Presented by the

Tensas Parish Technology Team

Having a bad day?Click to watch movie

Several Types of Cables

USB

Parallel Network

VGA

Serial

SCSI

No Internet or Network connection??

• 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

• Click on movie to right

Got a CD/floppy stuck?

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

• 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.nls.k12.la.us (or

your school).lee.k12.nc.us

• Make sure your port is 80, 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 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