Ian Andrews

10/20/2010

T/Th

Total hours for week: 6

The School: Dulles

Kind of Work: Tech general

Since Dulles is a Track E school, I didn't have much going on until last week when classes resumed. Right now I'm working on restoring some of the older computers in room 307 to a working state. Some of the older ones are so slow as to be unusable, even after I cleared out what unnecessary processes I could find. The McAffee antivirus suite seems to overtax these machines, although Sara informed me that it's a mandatory install on all CPS computers. I think the best alternative is to add RAM where possible and possibly do a few reinstalls, but I don't think much else can be done.

Other projects include the cataloging all of the computer/printer hardware as well as printer IP addresses so as to avoid redundant printing in the building. Thus far it's been pretty uneventful at Dulles, at least as far as major technological concerns.