Central IT has also collected information on the update - however, this is only partially applicable to us. The information can be found on the IT services pages at Help for the changeover to Windows 11.

At the same time as the Windows computers are registered in order to plan the Win11 update, a call is made to register all networked devices. This also includes printers, own WLan APs and other devices that come into our university network (mobile phones are excluded).

This survey has been largely completed, thank you for your help!

We have simplified this recording using a few programmes. For Windows this is WhyNotWin11 from the next paragraph, for Mac and Linux systems there are prepared scripts. Printers and other devices must be entered manually.

What needs to be done now?

• Please register Windows devices as described under UpdateCheck for compatibility.
• Please register Macs and Linux computers as described under Registration MAC & Linux.
• Report other devices to your IT contacts or directly to [email protected]

We have slightly modified a tool from Rob C. Maehl (github.com/rcmaehl/WhyNotWin11, www.heise.de/download/product/WhyNotWin11) for two purposes:

• It checks whether the computer on which the tool is executed is sufficient to install Win11.
• In addition, data about the computer (CPU, memory, network information, ...) is sent to ICBM-IT - this can be viewed before sending; no directly personal data is included.

To begin, please download the executable programme under the link

WhyNotWin11-ICBM.exe

on your Windows computer.

To run the programme:

• Start the downloaded programme - please skip the warning regarding the missing certification.
• After a short time, the result of the Win11 check should be displayed.
• The programme can then be closed using the 'x' in the top right-hand corner. The data that will be transferred to us will then be displayed - please agree to this transfer. This data is also stored locally on the computer and can alternatively be sent by email.
• After agreeing, you will be asked for the room, enter this in the format W3 5-504. If the Windows computer is a notebook or e.g. is operated outside the university, please enter the university office room number.
• At the end, a window with "Result saved OK" should appear.

If errors occur, try also the 32-bit binary WhyNotWin11-ICBM-32.exe if there are also some errors please send a screenshot with the error message to [email protected] so we can fix it.

Further information:

In addition to the Win11 compatibility check, we also use this opportunity to get an overview of the computers currently available at the Institute. We therefore ask you to carry out this test on all current Windows computers. This also makes it easier for us to respond to enquiries from the central IT department, e.g. about computers with IP N.N.N.N.N 
This also allows us to find out on which computers settings (computer name, domain affiliation, ...) need to be changed if possible.

The modified source code can be viewed by interested parties at gitlab.uni-oldenburg.de/sebo8575/whynotwin11-icbm

We have prepared scripts to simplify the registration of MACs and Linux computers. These collect information similar to WhyNotWin11 from above, save it in a text file and transfer it to our server from where the data is automatically entered into a database.

To do this, open a terminal on the MAC or Linux computer and copy the appropriate command into the terminal and send it (Return)

• on the MAC:bash <(curl -Ls icbm.de/it/scanmac)
• under Linux: bash <(curl -Ls icbm.de/it/scanlinux)

Under Linux, sudo is required to read the PC UUID and serial number - otherwise the data must be entered manually. Otherwise, the user name (as contact person), the room in which the device is located (for notebooks, for example, the university office where the user is usually to be found) and the inventory number (if known) are requested

If you want to view the text file first before sending the data, you can also call the respective script with -P at the end and view the text first with cat "/tmp/computerconfig-$USER". (Afterwards, please call the script again without -P, the defaults in [] can simply be accepted with Return.)