Your Name: Katie Schilling

Today’s Date: 2010/12/08

Day(s) worked or described: M W of Week 5, F of Week 6, W of Week 7

Total hours for week: 10, 5, 4.5

The School: Dumas Technology Academy

Kind of Work: Server access, Software Issues, Helped Teachers

Main Report or Narrative:

The week before Thanksgiving, I worked on helping a couple teachers with server access and log on issues (Mainly the librarian.).

Week 6, I was sick.  When I came back on Friday, I started in on installing the server shortcuts on the laptops in 312.  I also helped install the server shortcuts on the teachers' laptops during the tech presentation on the PD day.

Week 7, I had final exams, so I came in on Wednesday and worked on the laptops.  I found a laptop that won't boot due to "Registry cannot load the hive file."  I know how to fix this, but I need a Windows XP install disk.  Mr. Tolbert couldn't find one, so I tried to make one using a derivative of the larger set of install files from Microsoft which isolates the recovery console.  Mounting the disk image to a thumb drive didn't work, so I'm stuck making/finding the disk.  I couldn't find a compatible disk drive to actually burn the recover console access to a disk.  I'm going to make a disk over break and use it when I get back in January.

I also fixed some issues in the Mac lab in 312: someone had deleted the "school" accounts on two computers, and I have no idea how that happened.  I blocked such access in the student accounts.  I'm looking into how this could have happened.  There was also some issues with kids using the zoom function and leaving computers zoomed in on the desktop, but it's an easy fix.

Happy Holidays!