Adding Printers on Windows 7

1. Click the windows icon at the bottom right of your display:
   
   
   
   
   
2. Enter in \hx-pdc
3. Press the enter key on your keyboard
4. This will bring up a list of printers in the building:
   
   
   
   
   
5. Double click on the printer you want to add
6. Print Server will add drivers to your computer
7. Please print responsibly. All print jobs over 10 pages should be sent to the Copy machine as a stored print

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September Monthly Maintenance

This round of maintenance is focused on updates and new technologies.

The tech team is adding Inspiration, PDF creator, FireFox, Microsoft Live Software Suite( MovieMaker, Photo Gallery, Instant messenger, Outlook Account Connector, Writer, Phone Call, etc.) and the proper Track Pad driver.

In order to use the suite of MicroSoft live tools you must first setup your account. Attached to this post you will find an easy to follow instructional video on how to set up your account. Once you have done this you can then setup your Instant messenger and begin adding other Wgmail users and open up a new method to communicate. Take a look at the brand new tools and begin to think about how the students could use tools such as: Movie Maker, email, instant messaging, Word 2010, Excel 2010, OneNote. Feel free to share the ideas you have about using the new software in your classes, on team, deparmentally, etc. here on this blog.  If you'd like to meet to discuss more about the new technolgies, feel free to send a technology request or check in with your nearest Hixson LMT representive.  

 

Acitvate your account: Go to Live.com and follow the video instructions

Live_Initial_sign_in.wmv
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Outlook 2003: Share your calendar

I have had many requests for directions on how to share your calendar in Outlook. I have created this video to help you set it up. Happy sharing.

Outlook2003_Shared_Calendar.wmv
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Adding Printers on Windows 7

1. Click the windows icon at the bottom right of your display:


2. Enter in \\hx-pdc


3. Press the enter key on your keyboard


4. This will bring up a list of printers in the building:


5. Double click on the printer you want to add


6. Print Server will add drivers to your computer


7. Please print responsibly. All print jobs over 10 pages should be sent to the Copy machine as a stored print

Got Bing?

In the past week you may have found that when you typed in Google.com in your address bar you were automatically re-directed to Bing. I spoke with TLC about this on Friday and learned that the reason we are all being redirected back to Bing is due to a setting that Google has recently offered that allows a user to bypass any filter with a few simple clicks. Google is currently working on an educational version and once it is released we will then be able to access Google. This blocked access of google has also caused issues with the softwares that use Googles search engine (google earth, sketchup, etc.).

Printing for Success

This week some of you may have noticed issues with sending print jobs to your team printers. Our print server, setup with drivers compatible with Windows XP, has not matched up with our new operating system, Windows 7. TLC is aware of the issue. Thank you to those who sent in technology requests alerting me to the problem.  Currently all print jobs, whether one page or many, should be sent to the copy machines. Sending them as a stored print will ensure that your document will be available when you go to get it. Here is the link to the instructional video on how to send stored jobs: http://schools.webster.k12.mo.us/hxstoredprints