Logging on to the Dell Computer
1. Turn on the computer and monitor.
2. At the Welcome to Windows window press
Ctrl-Alt-Del
.
3. Student
Log-on
a.
User name
: enter your first name
-
last name (no spaces)
b.
Password:
enter the last four numbers of your student
ID number
c. Log on to: should be
PGCPS
(use the black triangle to choose
this if it says something else)
Ex.
Name:
john-smith
Password:
xxxx
Log
on
to:
PGCPS
4. Teacher Log- on
a.
User name:
enter your email log on, usually
first name
.
last name (no spaces)
b.
Password
: enter your email password
c. Log on to: should be
PGCPS
(use the black triangle to choose
this if it says something else
Ex.
Name:
john.smith
Password:
xxxxx
Log on to:
PGCPS
Problems??
See Ms. Simmons or Ms. Swartz in Room 209
Logging Off the Computer
It is IMPERATIVE all teachers and students
LOG OUT after using the computer.
1. Save your work, close all programs.
2. Tap
Ctrl-Alt-Del
. Click on the
Log Off
button.
3.
Click on
Yes
to conform your log off.
All students must have Internet Permission
A new form must be signed each year
♦
Students must have an
Internet Sticker
on the back of
their ID in order to use the Internet at any computer
in the school.
♦
See Ms. Swartz in Room 209 to get a sticker.
♦
Students and a Parent/Guardian must sign the
Connecting to the Internet
1. Double click on the Internet Explorer icon
2. If a large blue question mark appears when Internet Explorer opens,
follow these steps:
♦
Go to the
Tools
menu, drag down to
Internet Options
♦
Click on the
Connections
tab (top of window)
♦
Click on
Lan Setting
(toward bottom of window)
♦
Click in box in front of
Use a Proxy Server
♦
Click in the
Address
box; type the following:
cache.laurelhs.pgcps.org
♦
Tap the
Tab
key; in the Port box, type
80
♦
Click
OK
in both places it appears.
♦
Close the Internet, then reopen it. Enter a website and tap
Enter
. If your site does not open, repeat the above process.
You will need to repeat this at each computer you use.
Printing from the Dells
1) Click on
Start,
go to
Setting
, then to
Printers
. (
Windows 2000) or
Click on
Start
, go to
Printers and Faxes
. (
Windows XP)
2)
Double Click
on
Add Printer
. Click
Next
.
3) Select
Network Printer
. Click
Next
.
4) Select
Find a Printer in the Directory
. Click
Next.
5) In the
Name
box, type
one
of the
following printers:
♦
Laurel Computer Lab
♦
Hardy Computer Lab
6) Click on
Find Now
7) When the computer you searched
for appears in the lower area of the:
window,
double click on it
to
select
your printer.
8) Click
Next
, then
Finish
.
You are now ready to print your document.
You will need to repeat this at each different computer you
