Day 5

Today we hooked up two more of our computers to the internet using a hub in the office next store. We also installed Sophos on all four computers, updated it, and ran a scan. We had about 20 errors on each computer after that scan that we think has something to do with not being logged on as an administrator. We also added XP Mode, Chrome, and Windows Virtual PC to the rest of the machines that needed it. One of the machines that one of our group members just recently fixed needed everything added to it, luckily we had enough time to complete that today.

Day 4

Today we went through some old discs in search of office 2007 to install on our project computers. We also added open office and windows XP mode to our windows 7 project computers. Firefox was also installed so we can test things in a browser other than Internet Explorer 8. The three of us that were here developed a simple form in the open office version of excel to keep track of the programs we have installed and are going to test. We also tried to add another GB of ram to one of the computers but it beeped at us so we just stuck with the 1 GB we already had.

Day 3

Today during my normal shift hours I helped Mike with his new office. Since this wasn't necessarily giving me ITS experience I decided to stay a couple of extra hours and help unload and hook up 100 monitors to a lab and a classroom in founders hall. We had a crew of about 10-15 people so it didn't take to long. The original plan was to take out the old monitors first, but that had already been done. I was able to help hook up all the new monitors but I had to leave when we started to box up all the old monitors.

Day 2

Fridays seem to be slow so far at ITS. Our goal was to install windows 7 on the computers that the 472 class had been working on the last week or two. The problem was that Dee and I did not no where to get the software from and Mike was busy in and out of meetings so we decided to hang out around the help desk and listen in on some of the problems that they encounter. We also chatted with the help desk personel when they weren't helping a customer to learn more about what would be useful in the scripting project. Near the end of my shift we got a hold of Mike and began burning the windows 7 software to dvds for the next group to use since we were short on time.