This document provides instructions for installing the At Ease 2.0.1 for Workgroups Updater, lists important changes in version 2.0.1, and adds information about existing features.
SOFTWARE PROBLEMS FIXED IN VERSION 2.0.1:
The following conditions in version 2.0 have been resolved in version 2.0.1:
• The message "The At Ease preferences file is damaged" no longer appears erroneously when multiple At Ease machines are trying to access a server.
• Users can no longer hold down the Shift key during startup to get into the Finder when the At Ease disk is a server.
• Applications are no longer left running when a Finder user returns to the At Ease login screen.
• Problems finding some applications and documents on an At Ease server have been remedied.
In addition, the section of the manual titled "If you forget the administrator password" is incorrect. The corrected instructions are detailed below.
USING THE AT EASE 2.0.1 FOR WORKGROUPS UPDATER
1. Make sure At Ease version 2.0 is installed and turned OFF.
2. Insert the At Ease 2.0.1 Updater disk and open the At Ease (WG) Updater icon.
A message informs you about files that need to be updated.
3. Click Update.
4. In the three succeeding dialog boxes, locate the following files on your disk (the dialog box prompts you for the correct file) and press Return:
• At Ease
• At Ease Startup
• At Ease Setup for Workgroups
A message informs you when the update has been completed.
NOTE: If the At Ease Setup for Workgroups file has been removed from the Macintosh you are updating, click the Skip button in the dialog box when you are prompted to find this file.
REMOVING AT EASE FROM YOUR DISK
To remove At Ease from your hard disk, use the Installer that came with At Ease 2.0.1 for Workgroups. Follow the instructions for removing At Ease in the At Ease 2.0 for Workgroups Administrator’s Guide.
Do not remove At Ease by dragging the files to the Trash. If you do, you may not be able to restart your Macintosh.
UPGRADING FROM AT EASE 1.0 TO AT EASE 2.0.1 FOR WORKGROUPS
If you have At Ease version 1.0 on your hard disk, it is automatically upgraded to At Ease 2.0.1 for Workgroups when you use the Installer program that came with version 2.0.1.
Once you have installed version 2.0.1, open the At Ease Setup program. (If you created a password in At Ease 1.0, you are asked to enter it as the administrator’s password when you open the program.) A new setup called “At Ease 1.0” appears in the setup list, along with a new user also called “At Ease 1.0”. You can rename the user or the setup if you wish. Then turn on At Ease and restart your Macintosh.
When you restart with At Ease turned on, all items that appeared on the At Ease 1.0 Applications and Documents panels appear together on the At Ease Items panel. You can use the At Ease Setup program to remove items. Initially, the user panel is empty; as users create new items, buttons for these items will appear on the panel.
USING AT EASE WITH A FILE SERVER
If you have an AppleTalk network of At Ease computers, you can set up an At Ease disk on an AppleShare file server. This allows you to make changes in one place for all connected At Ease computers, and allows users to store documents on the file server so they can access them from any computer on the network.
To set up an At Ease disk on a file server, follow these steps:
1. Install At Ease on all the networked computers but not on the file server.
Do not install At Ease on the file server itself. You must use the Finder on this Macintosh.
2. Set up the At Ease disk on the server as described in Chapter 4 of the At Ease 2.0 for Workgroups Administrator’s Guide.
3. Perform the Update Computers procedure as described in Chapter 6 of the At Ease 2.0 for Workgroups Administrator’s Guide.
You need to update computers only once. All future changes made to At Ease will automatically be seen by any At Ease Macintosh configured to use this server.
(The update does not take effect on remote computers until the computer is restarted or returned to the Login screen.)
4. When you use At Ease for Workgroups, keep in mind the following cautions:
• There can be no more than 1000 total users for all setups.
• Every At Ease computer is set up using the same AppleShare account. That account must be permitted to read and write to the Documents folder on the At Ease disk.
• You may not run the At Ease Setup program from more than one Macintosh concurrently.
SECURITY IN AT EASE 2.0.1 FOR WORKGROUPS
The following items pertain to the security features described in Chapter 5 of the At Ease 2.0 For Workgroups Administrator’s Guide.
•Locking the startup disk
When you choose the Lock Startup Volume option in the Security dialog box, At Ease locks your startup disk by installing security software on it. This security software cannot be installed on hard disks that have been initialized by driver software that is not compatible with At Ease 2.0.1 for Workgroups.
If At Ease detects an incompatible hard disk, the Lock Startup Volume checkbox is dimmed (grayed). Contact the publisher of the driver software to see if a compatible version is available.
The At Ease security software cannot be installed on any hard disk partitioned with A/UX.
• Updating disk drivers
If you need to update the driver software for a locked disk, first choose Security from the Options menu in the Setup program and click the Lock Startup Volume checkbox to remove the X.
• Changing the startup disk
If you lock the startup volume, do not change the startup disk selected in the Startup Disk control panel. If you change the startup disk, your At Ease startup volume will not appear on the Desktop when you restart the computer, and you will not be able to reselect it from within the Startup Disk control panel.
• Virtual memory
If you have more than one hard disk, the Lock Startup Volume security feature may not protect the startup disk when virtual memory is turned on. Turn off virtual memory on your startup disk if you want to use this security feature.
IF YOU FORGET THE ADMINISTRATOR PASSWORD
If you forget the At Ease adminstrator password, follow the instructions below instead of those in the manual. If your startup disk is locked, you'll first need to run the Unlock application on the At Ease 2.0 Utilities disk to unlock the startup disk. Consult the manual for information about the Unlock application.
1. Start up your computer from another startup disk.
You can use any disk that has system software on it. (See your Macintosh manual for instructions on choosing a startup disk.) If your computer came with a floppy disk called "Disk Tools," you can use this disk.
2. Open the System Folder of your usual startup disk.
3. Open the At Ease Items folder inside your System Folder.
4. Drag the At Ease Preferences file into the trash.
5. Hold down the Option key while you choose Empty Trash from the Special menu.
6. Restart from your usual startup disk.
7. Open the At Ease Setup for Workgroups application.
If you are using an AppleShare server volume as the At Ease disk, your setups may not appear until you reset the At Ease disk to this server volume.
8. Reconnect to the server volume and use the At Ease Disk command to reselect the volume.
Make sure you use the information on the server instead of replacing it with the information on the startup disk.
9. Add a new password and clue.
10. Make sure the following options are set correctly:
• Allow Remote Administration checkbox
• Lock Startup Volume checkbox
11. Turn At Ease back on.
12. Quit At Ease Setup for Workgroups.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
• Application programs that you install are not automatically placed on the At Ease Items panel. Use the At Ease Setup program to give users access to these programs.
• When adding items for a setup, the Add Applications button does not add any Apple II applications. Use the Find Items button to add these applications.
• If an At Ease user saves a document in a folder other than his or her own user folder (or floppy disk), the document will not appear on the user's panel.
• When using the Copy To Floppy or Copy From Floppy command, clicking Stop does not interrupt copying of the file in progress, but stops copying after it has completed. If additional files were selected, they are not copied.
• File sharing does not work while an At Ease computer is showing the login screen. If file sharing is turned on, it starts when a user logs in, and stops when the user logs out (with no advance warning to connected users).
• Do not run an installer program for another application from within At Ease. To use an installer, first turn At Ease off and return to the Finder.
• Make sure that virtual memory is turned off when using the Speak Button Names option.
• Turn on Balloon Help to get more information about items in At Ease or At Ease Setup. (For instructions on turning on Balloon Help, see the At Ease 2.0 for Workgroups Quick Reference Card.)
• If you are using A/UX, make sure that all At Ease users share the same A/UX login user name.
• If you use the utilities Space Saver or Magic Menus, contact Aladdin Systems for information about upgrading to Space Saver version 1.0.6 and Magic Menus version 3.0.7, which are compatible with At Ease 2.0.1.
Apple, the Apple logo, AppleShare, AppleTalk, A/UX, and Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. At Ease, Balloon Help, Finder, and Mouse Practice are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Space Saver and Magic Menus are trademarks of Aladdin Systems.
