[RASMB] Software (ProteomeLab)

[John Philo]

Barbara,
 
Yes once you have Windows re-installed you should be able to just use the
Beckman software disks to re-install the "GUI" (the program that runs the
instrument). They may have given you emergency disks which would re-install
Windows also. 
 
One "gotcha" though is that you will probably lose the wavelength and radial
calibrations. In principle the first time you take a scan the XL-I will
realize the calibration file (which exist in the root directory of the hard
drive) is missing and put it back using the values stored in its
non-volatile memory, but my service tech happens to be here today and he
agrees that this rarely happens. So if you can safely do so, I would make a
copy of those files before wiping the hard drive (2 files with names ending
in .cal) and then put them back manually.
 
If you need to re-install the Beckman analysis software, that is a slightly
more complicated. You first must install Origin, and then install the
Beckman-specific customizations into the folder where Origin was installed
(as I recall the default location for the Beckman-specific parts is not
correct).
 
Regarding the worm, if there is no network connection then it seems to me
the only way to get infected would be if someone plugged in an infected
memory stick.
 
Good luck,
 
John

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From: rasmb-bounces at rasmb.bbri.org [mailto:rasmb-bounces at rasmb.bbri.org] On
Behalf Of Owen, Barbara A., Ph.D.
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 12:21 PM
To: rasmb at rasmb.bbri.org
Subject: [RASMB] Software (ProteomeLab)


Dear Folks,
 
Does anyone have experience with an un-install and then a re-install of the
ProteomeLab software? Also, is it possible to wipe the hard drive and do a
fresh install using the "included discs" without going through Beckman?  I
don't currently have a service contract on the instrument, but this is
definitely a PC problem: infected at one point with Korgo V and even though
the files are supposedly quarantined, I'm seeing evidence of corruption. 
 
Oh, and in advance:
 
1) NO the PC has NEVER been networked
2) The Korgo V worm showed up about 1 month after installation (XL-I
upgraded to Proteome lab) and on its 2nd run.
3) The PC was purchased through Beckman as part of the package so do not
know it's "history"
4) I have access to some pretty potent PC wizards 
 
Thanks!
 
Barbara
 

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Barbara A. Owen, PhD

Associate Consultant, Departments of Surgery and Division of Hematology
Research 
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 
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Mayo Clinic College of Medicine 
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