Transcript Document

Presented by the
Lee County Technology Team
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Several Types of Cables
Serial
Network
Parallel
SCSI
VGA
USB
No Internet or Network
connection??
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Check to see if your cable is plugged in
Is it plugged in a phone or network jack?
Is the cable plugged into your NIC?
Is there a light on the back of your NIC?
Try restarting your computer!!
Dirty mouse?
• Click on
movie to right
Got a CD/floppy
stuck?
• Click on
movie to right
Monitor Problems
• Make sure it’s plugged into a power outlet
• Make sure the VGA cable is plugged into
your computer.
• Are there bent pins at the end of your VGA
cable?
Saving and deleting your
documents
• Places to save
• Hard drive
• Floppy disk
• CD-ROM
• Network
•Ways to delete
•Right click and
scroll to delete
•Click and drag
to trash can
Creating Shortcuts
• Right click the program, drag and release on
desktop. Choose create shortcut here.
• Some programs allow you to left click and
drag with the shortcut being created
automatically.
Adding and Removing Programs
• To add simply follow
instructions from the
software manual.
• To remove programs
go to start, control
panel, add and
remove programs,
choose the program
you wish to remove
and then hit the
remove button.
System Properties
• This will allow you to view what your
operating system is, processor speed,
registration information, and amount of
RAM. There are several ways to check
your system properties:
– Right click on my computer and click on
properties
– Go to start, setting, control panel, system
Changing your screen saver
• Right click on your desktop, go to
properties, click on screen saver tab.
Checking Proxy
Settings
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Open Netscape
Go to edit and scroll down to preferences
Go to advanced, then proxies
On right hand side select Manual proxy
configuration and click the view button
• Beside http type proxy.wlms(or your
school).lee.k12.nc.us
• Make sure your port is 8002, click ok
Installing a printer?
• Follow directions that come with the printer!
• No directions? Add it manually. Go to start
menu/settings/printers. DC on “Add a printer”
• Unless you are connecting to a network printer, choose
“local printer”
• When prompted for printer software, use your driver
diskette or CD
• No driver? Try www.hp.com
or www.epson.com
PC Suggestions
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Dell
Pentium Processor 4 > 1.7-2.0 GHZ
Hard drive > 40GB
Memory > 256-512MB
Monitor > 17” (Flat screen?)
Tower vs. Desktop?
Floppy drive and CD-ROM are usually standard. Suggest purchasing a
CDRW
DVD-RW?
56K Modem if you are planning to surf the Internet
Cable modem or DSL?
Windows 2000 SP3, Windows XP SP1
Printer? HP!!
Laptop? Dell P4 > 1.5 GHZ