows XP to Windows Classic b Desktop Tab/Customize Desktop: General Tab: Enable all 4 desktop items (My Docs, My Comp;My Network, IE) General Tab: Disable run Desktop Cleanup Wizard every 60 days c d Screen Saver Tab: Change Screen saver from Windows XP to Windows Classic Screen Saver Tab/Power: Change power schemes from home/office Desk to Always on Set all four Settings for Always on Power scheme to Never (Turn off monitor after 20 min., turn off harddisk / system standby / system hibernates) Hibernate Tab: disable Enable hibernation 2 For Agilent ChemStation A.10.01 or higher
e f Appearance Tab/Effects: disable all items Settings Tab: 1024 resolution, 16 bit color, 75 Hertz refresh 6 General Layout: (Start Menu, right-click/properties) a Start Menu: Select Classic Start Menu b Start Menu/Customize: Enable in Advance Start menu options following items Display Administrative Tools Display Favorites Display logoff Expand Control Panel Expand Network Connections Expand Printers Scroll Programs Show small icons verify that use personalized menus is disabled 7 Folder Options: (right-click Start/Explorer) a Set View to Details b Choose Tools/Folder Options General Tab: for Tasks select use Windows Classic Folders View Tab: enable display the full path in the title bar disable hide extensions for known file types Apply this settings to all folders by selection Apply to All Folders 8 System Properties: (Start/Settings/Control Panel/System) a Advanced Tab/Performance: Settings>Visual Effects Tab: Set Visual Effects to Adjust for best performance Settings>Advanced Tab/Virtual Memory: if necessary use Change button to correct the page file settings to fixed pagefile of 384MB on d:\ (as first file, before setting more page files if needed) For Agilent ChemStation A.10.01 or higher 3
b c d e f Advanced/Startup and Recovery: Settings>System startup: Change both Time to display... from 30 to 3 or 5 sec. Settings>System failure: Disable the small memory dump to none Advanced/Error Reporting: Disable Error reporting and select But notify me when critical error occur Remote: Disable Remote Assistance and Remote Desktop Automatic Updates: Disable Keep my computer up do date. System Restore: Enable Turn off System Restore on all drives Do need to reboot the system after enabling this setting. 9 Internet Explorer: (Start/Programs/Internet Explorer) Tools/Windows update: Apply all security patches 10 System Configuration: (Start/Run) Type msconfig to run the System configuration Utility At the Startup tab disable msmsgs and reboot the system. Additional Modifications (To be set by the Administrator) For US English operating systems the ChemStation installation will grant the access rights for the groups Power Users and Users according to the required ChemStation needs (Step 1 and 2). For localized Windows XP versions, these steps need to be performed manually by the Administrator before installing the ChemStation software (see Note below). 1 Create the directory C:\HPCHEM and change the access rights to allow FULL CONTROL for the Groups: Administrators, Power Users, Users. 2 Change access rights for a WIN.INI : Allow FULL CONTROL access for the Groups: Administrators, Power Users, Users b C:\WINDOWS\TEMP: Allow FULL CONTROL access for the Groups: Administrators, Power Users, Users 4 For Agilent ChemStation A.10.01 or higher
3 If the BootP-Server is used to supply IP-Addresses for LAN-based instruments, the following changes need to be applied AFTER the installation of the BootP Program: a b C:\Program Files\Agilent\CAG Bootp Server\BootPtab: Allow FULL CONTROL access for the Groups: Administrators, Power Users, Users If set, remove the Read Only attribute for the file C:\Program Files\Agilent\CAG Bootp Server\BootPtab 4 Register your Windows XP Professional at Microsoft. NOTE For localized Windows XP versions the access rights for Power Users and Users need to be manually set BEFORE the ChemStation installation. The access rights need to be set to guarantee the correct establishment of user rights for the ChemStation installation. The naming of local groups will differ depending on the localized language of the operation system. For Example: English version: Administrator - Power Users - Users French version: Administrateur - Utilisateur avec pouvoir - Utilisateur Installation ChemStation ( to be installed by the Administrator) Install the ChemStation Software to C:\HPCHEM (logged on as Administrator ) and reboot the system. NOTE If installing to a different directory, ensure that you have first created and changed the Access Rights for that directory as shown in Step 1 above. GC- ChemStation Additional Installation Step ( to be executed by the Administrator) After installation of a GC- Chemstation, the instrument need to be configured via the configuration editor. After done so, start an online session of the GC- ChemStation and the system will create the file PARADOX.NET in the root directory c:\. The permission for the PARADOX.NET file need to be set in the root directory c:\ in order to allow access for the Group Power Users and Users. For Agilent ChemStation A.10.01 or higher 5
The permission can be set by Either run the file Set Permissions for PARADOXNET.BAT by double-click it. The file is located on the ChemStation CD-ROM root directory. Or Set the permission manual by right-click on file C:\paradox.net and select the security tab. In the window Group or Users names select the Power Users Group and allow Full control by marking the Full Control box in the Permission for Power Users check box. The same permission need to be set for the Users Group as well. For standalone system the security tab might not be activated. To do so, go to START>PROGRAMS>ADMINISTRATIV TOOLS> LOCAL SECURITY POLICY. Under Local Policies mark the Security options and in the policy content select Network access: Sharing and security model for local accounts.double-click on the item will open the settings, there select the option CLASSIC- local users authenticate as themselves, then press OK and leave the local security settings. Agilent Technologies, Deutschland GmbH 2003 Part Number: G2170-90107 *G2170-90107* *G2170-90107* Edition: 09/2003 Printed in Germany Agilent Technologies, Deutschland GmbH Hewlett-Packard-Strasse 8 76337 Waldbronn