Overview

This page outlines the typical questions/setups that are required for a new computer or imaged computer

Hardware

The common standard setup for Saunders employees/offices are:

• Dell Monitor (either U2414H, U2415H, U2417H, among others)
• Lenovo Monitor (T2224Dz or 19" monitor, among others)
• Lenovo ThinkCentre (M83 Tiny is the most common one at this time

Some Dell monitors support a feature called Multi-Stream Transport (MST), which allows you to daisy-chain to other monitors (including non-Dell monitors) with DisplayPort. This is helpful as the M83 Tiny only has one DP output. 

To enable this feature on the Dell monitors, open the OSD menu, and under Display Settings, enable MST (also called "DisplayPort 1.2" on some monitors). This will allow you to use the "DP Out" port on the back of the monitor.

Additional Software

There may be a lot of other software packages you may need installed on your computer.  Be sure to review Portal Manager for what applications are available.  If you don't see what you are looking for, feel free to reach out to Saunders Technical Support for assistance.

Adobe Creative Cloud

Unfortunately, with current licensing from Adobe, we cannot preload Adobe software to your computer.  

To install Adobe software, please see Adobe Software for how to sign into Adobe Creative Cloud and how to install other Adobe products.

Code42 (Backup Software For Faculty Computers)

Please see Code42 for instructions on how to set it up.

Default Applications

Your computer most likely has a few default applications not set to your liking.  

Click the Start menu and search for Default apps.

We recommend changing email to Outlook instead of Mail.

Web browser is set to Edge by default.  If you would like to install another browser, see Portal Manager for instructions on how to install them.

If you install Adobe Acrobat DC, Edge will still be your default program for PDFs.  Please see Adobe Software for instructions on how to change this.

See Windows 10 - Default Applications for more information.

Email

Start by opening Microsoft Outlook, located in your Start menu.

Once open, you will be prompted for setting up your email.  In most cases, you can take the defaults.

When prompt for the environment type, select Exchange.

By default, Outlook does not automatically turn on spell check before sending.  If you want this feature on, open Outlook, click the File tab, click Options, click Mail and check Always check spelling before sending.

To setup your signature, see Email Signatures for details.

Slack

Using Portal Manager, you can install the Slack Application.  To login via your web browser, go to https://rit-saunders.slack.com/.

See Slack for additional details.

Printers

Printers are automatically installed, so no additional steps should be needed.  For details on the printer names and locations, please see Printing and Scanning.

Personally Identifiable Information (PII)

RIT uses a product called Spirion to scan computers and email for PII.  You are required to review these reports and mitigate anything that is found on your computer.  Please review Spirion for details on how this tool works.

Web Browsers

Your computer will come with Microsoft Edge by default, but if you want to use something like Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome, you can use Portal Manager to install them.

Also, take a look at Web Browsers for information on configuring them as well as signing into the browser to sync all of your settings.  This is a great option for keeping all of your bookmarks synced between devices.