Configuring the operating system

• The SVP and storage management software support the English or Japanese languages.
• To install the SVP software using a language other than English and Japanese, change the SVP's locale setting to reflect the appropriate language.

• Set the screen saver to blank.
• Set the wait time to 60 minutes.

• Always show all icons and notifications on the taskbar.
• Open the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties window. Click Customize in the Start Menu tab. Check Run Command and Display on the All Programs menu and the Start menu. Under Music, check Don’t display this item.

• Configure the SVP for Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
• Configure the SVP to not synchronize with an Internet time server.

• Hide the language bar.
• Using System Locale, select the language for your region or preference, and then restart the server.
• In the Text Services and Input Language box, check whether Japanese(Japan) appears under Installed services. If it does, click the current selection, and then click Remove.

• Configure the high-performance power options to never turn off the display.
• Change the advanced power settings to never turn off the hard disk.
• Set the Minimum processor state percentage to 5%.

• Clear Allow Remote Assistance connections to this computer, and check Allow connections only from computers running Remote Desktop with Network Level Authentication (more secure).
• Select Remote Desktop and Remote Desktop - RemoteFX for both Home/Work (Private) and Public.

• Select Allow active content to run in files on My Computer.
• Clear SSL 2.0, and select Use TLS 1.2.
• In the Turn on Suggested Sites window, click No, don’t turn on, and then click Next. In the Choose your settings window, click Use express settings, and then click Finish.

• Turn off the Windows AutoPlay feature.
  • In the Property window, click Enabled and select All drives, and then click OK.
  • Clear Use Autoplay for all media and devices.

Using Regedit:

• Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control \Lsa > restrictanonymousto 1 and confirm that Hexadecimal is selected.
• Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server. In the Edit menu, click New > DWORD (32-bit) Value. Type DisableBeep, and then double-click it and set the value to 1. Confirm that Hexadecimal is selected.
• Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE \Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services. In the Edit menu, click New > DWORD (32-bit) Value. Type fPromptForPassword, and then double-click it and set the value to 1. Confirm that Hexadecimal is selected.
• In the Edit menu, click New > DWORD (32-bit) Value. Type SecurityLayer.
• Restart the server.

• File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request - ICMPv4-In) (Profile=Domain)
• File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request - ICMPv4-In) (Profile=Private)
• File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request - ICMPv6-In) (Profile=Domain)
• File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request - ICMPv6-In) (Profile=Private)

• Change the Windows administrator password to raid-login.
• Change the password for the Windows operating system running on the SVP to raid-login.

Internet Information Services (IIS) settings.

• Open and expand Internet Information Services, and then check the following check boxes:
  • FTP Server
  • FTP Extensibility FTP Service
  • Web Management Tools
  • IIS 6 Management Compatibility
  • IIS 6 Scripting Tools
  • IIS 6 WMI Compatibility
  • IIS Metabase and IIS 6 configuration compatibility
  • IIS Management Console
  • IIS Management Scripts and Tools
  • IIS Management Service
• Uncheck World Wide Web Services.