<strong>Your Name:</strong> Ben Hyman
<strong>Today’s Date</strong>: 2007/11/30
Reporting on most recent week
<strong>Day(s) worked or described</strong>: Tu, F
<strong>Total hours for week</strong>: 5 (+2 for training, will go on next timecard)
<strong>The School</strong>: Canter Middle
<strong>Kind of Work</strong>: Tech General
<strong>Main Report or Narrative</strong>: 

* I've installed DeepFreeze on all the computers, except for the 2ks with 128 MB. Russ, any luck with getting the Remote Console working? Shouldn't you be able to access it directly from canter-adm01, if you can log into that remotely?

* The assistant in the office was having trouble with getting CD-roms to play. She said you were in and did something software-wise (I imagine re-installing the drivers, and it sounded like you uninstalled Real Player), but I think the problem is hardware-related. When the CD-ROM won't play, the drive doesn't even show up in the Device Manager, not even as an unknown device with faulty drivers. So I opened up the computer and switched the power adapter. The CD-drive is still working, and I have no way to tell if my fix worked since it seems like the way to reproduce the problem is simply to wait. <strong>Eh, she told me as I was leaving that it stopped working again. Looks like a closer look is necessary!</strong>

* Blogging directions are finally finished! However, I need to check with Mitch before I send them out; I'd like to give them the password, but the only way I can do that is over email, and the password for one of the users is the same as one that we'd like to keep secure (even though that's not known to the user in question). Can you reset those passwords to something that is okay to transmit through email, and then of course they will change them immediately?

* I checked on the printer in room 204, which was reported as having problems. I couldn't find any, and everything seemed to be okay. However, there's a hardware problem with the (only) printer in the computer lab. The drum unit is all scratched up, and it costs about $120 to replace. What's the procedure on that? I'll discuss with whoever's in the office today when I stop by later to pick up the evaluation. Speaking of printers, I need to see what Ms. Ahad wants done with the extra ones.

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* I still need to work with Russ (who came in today) to possibly set up a wiki.

* I still need to find a long-term labeling solution for the hardware...as I figured would happen, a few of the post-its were ripped off.

* I still need to make absolutely certain that every computer has the printer installed and is properly named. That sounds like a project for a rainy Friday, though.

* Still working on those report sheets for general usage, as well as my schedule for Fridays of next quarter.

Thought of the Week: By the way, I think I'm working this Tuesday. Sorry I don't have the chance to write down a more profound thought!

-Ben Hyman