Today we will be working towards several different goals:
A) three of you - Evan, Joe and Jesse -- had serious equipment difficulties, which we are trying to resolve by having you work on equipment I have brought from my house. Please proceed, and get those machines at least up to the point where they have Windows 98 on them
B) Some of you --Tyler, Mike R., Mike S., Hal -- were working on installing Windows XP, having already installed Win98. Please do so, and let me know when you are finished
C) Those of you who have already successfully installed WinXP -- John, Kerry, Josh and Nick-- are free to begin either one of the following (you'll be doing both eventually, as will everyone else)
1) installing a sound card and speakers -- we have many of them in the back room, although as you are aware, the equipment around here is touch and go. Let's see what we can get to work, and when you do, by all means feel free to adequately test the equipment.
2) I have several installation CDs which come equipped with the first round of programs we will be installing on these computers. The programs included are as follows:
- some basic software toolset programs, the kind that let you find out some basic information about your system once you have it up and running. I have included CPU-z, which you can just store in a folder on your desktop, and both Belarc and Everest, both of which have to be installed before you can get 'em to work. All three can provide information about your system, and present it in a clear and easy to read fashion
- several free pdf readers, as many of the manuals we will no doubt be downloading for use in this class will come in this format
- winrar, which can handle any type of zip file we will likely come across
- a free game called "Zeek the geek", which will be much more fun if you have working speakers
Ok, that should about do it for today. Tomorrow we will be upstairs first to get a fresh set of notes, take a practice quiz, and do an activity or two!
Cheers,
Uncle Paulie
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