Scientific Workstation Setup for Windows Vista

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Enable the administrator account- Open a command prompt, close it. In start menu, right click on CMD , Run as administrator

  • Net user administrator /active:yes

To add ping

  • netsh firewall set icmpsetting 8 enable

To remove Office Live

  • Run Line →appwiz.cpl → Delete Office Live

Stop or change password expiration in windows vista

  • net accounts /maxpwage:(1 – 999, unlimited)

Windows 7 Setup

To add ping

  • netsh advfirewall firewall set rule name="File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request - ICMPv4-In)" new enable=yes
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