Month: September 2005

Tuesday’s Technology Tip
(Little bits of information to hopefully make your computing life easier)

A Dell left unattended and logged in is a security risk – anyone who sits at the computer has access to a lot of confidential information. If you are going to be away from your computer for a few minutes and cannot monitor it, simply press Ctrl-Alt-Delete and click Lock Computer. When you return, press Ctrl-Alt-Delete again, login, and you are right back where you left off. Remember that if you lock the computer (instead of logging off), you are the only one who can unlock it.

Tuesday’s Technology Tip
(Little bits of information to hopefully make your computing life easier)

On Dells, your printers “travel” with you in your profile, regardless of which Dell you login to. For example, if you normally print to the A-wing, but login in and print in the D-wing, your printing will still come out in the A-wing unless you change your printer. This is true if you are at another building also, and print without changing your printer – your documents will still come out here at Heim.

Tuesday’s Technology Tip
(Little bits of information to hopefully make your computing life easier)

On a Dell, My Documents on the desktop is not your real server folder on the network. When you open My Documents, you see all the documents in your server folder, but they are really only shortcuts. Your “true” server folder is found by double-clicking My Computer, and then double-clicking “username” on ‘all\staff\heimmiddle’. Why does this matter? There are occasional times where documents do not behave as you expect if you try to open or save via My Documents. To be safe, always open or save documents via My Computer -> ‘username” on all\staff\heimmiddle.