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California Transition Seminar Introductions Dale, Aaron, Kirstin and Chris from BMGF Lori Ayre from Infopeople 12:00pm – 1:00pm Questions encouraged! Please! Who this is directed to

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Seminar Subjects Overview of Operating System Support Issues Common to This Model Moving Forward The Gates Windows 2000 Model

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Page 1: California Transition Seminar Introductions Dale, Aaron, Kirstin and Chris from BMGF Lori Ayre from Infopeople 12:00pm – 1:00pm Questions encouraged! Please!

California Transition Seminar

IntroductionsDale, Aaron, Kirstin and Chris from BMGFLori Ayre from Infopeople

12:00pm – 1:00pmQuestions encouraged! Please!Who this is directed to

Page 2: California Transition Seminar Introductions Dale, Aaron, Kirstin and Chris from BMGF Lori Ayre from Infopeople 12:00pm – 1:00pm Questions encouraged! Please!

California Grants

Page 3: California Transition Seminar Introductions Dale, Aaron, Kirstin and Chris from BMGF Lori Ayre from Infopeople 12:00pm – 1:00pm Questions encouraged! Please!

Seminar Subjects

Overview of Operating SystemSupport Issues Common to This Model Moving ForwardThe Gates Windows 2000 Model

Page 4: California Transition Seminar Introductions Dale, Aaron, Kirstin and Chris from BMGF Lori Ayre from Infopeople 12:00pm – 1:00pm Questions encouraged! Please!

Pacomputing.org

Gates Technical Support WebsiteWe’ll discuss in more detail later

Page 5: California Transition Seminar Introductions Dale, Aaron, Kirstin and Chris from BMGF Lori Ayre from Infopeople 12:00pm – 1:00pm Questions encouraged! Please!

Operating System

Security using Policies, Permissions and ProfilesWhat are they?Don’t add profiles, change existing profiles.

Locking and unlocking profileswww.pacomputing.org

WINNT Permissions.bat file in E:/Utils folder

Page 6: California Transition Seminar Introductions Dale, Aaron, Kirstin and Chris from BMGF Lori Ayre from Infopeople 12:00pm – 1:00pm Questions encouraged! Please!

Known OS and Software Issues

Yahoo and other Registry WritersRegistry Permissions Lockdown

Macromedia and Flash updates Instructions on pacomputing

Page 7: California Transition Seminar Introductions Dale, Aaron, Kirstin and Chris from BMGF Lori Ayre from Infopeople 12:00pm – 1:00pm Questions encouraged! Please!

Quick Fixes for Major OS Problems

You can copy profiles and policy from one Gates computer to another. Ghost it!

Page 8: California Transition Seminar Introductions Dale, Aaron, Kirstin and Chris from BMGF Lori Ayre from Infopeople 12:00pm – 1:00pm Questions encouraged! Please!

Known Hardware Issues

LS120 SuperdriveTest them, replace with regular floppy

drives

Power Supply Fan

Page 9: California Transition Seminar Introductions Dale, Aaron, Kirstin and Chris from BMGF Lori Ayre from Infopeople 12:00pm – 1:00pm Questions encouraged! Please!

Hardware Troubleshooting

Pacomputing forTroubleshooting tipsList of partsWarranty dates and phone numbers

Gateway

Page 10: California Transition Seminar Introductions Dale, Aaron, Kirstin and Chris from BMGF Lori Ayre from Infopeople 12:00pm – 1:00pm Questions encouraged! Please!

Maintenance of the Gate Computers

Update your anti virus filesClean temp.bat file from www.pacomputing.org

Page 11: California Transition Seminar Introductions Dale, Aaron, Kirstin and Chris from BMGF Lori Ayre from Infopeople 12:00pm – 1:00pm Questions encouraged! Please!

www.pacomputing.org

Gates Library Technical SupportFixes for known problemsInstructions on making modificationsAdvice about UpgradesTutorialsContent will be transferred to www.webjunction.org

Page 12: California Transition Seminar Introductions Dale, Aaron, Kirstin and Chris from BMGF Lori Ayre from Infopeople 12:00pm – 1:00pm Questions encouraged! Please!

Moving Forward

Plan aheadwww.techsoup.org

Upgrade or replace?

Page 13: California Transition Seminar Introductions Dale, Aaron, Kirstin and Chris from BMGF Lori Ayre from Infopeople 12:00pm – 1:00pm Questions encouraged! Please!

Upgrading

Upgrade to XP or Win2k? Pros and ConsConsider adding memory, inexpensive and effective.

Page 14: California Transition Seminar Introductions Dale, Aaron, Kirstin and Chris from BMGF Lori Ayre from Infopeople 12:00pm – 1:00pm Questions encouraged! Please!

Licensing and repurposing

The operating system goes with the computerAll other programs can be transferred. You own the software so reinstall it!Childrens, Reference and Office software.Instructions on www.pacomputing.org

Page 15: California Transition Seminar Introductions Dale, Aaron, Kirstin and Chris from BMGF Lori Ayre from Infopeople 12:00pm – 1:00pm Questions encouraged! Please!

The Gate Windows 2000 Model

A new Public Access Model is based on Windows 2000 or XPYou can create this model if you have either Windows 2000 or XPBuild the new model using the Public Access Configuration Tool and Centurion Guard

Page 16: California Transition Seminar Introductions Dale, Aaron, Kirstin and Chris from BMGF Lori Ayre from Infopeople 12:00pm – 1:00pm Questions encouraged! Please!

Configurator

The Configurator! Public access lockdown tool, freeware from www.pacomputing.org The current version requires some technical expertiseThe next version will require none (available in three to four months)

Page 17: California Transition Seminar Introductions Dale, Aaron, Kirstin and Chris from BMGF Lori Ayre from Infopeople 12:00pm – 1:00pm Questions encouraged! Please!

Centurion Guard

www.centurion.comHardware device that prevents changes to the hard drive.Circa $100