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All Tech Notes are listed here, in reverse chronological order.
May/2001
- 1. Your First Step in Data Recovery
- 2. That Virus is No Joke!
- 3. Time Service Parameter Change
- 4. Updating Internet Explorer in a Lab
- 5. QuickTime Installation Issues
- 6. What's This System File Checker?
- 1. School Proxy Switch Update
- 2. Shared Program License Management Update
- 3. WSD1IP FAQ
- 4. PS/2-to-Serial Mouse Adapters
- 5. Important Anti-Virus Measures for Techs
- 1. Fixing Those Pesky MPREXE and KIX32 Errors
- 2. Netscape Proxy Server Eating Up Hard Drive Space
- 3. Quick Fix for Student Wallpaper
- 4. Changing MSIE Settings for Locked Users
- 5. Disabling Ctrl-Alt-Delete
- 6. AMD K6-2 Processors and Windows 9x
- 7. Keeping Students off the NT 4 Server
- 8. Internet Explorer Windows Out of Control
- 9. Automatic Hard Disk Maintenance Endless Loop
- 1. Office 2000 and LockIt95 (rev.2000) Compatibility Issues
- 2. Publisher 98 Printing to HP LaserJet 4Si
- 3. Problems Viewing Local Web Pages With MSIE
- 4. Miscellaneous Problems with Dell Workstations
- 5. Resolving Windows 98 ACPI Serial Port Issues
- 1. Freezing/Slowdown Fix for Dell Optiplex GX110
- 2. Hewlett-Packard 1100 Printing Slow in MS Works
- 3. More on "You Cannot View The List Of Users At This Time"
- 4. Problems Saving to 2Teacher Share in Netscape Composer
- 5. Sysop Can't Modify Teacher Account
- 6. Eudora Error "Out of Disk Space"
- 7. Publisher 2000 and LockIt95
- 8. Saving Display Properties in a Shortcut
- 9. Revised TCP/IP Settings for ADSL-connected LANs
- 10. FrontPage 98 vs. Anzio
- 11. MSIE 5: "Access To The Resource Has Been Disallowed"
- 12. Restricting the Number of Users on a Shared Program
- 13. Why Winsock 2?
- 1. Fix99 2000 for Win98SE Labs
- 2. Windows 98 Second Edition Shutdown Updates
- 3. WSD1IP 2000
- 4. LockIt95 2000 Update
- 5. Windows 95 B/C Vserver Update
- 6. Windows 95 Y2K Update
- 7. Internet Explorer with Desktop Update
- 8. Internet Explorer 5
- 9. Windows NT Service Packs
- 10. Set Server Reboots Interactive
- 11. 1997 Workstation RAM Upgrade
- 12. Freeware Updates
- 13. New Hot Potatoes
- 1. Changes in Paint from Windows 95 to 98
- 2. Compaq 4000 Series Instructions
- 3. Expiring Security Certificates
- 4. Quick Logon in Windows 9x
- 5. Installing MSIE 5 on Classroom Workstations
- 1. Firewall Requires New DNS Settings
- 2. Proxy Settings for Secure HTTP
- 3. Mastering Hard Drives
- 4. SuccessMaker and LockIt95
- 5. Unable to Load NTKERN.VXD After Reinstalling Windows 95
- 6. Avoid Printer Problems When You Install Drivers
- 7. Remote Access Limited to 31.2 kbps Using 56k Modems
- 8. Servicing Pentium II and III Systems
- 9. Epson Stylus Printers Caution
- 10. DOS Network Connection Disks and Plug'n'Play
- 11. Student Writing Centre Template Problem on 1999 Workstations
- 12. Dial-Up Adapter Bindings on LAN Workstations
- 13. Canceling Vacation Messages on the WSD1 Mail Server
- 14. Works 3 and Share.exe
- 15. Unusual WINS Problem
- 16. MS-DOS Compatibility Mode in Windows 9x
- 1. Logon Problems and/or Connection Problems Since Apps Server Install
- 2. Problems Accessing Shares on Windows 95 Systems From NT 4.0
- 3. Problems Installing Additional CD-ROM Drives to NT Servers
- 4. Error 2242 Accessing Shares on Apps Server with Tech Account
- 5. Revisions to NT Server Prep Update Diskette
- 6. Recent Anti-Virus Issues and Updates
- 7. Internal Errors Running Anti-Virus or LockIt95 Install
- 1. CD Repair
- 2. Unknown System Error Mapping Printer Ports
- 3. Tips and Tricks for MathTools
- 4. Windows 95 Library Update
- 5. KiXtart "Errors"
- 6. Service Pack Installation on NT Required
- 7. Cat 5 Wiring Diagram from Ron
- 8. Works 4 Losing Arial Font after Y2K Update
- 9. Troubleshooting TCP/IP Address Conflicts
- 10. Customized LabPOP
- 11. Lost Your Microsoft Access License?
- 1. Error Sharing Folders on Workstations
- 2. Windows 98 Second Edition Workstations Freezing and Shutdown Problems
- 3. Changes from Last Year
- 4. Start Menu Notes
- 5. There Is No LockIt98
- 1. Don't Call It the Y2K Update!
- 2. It's Already Out of Date!
- 3. Vcache and Anti-Virus for Windows 3.1x
- 4. Notes About the New Administrative Screensaver
- 5. Automatic Proxy Server Install Didn't?
- 6. Automatic Service Pack 4 Install Didn't?
- 7. NT Disk Activity Increased Since Update
- 8. Permissions Updates
- 9. Right-Click Problems in Version 4 Browsers
- 10. Taking Advantage of the Time Service
- 11. Remote Access Rights Changed by NT Update?
- 12. Check School Network Routine
- 13. Error Messages During Spring 1999 Updates
- 14. Proxy Server and Firewall Issues
- 15. How the Automatic Web Proxy Setting Works
- 16. Refreshing Proxy Settings Manually
- 17. Password Updates
- 1. Window NT Domain Problems
- 2. Teachers Can't Write to the 2Student Share
- 3. Managing Start Menus in Windows 9x Labs
- 4. World Book 1994 Access Denied Problem
- 5. Speech in Spellit3
- 6. Paint Loses Its Tool Box
- 7. Mysterious McAfee/LockIt95 Install Problems
- 8. Miscellaneous Lab Upgrade Routines
- 9. Click of Death for Zip and Jaz Drives
- 1. Flaky VXDs and DLLs in Windows 9x? Check This Out!
- 2. New Proxy Instructions ("WAIT!")
- 3. Reinstalling Windows 95 - Important Issues
- 4. Problems With LockIt 95 v2.3 (rev.98)
- 5. Uninstalling LockIt95 v2.3 (rev.98)
- 6. Problems With the NT Update Disk
- 7. Shop FTP Site Change
- 8. Online Division Technical Documents
- 1. Sharing Bookmarks between Netscape and MSIE
- 2. Change Proxy Server Settings on Browsers!
- 3. LPT Ports in Logon Scripts
- 4. CD-ROM Problems with Windows 95 On New Pentiums
- 5. Windows 95 with MSIE 4 Hangs on Shutdown
- 6. Sound Card Conflict with Anti-Virus Installer
- 7. HP Printing Problems from DOS Apps (like CA$CH)
- 8. Clipart Problems in Works 4.x
- 1. Updates to LockIt95 v2.3 (rev.98):
- a. run LockIt95(rev.98) Update 9810 for -
- b. how to run safe mode on locked workstations
- c. how to run locked workstations off the network
- d. how to undo an unknown Teacher Applications password
- e. how to change the system policy
- f. how to uninstall LockIt95 v2.3 (rev.98)
- g. how to change Netscape settings on locked systems
- 2. NT Update (the "team leader" diskette) is New and Improved:
- 3. Anti-Virus Installers Issues:
- 4. Steps For Downloading Diskettes Via FTP
- 5. Available Diskettes:
- a. LockIt95 v2.3 (rev.98) (2 Disk Set)
- b. NT Update disk (use with Summer 98 routines)
- c. Windows 3.1x Anti-Virus Install v2.42 (4 Disk Set)
- d. Windows 9x Anti-Virus Installer v2.42 (4 Disk Set)
- e. Summer 98 Routines disk
- f. Workgroup Connection v2.39 with DOS 6.2 utilities
- g. Network Card Setter Utilities v2.37
- h. Windows NT Configuration disk
- i. What happened to Quick Lock?
- 1. Windows NT File Sharing Problems
(aka "The Magnificent Seven" Meet Their Match!) - 2. Sharing Works Documents to Multiple Users
- 3. Fixing "Corrupt" CMOS Settings
- 4. Watch That RAM!
- 5. A Network Update for Windows 95 and 95B
- 6. An Easy Fix For Many HP DeskJet Problems
- 7. Getting Batch Files to Close Their Own Windows in 95
- 1. Which Pentium is Which?
- 2. Windows 95 Diagnostic Utility
- 3. Intel EtherExpress 16s Under Windows 95 Update!
- 4. Apple TCP/IP Dangers
- 5. Speed Up Windows 95 on Legacy Systems
- 6. Fujitsu 3000 Series Jumper Settings
- 7. Copying Windows 95 Installations Revisited
- 8. CD-ROM Tower SCSI ID Switches
- 9. TCP/IP Troubleshooting Utilities
- 1. Bookmark Sharing in Netscape
- 2. Internet Explorer Problem with LAN Web Shares On Locked Win95 Workstations
- 3. HyperStudio Stack Saving Problems
- 4. Changing Your E-Mail Password Behind a Firewall
- 5. Headaches with Microsoft Publisher and Windows 95
- 6. Copying Windows 95 Installations
- 1. Updated Anti-Virus Installers
- 2. Automated Configuration Procedures
- 3. Steps For Downloading Diskettes Via FTP
- 4. Other Available Diskettes
- 1. Solution For a Variety of Odd Printer Problems
- 2. Router Network Configuration Checklist
- 3. TCP/IP Troubleshooting Checklists
- 4. NT Logon Kills Network Printer
- 5. Preventing Logon Script Connections at the Server
- 6. Can You Trust Device Manager?
- 7. Getting the Netscape Dialer to Co-Exist with a Network
- 1. Please Follow Instructions!
- 2. Mouses for Lefties on Locked-Up Workstations
- 3. Publisher 97 Problems
- 4. CD-ROM and DOS Failure in Windows for Workgroups
- 5. Directories Appear Mysteriously on NT Servers
- 6. Getting Rid of Pesky Boot Loaders
- 7. More About Creating Distributable Shortcuts
- 1. Problems Detecting the D-Link DE220 NIC
- 2. Creating Distributable Shortcuts for Windows 95
- 3. Root Directory Limitation in Windows 95
- 4. French Keyboard Shortcuts!
- 5. Locking Up the Documents Menu in Windows 95
- 6. Dial-Up Networking Updates
- 7. Password List Update
- 8. Fixing a DHCP-Generated IP Address Conflict
- 9. Spell It 3 and the New NT Setup
- 1. Speeding up Netscape on 8 MB Workstations
- 2. Reading Video Tracks from Conventional Audio CDs
- 3. Fix Problems by Moving Your Video Card
- 4. Watch Those CMOS Settings: Things Have Changed!
- 5. Fix Problems with CMOS Settings
- 6. Clean Installs from the Windows 95 Upgrade CD
- 7. Connector Type for the D-Link DE530CT Network Adapter
- 8. What If You Need More than 26 Drive Letters?
- 9. Teacher Access to File Manager on Locked Workstations
- 10. "Unexpected Disk" in Works
- 11. Installation Options for HyperStudio 3.0
- 1. Passwords Alert!
- 2. WSD1 NT Configuration Diskette
- 3. Remember to Log Off
- 4. LockIt95 v2.3 Problems, Printing, and Patch95
- 5. Thinkin' Things and the new Quick Lock
- 6. What LockIt95 v2.3 Does
- 7. Quick Lock v2.32
- 8. Initial Setup for the New Pentium Workstations
- 9. Installing LockIt95 v2.3
- 10. Final Setup for the New Pentium Workstations
- 1. Internet Explorer Security Problems
- 2. Internet Explorer FTP Problems
- 3. E-Mail Problems with MBnet
- 4. Artisoft AE-2 Network Cards and New Motherboards
- 5. When Defrag and Printing Fail
- 6. Telnet to Winnipeg Public Library
- 7. Excessive Hard Drive Activity in Windows 95 with new McAfee Anti-Virus
- 8. Microsoft Works 3.0 Installation/Setup Problems
- 9. Updated NT 3.51 Service Pack for Adaptec 2940
- 10. Right-Clicking From Your Keyboard
- 11. When Publisher 97 Assimilates Your Start Menu
- 12. Motherboard Voltage Spikes
- 1. No Logon Dialog or Network Access in Windows 95 until "Close and Log On"
- 2. Compass Cards and Windows 95 32-Bit Disk Access
- 3. Windows 95 Printing Problems with Pentium On-Board Video
- 4. Windows 95 Running Slow on PCI-based 486s
- 5. What Do Those Beeps Mean?
- 6. Quick Fix for "Dead" Canon BJC-600s
- 1. Using Domain Logon with Locked Workstations
- 2. Access to Teacher Applications On Locked Workstations
- 3. Securing Policy Editor
- 4. Student Writing Center Not Printing from Files on Floppies
- 5. More Help for Troubleshooting PC (PCMCIA) Cards and Windows 3.1x
- 6. Fixing Windows So Kid Works Doesn't Slow to a Crawl With Turtle Beach Sound Card
- 1. More About Windows 95 B and FAT32
- 2. Set Those Western Digital Drives Right!
- 3. Windows 95 "Kills" EtherExpress 16 Cards
- 4. Configuring Vshield For Better Windows 95 Performance
- 5. Wingate Crashing?
- 6. Microsoft Shuffles Its Web Site
- 7. Central Control of Workstation Desktops
- 8. Managing Logon Scripts
- 9. Advanced Tips for Logon Scripts
- 1. Internet Browsers May Lock Up Workstations
- 2. New Internet Client Setup Information
- 3. Inconsistent Turbo Connectors on 486 Motherboards
- 4. Works 3.0 Causing "Illegal Operation" in Windows 95
- 5. Mysterious Windows 95 Problems
- 6. Warning! New Version of Windows 95!
- 7. Dial-Up Networking Keeps Dropping Connection
- 8. Bypassing Logon Screen in Windows 95
- 9. Installing Windows 95 from a SCSI CD-ROM
- 10. Changing IDE Driver in Windows 95
- 11. Avoiding Logon Script Hanging
- 12. FTP and Dental Hygiene
- 13. Beeping NT Server
- 14. Windows NT 3.51 Service Pack 5
October/1996
- 1. Windows Hanging at Exit
- 2. Caps Lock/Num Lock "Pause" during Boot
- 3. DOS 5.0 and Windows for Workgroups
- 4. Changing Network Setup in NT
- 5. HP 5L and Student Writing Centre
- 6. Word Perfect for Windows' commonest problem
- 7. Maximum Length of Directory Names in pre-95 Windows
- 8. Getting back your default Windows 95 folders
- 9. Windows 95 Network Device does not exist
- 10. Bi-directional Printer Cables
- 11. Losing Colour When Pasting from Paintbrush
- 12. Input Device Error
- 13. Removing the Boot Password on Compaq Laptops
- 14. "Bad" Serial Cables?
- 1. Alert!!! Workstations with Incorrect BIOS settings!
- 2. EBSCO Middle Search, DOS programs, & NT
- 3. Student Writing Center load speed
- 4. Getting the Most Out of 32-bit File Access with 4 Megs of RAM
- 5. When Windows Just Won't Run
- 6. Problems Running DOS Apps in Windows
- 7. Network Connection for Workstations Without Windows
- 8. Sharing CD-ROM Drives
- 9. Trumpet and the New Mbnet rotary
- 10. Inaccessible directories
- 1. Hard Drive Problems Converting to 32-Bit IDE
- 2. Turbo and CMOS
- 3. Control-alt-delete and CMOS
- 4. The Best Way to Change Video Cards
- 5. Knowing When to Run Memmaker
- 6. Notepad Can Corrupt NT Scripts
- 7. Canon BJC-4000 Printing Problems
- 1. Which slash? An easy way to remember
- 2. SIMM "compatibility" problems
- 3. Easy fix for dead computers
- 4. Security Update for Windows for Workgroups 3.11
- 5. Service Pack for Windows 95
- 6. A built-in tool for troubleshooting I-O conflicts in Windows 95
- 7. SCSI basics -- you better know this for NT servers!
- 8. Updating your NT emergency repair disk - better know this, too!
- 9. An advanced tip for troubleshooting corrupt NT systems
- 1. New U.S.Robotics 28.8 modems really 33.6
- 2. Adaptec 2940 & 3Com 3C590 PCI driver problem in NT 3.51
- 3. Proper IDE drive cabling
- 4. Problem with Paradox and root directory share
- 5. Floppy drive "failure" on Mind systems
- 6. Windows 95 Updates
- 1. System integrity violation for EDIT in Windows
- 2. Adding a CD-ROM to an existing SCSI adapter in NT 3.1
- 3. Dexxa vs Microsoft mouse hardware problem
- 4. Infodisk reminder
- 5. Instructions for transferring data while upgrading hard drive
- 6. New service pack for NT 3.51
- 1. HP 660 network install procedure
- 2. Setup Checker & Anti-Virus Installer instructions from Ron and MaryLouise
- 3. Corrupt SCANDISK reminder
- 4. Updated EtherExpress 16 driver for WFWG 3.11
- 5. Choosing Windows 95 setup source disk
- 1. Windows 95 connectivity update
- 2. Quick format for new hard drive
- 3. Some keyboards have switches
- 4. NT shutdown safety
- 5. Identifying REMmed lines
- 6. New Setup Checker & Anti-Virus Installer disk
DISCLAIMER: This document is intended for the reference of computer support personnel within Winnipeg School Division No. 1. There is no warranty or liability if procedures recommended here have an adverse affect on any systems. Use them at your own risk. Any trademarks mentioned are the property of their owners, none of whom have certified any information provided here. Opinions expressed here are personal only and do not represent the policy of Winnipeg School Division No. 1 or any other organization anywhere.
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