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Revision as of 11:18, 3 August 2008

Space to enter info specific to OS version. How to map a drive? Other?? --Burt, Nate 20:43, 17 July 2008 (EDT)

For tips on language setup on various OS's, see Languages

NTMS vs. NTMSII: Vista defaults to a specific network security protocol and, by default, won't accept anything older than that. You can change this: go into the registry editor (needs admin privileges), navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa, set the DWORD variable "LmCompatibilityLevel" to value 1 (create the variable if it wasn't there), then restart the computer and you should be able to connect to our servers as you can on XP.

For some reason, setting up wireless to connect to midd_secure can be very iffy at first. Even with the right settings it will sometimes "remember" PW/settings it shouldn't remember. Play around with it and if you don't have any luck after a couple tries, turn off the Airport then turn it back on, then try again.
- What should the settings be set to?

--Hunt, Christopher 09:14, 18 July 2008 (EDT)

Call me an optimist but I foresee more and more Linux OS on campus each semester. What will we be dealing with?

Asus Eee subnotebook - has a specialized version of Xandros Linux customized for small screens and light portable usage. Has basic web programs, basic office programs, etc. Registering it on the network: does it have Eth port to go wired? Mac address can be found somewhere in the computer settings windows. Ask Haseeb.
Ubuntu, on various systems - so far I have seen 4 users using Ubuntu Linux, all on Dell laptops, all slightly (but not necessarily very) tech-savvy people. Ubuntu has a massive amount of community-generated documentation & support available, search for problem solutions w/ Google.
OS features:
- Virus problems virtually nonexistent.
- Very stable.
- Biggest problem is often hardware compatability (drivers etc). This is improving steadily.

If user needs to use Windows applications but doesn't have Windows available, check the WINE application database[1] to see if that program is known to work well in WINE. WINE is an open source Windows compatability layer and has Linux and Mac installers available.

--Hunt, Christopher 09:00, 18 July 2008 (EDT)

Any worth mentioning?

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 Space to enter info specific to OS version.  How to map a drive?  Other??
 --[[User:Burt|Burt, Nate]] 20:43, 17 July 2008 (EDT)
+For tips on '''language setup''' on various OS's, see [[Languages]]
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