HP Elitebook 850 G7 Office Setup

These instructions are for setting up the new HP EliteBook 850 G7 laptops for office staff. The initial shipment came mostly pre-imaged, but still requires some steps before use. The office staff's computer peripherals will first need to be plugged into the new HP docks (instructions for that found here).

Summarized Instructions

• Turn on machine

• Configure the BIOS like normal

• Create a temporary local user account

• Enable the local administrator account

• Delete the temporary local user account

• Add the computer to the mjusd domain

• Restore the office staff member's data

Detailed Instructions

1. Turn on the laptop and enter BIOS by pressing F10

2. Configure BIOS with steps 1-7 found in these instructions

   • DO NOT BOOT TO NETWORK (PXE BOOT), ALLOW THE MACHINE TO BOOT NORMALLY

3. Click the "Yes" button to select the United States region

4. Click the "Yes" button to select the US keyboard layout

5. Click the "Skip" button to skip adding a second keyboard layout

6. Add Staff WiFi network

7. Click the "Accept" button to accept the License Agreement

8. Click the "Domain join instead" to skip signing in with a Microsoft account

9. Type "mjusd" for the temporary username, and click the "Next" button

10. Click the "Next" button to enter in a blank password for the "mjusd" temporary account

    • This will skip the security questions

11. Click "Skip for now" to skip Window Hello setup

12. Click the "Accept" button to accept privacy settings for the "mjusd" temporary account

13. Click the "Not now" button skip Cortana setup

14. Press Win + r after the desktop loads

15. Type "lusrmgr.msc" and press enter

16. Click on "Users" in the left sidebar

17. Right-click on "Administrator" in the main section

18. Click "Properties" in the menu

19. Uncheck "Account is disabled"

20. Click the "OK" button

21. Sign-out from the "mjusd" temporary account

22. Sign-in as "Administrator"

23. Press Win + i to open Settings

24. Click "System"

25. Click "About" in the left sidebar

26. Click "Advanced system settings" at the bottom of the main section

27. Click the "Settings..." button under the "User Profiles" section

28. Select the "mjusd" temporary account

29. Click the "Delete" button

30. Click the "Yes" button to confirm the deletion

31. Click the "OK" button

32. Click the "Computer Name" tab

33. Click the "Change..." button

34. Change the computer name to match the following pattern

    • <asset tag>-<location>

    • Example: 21001234-DO

35. Select the "Domain:" option

36. Type in "mjusd.com" in the domain field

37. Enter in your mjusd.com domain credentials

38. Click the "OK" button

39. Click the "OK" button

40. Click the "Close" button

41. Click the "Restart Now" button

42. After the computer restarts, log in as the local Administrator

43. Install printers

44. Install Escape, if applicable

    • Enable .NET 3.0 after opening Escape

45. Verify network drives are mapped

46. Install additional software (installers are located \\10.100.0.101\Test\HP-EliteBook-850-G7-Preimaged)

    • Install the appropriate version of Adobe Reader

    • Install the Global Protect VPN client

    • Install the Dameware agent

    • Install the Absolute agent

    • Install Sophos

47. Have the user log in

48. Copy the user's data over

49. Connect peripherals to dock

50. Connect dock to laptop