PC installation/upgrade request form

Fill out and submit this form to request an install of a PC running Windows and/or Linux (use the Mac installation/upgrade form to request installation of a Macintosh).

Please fill out the requested information as completely as possible.
Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required.

User and project information

*Name:
*SCS user ID:
Office phone:
Primary user (if different from above):
Owning project:

Host information

*Host name:
IP address: (If you do not have an IP address, you must netregister your equipment.)
*CMU asset tag number:
Location:

*Is this host a laptop: Yes No

Operating system software and configuration

*Select operating system(s):
(Single or dual-boot only, maximum of 1 Windows OS and 1 Linux OS per system.)
Windows XP
Fedora Core 5
Fedora 7

If dual-boot, how should disk space be allocated for the operating systems:
50% Windows/50% Linux (default for dual-boot hosts)
Other:

*Do you want backups for this host: Yes No

Applications

Linux installs will come with the standard Facilities Unix environment.

SCS Facilities-configured Windows hosts will come with a baseline environment containing the following software packages ^{Note 1}:

Windows XP/SP2, including:
- .NET Framework 1.1
- .NET Framework 2.0
- Windows Media Player 10
- Internet Explorer
Acrobat Reader
Ghostscript
Ghostview
MIT Kerberos for Windows
CMU Root Certificate
Microsoft Office 2003 (including Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, and more)
Mozilla FireFox (Web browser)
Mozilla Thunderbird (mail client)
Nero 7 Ultra (CD burner)
Open AFS client
Oracle Calendar
PuTTY (telent client)
Symantec AntiVirus
Webroot Spy Sweeper
WinSCP (FTP/SFTP client)
X-Win32 8.1 (X11 server)
TiBs (backup client, ON REQUEST only)
iPass (remote network-access client for laptops)
VPN (virtual-network client for laptops, home machines)

Backups are not enabled unless specifically requested in this form or through mail to <help@cs.cmu.edu>.

Automatic patch installation

By default, all Windows hosts will be configured to install critical patches automatically [link will open in a separate window]

Additional information

Please enter any additional installation-related information or preferences:

¹ Note : You can download most of the baseline packages, plus additional software specific to SCS or CMU from the SCS Windows software distribution host, Monolith, or from the "My Andrew" website. See How to get Windows software for details.

Users should be prepared to install any software, such as Mathematica, not included in the baseline installation nor found here. Contact <help@cs.cmu.edu> with any special requests.