I haven't posted here in quite a while. I have been running around, helping schools, working on co-op related items, and generally keeping VERY busy. I am going to start recording here again, though I have been keeping up with my daily visits etc in my co-op calendar.
I appreciate anyone who is still following along, or may start now that this site will pick back up again.
Most recently, I was at Blevins to help set up student logins. There will be some growing pains, I'm sure! But, we were able to get the students set up, put into appropriate groups, and assign permissions.
Just prior to that, I was at Bradley to help set up new computers in their distance learning labs and troubleshoot various issues around the district.
In-house, I have been working on a couple projects that will come to light around Christmas break. I am pretty excited about them!
More to come as I get back into the swing of posting my daily log here again.
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Friday, November 9, 2012
Thursday, October 27, 2011
10/27/2011
I will catch up with missed days in another post.
Today, I took a laptop and wireless printer to one of our early childhood programs, installed them. I also created a user account on one of the ech computers in that same facility.
After that, I went to Fouke Schools. We worked on users, groups, shared folders, permissions, a little bit of group policy. I also helped them with questions regarding subnets and expansion of their commodity internet.
Following that, we worked on permissions issues on the mac server. Turned out to be a problem between the user and their home folder. When deleting a user on a mac server, be sure to also delete/rename that user's home folder before attempting to create another user account with the same name.
Talked on phone with Bradley regarding ERate.
Once back at the office, I worked on E-Rate (BEAR forms etc) until end of day.
Today, I took a laptop and wireless printer to one of our early childhood programs, installed them. I also created a user account on one of the ech computers in that same facility.
After that, I went to Fouke Schools. We worked on users, groups, shared folders, permissions, a little bit of group policy. I also helped them with questions regarding subnets and expansion of their commodity internet.
Following that, we worked on permissions issues on the mac server. Turned out to be a problem between the user and their home folder. When deleting a user on a mac server, be sure to also delete/rename that user's home folder before attempting to create another user account with the same name.
Talked on phone with Bradley regarding ERate.
Once back at the office, I worked on E-Rate (BEAR forms etc) until end of day.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
10/3/11 - 10/6/11
Monday - came to office until 10:30am then went home sick.
tuesday - Genoa Central middle school and elementary school video installs. Then, went to the high school to work on two video systems there. Reconfigured main DL for 100/Full connectivity and changed IP information on the new system for virtual field trip use (or class use via V2IU connection in Little Rock).
Wednesday - Attended ACOOP training on new DRP software from state. in the afternoon, installed the portable video unit for the co-op. Went to UACCH to help with that video unit install. Hit a few glitches there, but got them ironed out. Left UACCH with installer and headed to Nevada Schools. There, we installed the new video unit.
Thursday - Spent most of the day providing tech support to Fouke for a new server application install. Also handled email correspondence regarding video issues at Bradley. Scheduled the monthly area tech meeting. Talked with several vendors. Set up an on-site visit for Prescott on Friday after a meeting I have with a wireless (wifi, not cell) vendor. Installed a new network printer in the specialists' area. Hunted down a rogue wireless access point on the network. Well, "rogue" is a bit strong. It was one that had been misconfigured and I set it to right. Explored a couple of iPad apps for tech usage, but found them lacking (sorry, the names of the apps escapes me just now). Oh yeah, had to hunt down a telephone extension issue that turned out to be an issue with the placards we use to display people's extensions - a lot of troubleshooting and wire-moving for not, it seems. Emailed to several lists - cooptc, sys_admin, etc regarding various issues and topics. Experimented with various DHCP scenarios on our server. Researched various ISA 2006 settings and scenarios, user permissions issues, etc.
tuesday - Genoa Central middle school and elementary school video installs. Then, went to the high school to work on two video systems there. Reconfigured main DL for 100/Full connectivity and changed IP information on the new system for virtual field trip use (or class use via V2IU connection in Little Rock).
Wednesday - Attended ACOOP training on new DRP software from state. in the afternoon, installed the portable video unit for the co-op. Went to UACCH to help with that video unit install. Hit a few glitches there, but got them ironed out. Left UACCH with installer and headed to Nevada Schools. There, we installed the new video unit.
Thursday - Spent most of the day providing tech support to Fouke for a new server application install. Also handled email correspondence regarding video issues at Bradley. Scheduled the monthly area tech meeting. Talked with several vendors. Set up an on-site visit for Prescott on Friday after a meeting I have with a wireless (wifi, not cell) vendor. Installed a new network printer in the specialists' area. Hunted down a rogue wireless access point on the network. Well, "rogue" is a bit strong. It was one that had been misconfigured and I set it to right. Explored a couple of iPad apps for tech usage, but found them lacking (sorry, the names of the apps escapes me just now). Oh yeah, had to hunt down a telephone extension issue that turned out to be an issue with the placards we use to display people's extensions - a lot of troubleshooting and wire-moving for not, it seems. Emailed to several lists - cooptc, sys_admin, etc regarding various issues and topics. Experimented with various DHCP scenarios on our server. Researched various ISA 2006 settings and scenarios, user permissions issues, etc.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
08/18/2011 - 08/24/2011
I have been way too busy to log what I've been doing! This is a summary of where I have been and what I have been doing:
8/18 - Spent the bulk of the day taking care of in-office stuff, but had to run to the Lewisville ECH program to help get them going after their computer had been joined to the local network's domain.
8/19 - Blevins - Worked with their techs resolving some active directory issues and helping move key user data from the local desktop to the new home folders on the network. Also did some connectivity troubleshooting. Oh, there was also a statewide DNS issue, so I had to run back to the co-op to resolve internet access issues. Once that was taken care of, I went back to Bradley to finish up the day there.
8/22 - Ran to Blevins to troubleshoot a distance learning issue. Turned out to be a remote control/video input issue.
8/23 - Ran to Lewisville ECH to troubleshoot issues with Vinelands II. Had to disable UAC and give specific permissions to the user account.
8/24 - Set up a new laptop for a co-op employee, headed to Blevins to help with software distribution/installation over the network and trouble shoot a desktop issue in which a user had added "-extoff" to the end of their IE shortcut, forcing the program to run without add-ons. Fixed it by removing the switch at the end of the command line.
In the meantime, I talked with DirecTV and DiSH regarding TV programming for the co-op as well as take care of everyday issues that arise at the co-op.
8/18 - Spent the bulk of the day taking care of in-office stuff, but had to run to the Lewisville ECH program to help get them going after their computer had been joined to the local network's domain.
8/19 - Blevins - Worked with their techs resolving some active directory issues and helping move key user data from the local desktop to the new home folders on the network. Also did some connectivity troubleshooting. Oh, there was also a statewide DNS issue, so I had to run back to the co-op to resolve internet access issues. Once that was taken care of, I went back to Bradley to finish up the day there.
8/22 - Ran to Blevins to troubleshoot a distance learning issue. Turned out to be a remote control/video input issue.
8/23 - Ran to Lewisville ECH to troubleshoot issues with Vinelands II. Had to disable UAC and give specific permissions to the user account.
8/24 - Set up a new laptop for a co-op employee, headed to Blevins to help with software distribution/installation over the network and trouble shoot a desktop issue in which a user had added "-extoff" to the end of their IE shortcut, forcing the program to run without add-ons. Fixed it by removing the switch at the end of the command line.
In the meantime, I talked with DirecTV and DiSH regarding TV programming for the co-op as well as take care of everyday issues that arise at the co-op.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
July 20, 2011
Started by installing flash and firefox on macbooks in the distance learning lab.
One macbook has dead battery. ordered new one from apple.
Began work on moving active directory from 2003 schema to 2008 schema for new server. original plan was to virtualize everything, but i dont think that will be necessary at this point. I am leaving hyperv running on the server in case i decide to move that direction in the future. found a nice step-by for this: http://www.anitkb.com/2010/03/preparing-your-active-directory.html
Well, actually, I started my work day at home - I had to convert a segment of video on vhs over to dvd so that our math specialist would have it for her workshop.
yesterday, the vendor had to reschedule for the wireless walkthrough. instead, i met with the folks at uacch regarding bids for the new video systems several area schools will receive as part of an rus grant. also, bcs came and installed our new voicemail module. turns out we went from 2 open ports for vm to 8 open ports! this will help should we ever move to an automated attendant system.
if this headache and sickness in my stomach doesn't go away soon, this may be a short day for me. ugh.
One macbook has dead battery. ordered new one from apple.
Began work on moving active directory from 2003 schema to 2008 schema for new server. original plan was to virtualize everything, but i dont think that will be necessary at this point. I am leaving hyperv running on the server in case i decide to move that direction in the future. found a nice step-by for this: http://www.anitkb.com/2010/03/preparing-your-active-directory.html
Well, actually, I started my work day at home - I had to convert a segment of video on vhs over to dvd so that our math specialist would have it for her workshop.
yesterday, the vendor had to reschedule for the wireless walkthrough. instead, i met with the folks at uacch regarding bids for the new video systems several area schools will receive as part of an rus grant. also, bcs came and installed our new voicemail module. turns out we went from 2 open ports for vm to 8 open ports! this will help should we ever move to an automated attendant system.
if this headache and sickness in my stomach doesn't go away soon, this may be a short day for me. ugh.
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