Setting Up a New Comptuer for Spikemark

Steps to get a brand new, out of the box, computer ready to run Spikemark

Install Windows With Offline Local Account

These steps begin once Windows has been installed and turns on to the initial setup

  1. Shift + F10 -> Command prompt

  2. OOBE\BYPASSNRO --> Restarts computer

  3. Shift + F10 --> Command Prompt

  4. ipconfig /release

Power Settings

  • Turn off the display: 2hrs

  • Put the computer to sleep: Never

  • Turn off hard disk after: 0 (never)

  • When I press the power button: Do nothing (prevents unintended shutdown/sleep)

  • When I press the sleep button: Do nothing (prevents unintended shutdown/sleep)

  1. Press WIN+R to open the Run Window

  2. Type powercfg.cpl to open the Power Options

  3. Click "Choose what the power buttons do"

  4. Select "Do nothing" in each of the drop-down menus

    • Be sure to do this for the power button, sleep button, and "When I close the lid" for both On batter and Plugged in

Taskbar Settings

  • Widgets: OFF

  • Other system tray icons:

    • Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media: ON

  1. Right Click on a blank space on the Windows Taskbar

  2. Turn the Widget slider to "Off"

  3. Click the drop down carrot beside Other system tray icons

  4. Turn the Safely Remove Hardware and EJect Media to "On"

  5. Turn all other sliders to "Off"

Date and Time

  • Set Time Zone for location

  • Sync now

  1. Right Click the clock in the lower right corner of the Windows Taskbar and select Adjust date and time

  2. Click Time zone drop down menu and select current time zone

    • If this option is greyed out, click the Set time zone automatically slider to the "Off" position

  3. Verify that Set time automatically slider is set to "On"

  4. Click Sync now button and verify that the time updates to the current, local time

Notifications

  • Notifications: OFF

  • Do not disturb: ON

  • Additional settings

    • Show the Windows welcome experience after updates and when signe din to show what's new and suggested: OFF

    • Suggest ways to get the most out of Windows and finish setting up this device: OFF

    • Get tips and suggestions when using Windows: OFF

  1. Right Click the clock in the lower right corner of the Windows Taskbar and select Notification settings

  2. Click Notifications slider to "Off"

  3. Click Do not disturb slider to "On"

  4. Scroll to the bottom off the screen and click the Additional settings carrot to display additional check boxes

  5. Deselect all checkboxes under Additional settings

Spikemark Utility Shortcuts

  • Drive Parameter Sets

  • OSC Libraries

  • Spikemark Firmware

  • Spikemark Log Files

  • CCI VFD Error Codes

  • Common Log File Searches

Windows Updates

  • Run Windows Update until there is nothing left to update

  • Turn off Windows Update through the Services App

  1. Select the Start menu, type services, and select it from the list of results

  2. Scroll down the list of Services to Windows Update and select it

  3. Select the option to Stop the service

If the service is already off, it will show the option to Start the service. In this case, you don't need to do anything!

Programs to Install

Windows Security Settings

Allow Spikemark to communicate through Windows Defender Firewall

Add an app from the list of allowed apps

    1. Windows+R -> firewall.cpl -> Allow an App through Windows Firewall

-- if Spikemark is not on the list --

    1. Default location is C:\Program Files\Spikemark

  1. Return to Step 3 above to allow Spikemark through.

Open a port

    • Windows+R -> firewall.cpl

Allow UDP in Spikemark

    • Windows+R -> firewall.cpl

  1. Scroll to Spikemark left click to select it. It wil highlight blue

  2. Copy and past the rule using CTRL+C then CTRL+V

Open Port for Spikemark Pendant

    • Windows+R -> firewall.cpl

Windows Network Adapters

We recommend turning off any network adapters that are not being used by Spikemark to avoid network interference

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