Making a List of Computers to Update
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The first step to updating the At Ease workgroup is to make a list of the computers in the group you want to update with the information on the administrator's Macintosh. To do this:
1. Open the At Ease Setup program on the administrator's computer (where you have created the group's Setups).
2. Choose update Computers from the Options menu.
3. To create the list of computers to be updated, click the Add button. You will see a dialog box with a window called "At Ease Computers" and another called "Computers to Update". If one of the names of the At Ease computers is dimmed, it has been set not to allow remote administration. If you want to update that computer, you will have to turn on the remote administration option in its At Ease Setup program.
4. Click the names of the computers that you want to update with the At Ease information on the administrator's computer. If you have never remotely updated computers before, try updating one computer first, then check that computer to be sure the update process was successful and the settings are as you want them. If they are not, change the settings on the administrator's computer and try updating again.
5. Click Add. If you are asked for the password, type in the administrator's password.
6. Click OK when you are done. A list of the computers you selected forupdating will appear.
Checking the At Ease Computers
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At this point you can check each selected computer's setup. Top do this:
1. Click the name of the computer you want to check.
2. Click Check.
- If you are attempting to update a computer with documents or applications to which that computer does not have access, it will list the missing items. You will have to add those documents or applications to the computer before it can be updated.
3. Click OK.
Updating the Computers
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Now you can finish updating by clicking Update All. If you get a message saying a computer is unavailable (it may be turned off, or not running At Ease), you can continue the update and update the unavailable computer later. If you click Cancel at this point, then make the unavailable computer available, you will have to start the update process over again from the beginning.
Click Done when you are finished.
You will need to restart all the computers that have been updated and have them start up with At Ease:
1. Check the main window of the At Ease Setup program to make sure that At Ease is turned on.
2. Choose Quit from the File menu.
3. Choose Restart from the Special menu.