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    At Ease 5.0.2 Updater: Read Me
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    This article is comprised of the Read Me for At Ease 5.0.2 Updater. This software was released by Apple on 07 December 1998 and is available for downloading from Apple Software Updates Online. Please use the following URL to access the software and other relevant information: http://asu.info.apple.com/swupdates.nsf/artnum/n11170 .

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    About At Ease 5.0.2 Updater
    This document explains how to update At Ease for Workgroups version 5.0 or 5.0.1 software to version 5.0.2 using the At Ease 5.0.2 Updater application. It also describes new features and improvements of At Ease 5.0.2 and explains how to update version 5.0 of the At Ease Server to version 5.0.1.

    Improvements with At Ease for Workgroups 5.0.2
    At Ease for Workgroups 5.0.2 provides these improvements:
    • At Ease 5.0.2 provides security with Navigation Services. This feature requires Mac OS 8.5 or later.
    • Network traffic generated when At Ease is idle in the Panels environment has been reduced, improving overall network performance.
    • In certain instances, At Ease would launch the wrong application on certain computers. This has been fixed.
    • A persistent watch cursor in the Panels environment has been fixed.
    • The "Ignore quotas" option for a user now works properly.
    • At Ease clients will no longer crash if the File Sharing Extension is removed from the System Folder or disabled.
    • At Ease no longer quits and returns to the log-in screen in certain instances when the user moves the mouse in the Panels environment.
    • A spurious warning ("You cannot eject the volume that contains your documents.") no longer appears in the Panels environment when the documents server is disconnected.
    • Print jobs in desktop printers will be deleted when the user logs out.
    • "Reset Quotas" now works properly.

    Using At Ease 5.0.2 with Mac OS 8.5
    At Ease for Workgroups version 5.0.2 is compatible with Mac OS versions from 7.1 to 8.5, with the exception that the disk security feature, when used with Mac OS Extended (also known as HFS Plus) formatted volumes, will do nothing. With Mac OS 8.5, At Ease 5.0.2 provides security with Navigation Services.

    Requirements for Updating
    The At Ease 5.0.2 Updater application only updates At Ease for Workgroups version 5.0 or 5.0.1, which is part of the Apple Network Administrator Toolkit, version 2.0.

    IMPORTANT: You cannot use the At Ease 5.0.2 Updater to update versions of At Ease for Workgroups older than version 5.0. If you have an older version of At Ease for Workgroups, you must obtain At Ease for Workgroups 5.0 and install it before you can use this Updater.

    The At Ease Server and At Ease Web Server Plug-in components are not updated for At Ease 5.0.2. You should continue to use the 5.0.1 version of these pieces. Version 5.0.1 of the At Ease Server is included in this package.

    Updating At Ease for Workgroups
    To use At Ease for Workgroups version 5.0.2, you need to update the At Ease software on all administrator and user workstations. You do this with the Updater program. These are the basic steps:
    • Update At Ease on the administrator workstation.
    • Update user workstations one at a time, or update them all from the administrator workstation using Network Assistant.
    • If you have version 5.0 of the At Ease Server, update it to version 5.0.1.


    The following sections give detailed instructions.

    Updating Administrator and User Workstations
    You can use the Updater program to update administrator and user workstations. When you use the Updater to update a workstation, it attempts to locate three files:
    • At Ease
    • At Ease Startup
    • At Ease Administration

    In most cases the Updater can find all of these files and updates them automatically. However, if it cannot find a file, a dialog box appears for you to locate the file. If you cannot locate the file, or if you know the file does not exist on the workstation, click Skip to bypass that file. For example, you may need to do this if you want to update just the At Ease Administration program on your workstation because it does not also have the workstation software installed on it.

    If the Updater finds more than one copy of a file, a dialog box appears asking if you want to remove the extra copies. You must remove these extra copies before you can update the file. You can have the Updater remove the extra copies automatically, or you can cancel the update and remove the extra files yourself by dragging them from the Extensions folder in the System Folder. If you cancel the update, the Updater does not change any files.

    There are two ways you can update At Ease for Workgroups 5.0 using the Updater:
    • use Network Assistant (version 3.0 or later)
    • over the network

    The following sections explain how to update the software using each method.

    Using Network Assistant to Update At Ease for Workgroups
    You can use Network Assistant (version 3.0 or later) to update the At Ease software on all the workstations on your network. If you use Network Assistant, you don't have to visit each workstation because you can do everything from your administrator's workstation using the Network Assistant application.

    Here are some important things to know before you start:
    • To use Network Assistant to update the software, the administrator and user workstations on your network must have the Network Assistant workstation software installed on them.
    • To update workstations using Network Assistant, these access privileges for the workstation must be selected in the Network Assistant Security window: "Allow administrators to," "Restart and shut down this workstation," "Copy items to this workstation," and "Delete and Replace items on this workstation."
    • To use Network Assistant to update the software, you must first update one user workstation over the network as described in the following sections. If you don't have the Network Assistant administration software installed on any user workstations, you will need to copy the updated files to your Network Assistant administration workstation. You will need the following files from the user workstation: "At Ease" (in the System Folder) and "At Ease Startup" (in the Extensions folder).

    To use Network Assistant to update At Ease for Workgroups, follow these steps:

    1. Open the At Ease Administration application and turn off At Ease. Then quit the At Ease Administration application.

    Note: Make sure that you are administering the At Ease server you want to update. If it isn't, connect to the correct server as described in your At Ease for Workgroups documentation.

    2. Update the At Ease software on your administrator workstation using the Updater program.

    Note: You can do this over the network as described in the next section.

    3. Open Network Assistant, enter your password, and click OK.

    4. In the Workstation Status window hold down the shift key and click to select each workstation which you want to update to At Ease 5.0.2.

    Note: If workstations that you need to update do not appear in the Workstation Status window, you need to add them to the list. (See your Network Assistant documentation.)

    5. Choose Restart from the Manage menu. The Finder will appear on the selected workstations instead of At Ease.

    6. In the dialog box that appears, click "Let users save their work" and then click Restart.

    7. When the workstations have restarted, select them again in the Workstation Status window

    8. Choose Copy Items from the Manage menu.

    9. In the Copy Items dialog box, leave "name" selected in the first pop-up menu, choose "is" in the second pop-up menu, and type "At Ease" in the text box.

    10. Click Find.

    11. In the "Items found on" list, select "At Ease."

    IMPORTANT If more than one "At Ease" item appears in the list, be sure that the one you select shows the following information at the bottom of the dialog box:
    • Kind is "system extension"
    • Location ends with ":System Folder:"

    12. Be sure that "same relative location" is selected in the "Place items in" pop-up menu.

    13. Click Copy.

    14. A dialog box appears to warn you that the item already exists. Click Replace.

    Network Assistant copies the "At Ease" file to the workstations you selected. Continue when Network Assistant finishes copying the file.

    15. Change the text box in the Copy Items dialog box to "At Ease Startup."

    16. Click Find.

    17. In the "Items found on" list, select "At Ease Startup."

    IMPORTANT If more than one "At Ease Startup" item appears in the list, be sure that the one you select shows the following information at the bottom of the dialog box:
    • Kind is "system extension"
    • Location ends with ":System Folder:Extensions:"

    18. Be sure that "same relative location" is selected in the "Place items in" pop-up menu.

    19. Click Copy.

    20. A dialog box appears to warn you that the item already exists. Click Replace.

    Network Assistant copies the "At Ease Startup" file to the workstations you selected. Continue when Network Assistant finishes copying the file.

    21. Click Close Window to close the Copy Items dialog box.

    22. Choose Software Search from the Reports menu.

    23. Type in "At Ease Setups".

    24. Click Get Report.

    25. A report listing workstations with "At Ease Setups" will appear. Select all the workstations with "At Ease Setups". Click on the trash icon in the Report window to delete the At Ease Setups folders.

    26. Click Close Window to close the Report window.

    27. Open At Ease Administration and turn on At Ease.

    Note: Make sure that you are administering the At Ease server you want to update. If it isn't, connect to the correct server as described in your At Ease for Workgroups documentation.

    28. In Network Assistant, choose Restart from the Manage window.

    29. Quit the Network Assistant application program.


    Updating At Ease for Workgroups Over the Network
    This section describes how to update At Ease for Workgroups over a network.

    First, perform the following steps on an administrator workstation:

    1. Copy the Updater application to an AppleShare server volume to which your At Ease workstations have access.

    2. Make sure the Updater application is locked.

    Select the Updater's icon in the Finder, choose Get Info from the File menu, then click to put an X in the checkbox labeled "Locked."

    3. Open At Ease Administration and turn off At Ease. Quit the At Ease Administration application.

    4. Double-click the Updater application to open it.

    5. Click Begin.

    Then, to update workstations, follow these steps:

    1. Restart the workstation.

    The Finder will appear instead of At Ease.

    2. Mount the server volume that contains the Updater application and locate it.

    3. Double-click the Updater application to open it.

    4. Click Begin.

    The Updater performs the update unless it cannot locate a file or it locates extra copies of a file.

    If the Updater cannot find a file to update, a message appears asking you to locate the file. Do one of the following:
    • Locate the missing files and start the update again.
    • If you cannot find the At Ease or At Ease Startup files and you want to continue the update, click Skip.
    • If you want to stop the update, click Cancel.

    If the Updater application locates extra copies of a file, a message appears asking you to remove the files. Do one of the following:
    • Click to have the Updater remove the files.
    • Cancel the update so that you can remove them.

    IMPORTANT You must remove the extra files to use the Updater.

    5. When you have updated all the administrator and user workstations on your network, open At Ease Administration and turn on At Ease.

    6. Restart each workstation. At Ease will appear.


    New Features and Improvements of Version 5.0.1 of the At Ease Server
    • The At Ease server now better handles multiple simultaneous connections.

    Updating the At Ease Server 5.0 to 5.0.1
    Note: The At Ease Server has not been updated for At Ease version 5.0.2. You should use At Ease Server version 5.0.1. Version 5.0.1 of the At Ease Server is included with the At Ease 5.0.2 Updater package. If you have already updated your At Ease server to version 5.0.1, you can skip this section.

    To update your At Ease server, you must replace the At Ease Server 5.0 extension on your server with this new version.. The Updater can not do this. Follow these steps:

    1. On your server, open the Extensions Manager.

    2. In the list of Extensions, locate the At Ease Server 5.0 extension and click to turn off the extension.

    This moves the At Ease Server 5.0 extension to the Extensions (Disabled) folder in the System Folder. You can drag the extension to the Trash later.

    3. Locate the At Ease Server 5.0.1 extension (still called At Ease Server 5.0) in the At Ease 5.0.2 Updater package and drag it to the System Folder on your server.

    A dialog box says the item needs to be placed in the Extensions folder.

    4. Click OK.

    5. Restart your server.


    Known Limitations:
    • If you are using the At Ease Web Server Plug-in with AppleShare IP 6.0, you need to go to the AppleShare Admin program and increase the amount of memory allocated to plug-ins.
    • The At Ease Web Server Plug-in 5.0.1 does not support AppleShare IP 6.1.
    • At Ease 5.0.2 does not automatically hide the Control Strip if it is active. To hide the Control Strip on an At Ease workstation, open the Control Strip control panel and select 'Hide Control Strip'.


Document Information
Product Area: Apple Software
Category: At Ease
Sub Category: At Ease 5.0 For Workgroups

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