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Resetting Your Password December 14, 2006

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Resetting Windows Password:
Log into Windows
Press Control + Alt + Delete and select Change Password.

Resetting First Class Password:
From your First Class Desktop select Collaborate -> Change Password

Smartboard Room Instructions December 13, 2006

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Attached are directions on how to use the DVD/VCRs and a Laptop in our SmartBoard rooms.

Smartboard Room Instructions

This document describes the configurations in rooms: 907, 602, 603, 612, 613, LS Center, 502, 505, 507, 512, 513, 515, MS Lab, 412, 413, 415, 313, 315, 1st Floor Conference Room, 41, 42, 43, 45, 31, 32, 35, 21, 25, 15, US Lab.

As always, if you have questions, please contact a member of the Technology Department.

Collegiate Connect as Your Home Page December 13, 2006

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It’s a great idea to make Collegiate Connect your default homepage so your calendar and other information is the first thing you see when you open your browser in the morning.

Here’s how:

Firefox or Flock:

  1. Open your browser.
  2. Go to http://www.collegiateschool.org/podium
  3. Click on Tools >> Options >> Select the General Tab (or Main in Firefox 2.0), and click on ‘Use Current Page’ from the Home Page area.

Internet Explorer:

  1. Open your browser.
  2. Go to http://www.collegiateschool.org/podium
  3. Click on Tools >> Options (or Internet Options in IE 7) and select ‘Use Current’ from the Home page area at the top of the General Tab.

As always, if you see areas that need improvement, please let us know.

Configuring Wireless at Home December 13, 2006

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If you have high speed Internet access (DSL or Cable) we highly recommend that you purchase an inexpensive wireless access point to connect to your Internet Connection. Wireless access points are inexpensive and easy to configure. One that provides many other services such as virus scan and firewall is the DLink Secure Spot . It’s $99 and had a yearly subscription fee, but we think it is well worth it to protect your home computers. We recommend that you hide the SSID of your wireless access point and enable 128 bit WEP encryption. Please see your router documentation on how to configure and enable these services.

Once configured, ThinkVantage Access Connections will automatically switch between your home access point and the school’s wireless network.

To create a new connection connect to your access point, follow these directions:

Windows Toolbar

Manage Profiles

Create new Profile

Create New Profile

AC - Wireless Network Config

AC - Network Security

AC - Configure Proxy

You are now ready to use this connection. To enable it, click on the Access Connections Button (below) and select your network from the list.

AC - Select Connection

For more information, click on the IBM Access Connections Icon on the task bar and select ‘Launch IBM Access Connections’. Then select Help -> Help from the menu.

As always, please feel free to contact a member of the Technology Department as well.

Can’t get to the Internet at Home on an School Laptop December 11, 2006

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Symptom: You can check e-mail at home using the FirstClass client, but can’t get to the Internet using Internet Explorer or Firefox.

Fix:

  1. Start -> Programs -> ThinkVantage -> Access Connections
  2. Click on Manage
  3. Select your home Profile and Profile/Action and then Edit from the menubar
  4. Click on Advanced Settings tab
  5. Select the Settings button to the right of Override proxy configuration (check the box as well)
    Access Connections Override Proxy Configuration
  6. Check the automatically detect settings button and Do not use proxy.
    Proxy Settings
  7. Disconnect your connection and reconnect — you must also close and open IE and/or Firefox.