[Leaplist] School computer network status...

[Homer Whittaker]

Patrick wrote:
> Many of us arrived at the Install Fest on Saturday, Sept 5, 2009,  at
> or after noon, and immediately went to work fixing the school network
> that was damaged with capacitor plague in three units, and power wall
> wart failure on the internet link to the highschool and three
> classrooms in building B.
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> Phil brought a replacement PSU wall wart, and fixed the network
> connection to Bldg. B, HS and 3 classrooms.
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> Thanks to Jason, got WINE running on the pre-K class room computers,
> and upgraded several units to Linux Mint 7.
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> Three of us swapped out two bad Compaq Evo 500 units in the Pre-K
> classroom.
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> Still to be resolved is three laptops, that were running Windoze, that
> have wifi, and refuse to connect the browsers, (Firefox, IE6 and, IE8),
I own an HP64, that came with Windows XP on  board.  If this helps, I
would search around so as to check if I have an Install Disk for same. 
Let me know please.
Homer Whittaker


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> Option looks like they need to be totally converted to Linux Mint 7?
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> I am posting all of this here on Leaplist even though it will be on
> School list, too, because of the need for a bit of wisdom to find the
> best solution, which MIGHT include "fixing" windoze, (quickest?),
> though Linux Mint 7 in Live found all the wifi and sound resources
> just fine on those Dell laptops...
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> Ideas via the School List, here, or in my email, and any coordination
> or help are very welcome!
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> Thanks to all for your continued dedication on this project!
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> I am spending my days at the school, in support
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