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Space to enter info specific to OS version. How to map a drive? Other?? | Space to enter info specific to OS version. How to map a drive? Other?? | ||
| + | --[[User:Burt|Burt, Nate]] 20:43, 17 July 2008 (EDT) | ||
==Windows== | ==Windows== | ||
| − | + | ====XP/2000==== | |
| − | + | ====XP only==== | |
| − | * Vista | + | |
| + | ====Vista==== | ||
| + | * 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. | ||
==Mac OS X== | ==Mac OS X== | ||
| − | + | ====Leopard 10.5==== | |
| − | * earlier | + | * 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? | ||
| + | --[[User:Chunt|Hunt, Christopher]] 09:14, 18 July 2008 (EDT) | ||
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| + | ====earlier==== | ||
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==Linux== | ==Linux== | ||
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====Compatability==== | ====Compatability==== | ||
| − | * If user needs to use Windows applications but doesn't have Windows available, check the WINE application database[http://appdb.winehq.org/] 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. | + | * If user needs to use Windows applications but doesn't have Windows available, check the WINE application database[http://appdb.winehq.org/] 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. |
--[[User:Chunt|Hunt, Christopher]] 09:00, 18 July 2008 (EDT) | --[[User:Chunt|Hunt, Christopher]] 09:00, 18 July 2008 (EDT) | ||
Revision as of 08:14, 18 July 2008
Space to enter info specific to OS version. How to map a drive? Other?? --Burt, Nate 20:43, 17 July 2008 (EDT)
Contents
Windows
XP/2000
XP only
Vista
- 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.
Mac OS X
Leopard 10.5
- 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)
earlier
Linux
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.
Compatability
- 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)
Other OS
Any worth mentioning?
