Netbooks

=**Dell Netbook Help Page**=

Suggested Settings Changes:

 * 1) Go to the Start button and scroll to Settings. Then click on Control Panel.
 * 2) Now click on Appearance and Themes.
 * 3) Then click on Mouse Pointers on the side bar. Change the pointer speed to a slower speed.
 * 4) Click on the Dell Touchpad Tab. Click on the center of the touchpad diagram. Then go to touchpad settings link (not the picture) and under taps remove the check on "Tap to click." Then click OK.
 * 5) Click on the link for "Scrolling Setting." Remove the check next to enable. Then click OK.
 * 6) Click on "Gestures Settings." Remove the check next to enable. Then click OK.
 * 7) Back on the desktop, right click on icons and delete any you don’t use. Examples: My Network, My Computers, and Internet Explorer

Setting Homepage & Bookmarks
//**Choosing your Homepage**//
 * 1) Open Firefox.
 * 2) Type in the address of page you want to set as your homepage and hit return to bring it up on the netbook.
 * 3) From the Tools menu, select "Options"
 * 4) In the Main tab under the Startup section, click the "Use Current Page" button. (The address in the Home Page section should change to the page you chose.)
 * 5) Click OK.
 * 6) To test it, close out of Firefox and open it again. The browser should automatically load to the new page you selected

//**Setting Bookmarks**//
 * 1) In Firefox, navigate to the page you would like to bookmark.
 * 2) From the Bookmarks menu, choose "Bookmark This Page"
 * 3) In the Name box, change the text to a name that make sense (what you want it to say in your bookmarks menu)
 * 4) Under the Folder drop down, choose "Bookmarks Toolbar" and click the "Done" button.
 * 5) Repeat as needed.

Server Directions:

 * 1) To connect to the student fileserver, you must use INTERNET EXPLORER (IE).
 * 2) When you open it will ask you if you want to make IE your default browser. Remove the check mark in the box that says "Always perform this check when starting Internet Explorer" and then click "NO!"
 * 3) Click on the link on the left that says "Student Fileserver K-8 Win" with the little Windows icon.
 * 4) Type in student username and password in the box that comes up and click "Connect." (Sometimes the box does not come to the front of your window. In that case, just minimize the IE window to see the "Connect to k8.cypanthers.org" window.)
 * 5) You can now quit out of IE by clicking on the red X in the upper right corner of the window. (If you minimized the window, click on it in the bottom tool bar to get it to pop back up.)
 * 6) Students should save their documents to the desktop and they can be dragged into their server folder just like they can on the Mac.
 * 7) To DISCONNECT from the server, you must log out of the computer. Until the student has logged off, they will remain logged onto the server even if they close all windows. To log off, simply go to the start menu and choose "Log Off Student." They should then click the "Log Off" icon NOT the "Switch Users" icon.

Saving Works Documents to Open on a Mac

 * 1) The first time you open MS Works, you will need to agree to the terms and conditions. Click "I agree" and the Next button. It will then ask you to participate in a customer experience improvement program, choose "No, I don't want to participate at this time" and click the Finish button.
 * 2) Choose "Save As" from the File menu.
 * 3) In the "Save In" line, make sure you have chosen "Desktop" from the drop down.
 * 4) Name the document.
 * 5) In the "Save as type" line, make sure you have chosen "Word 97-2003 Document (*.doc)" ***//You only have to do this if you want to work on the document on a Mac computer later. If you are just going to have students finish the document and print from the netbook, it can stay in Works format.//**
 * 6) Click the "Save" button.
 * 7) Documents will now be saved on your desktop in Word format and can be saved to the server for use on the Mac.

Troubleshooting**

 * "Old Virus Definition File" – This window will pop up every time you log in to the computer until the updates are scheduled to run. Just click the "Close" button and ignore it.
 * "Connect to Server" window did not show up – Occasionally the window opens behind the open window. Just minimize (click the little minus icon on the title bar) to see the "Connect to Server" window and type in your username and password.
 * "My students keep moving icons all over the screen." – Make sure you have turned off the clicking and tapping with your track pad. (See instructions in section 1 above)
 * "A warning pops up when I use headphones." – To disable the pop-up windows that appear when headphones are plugged into the netbook: double-click on the orange speaker icon on the bottom left of the display. It's called 'Realtek HD Audio Manager'. Click on the  tab in the middle. Above and to the right of the green and pink headphone and microphone select, there is a wrench icon (I think that's what it's supposed to be!). This is . Click on it. When the dialog box comes up, uncheck 'Enable auto pop-up dialog when device has been plugged in'. Then click on .
 * "No wireless available." – To connect to the wireless, click on the wireless icon (a computer with green bars coming out of it, it will probably be the first one and when you hover over it, it will say "Wireless Network Connection"). Click on the "HAY" box in the Choose a Wireless Network window and click the "Connect" button. The network key should already be in the box and all you need to do is click the "Connect" button. It will process the connection and then should tell you that you are connected. Close the window and you should now be able to use the internet successfully.