Waltham Public Schools
Technology Help Guide

Network (WedNet or WPSNet) Help

Computer Help

E-Mail Help

Library Database Help

Library Follett Software Help

Microsoft Office Help

Printer Help

Software Help

SMART Board Help

Telephone Help

Virus Help

Windows Desktop Help

Network (wednet or wpsnet) Help

You need a username and password.

You cannot log on to the network.

You cannot see your h drive.

You cannot read your e-mail.

You cannot send e-mail from Internet Explorer.

Computer Help

You turn the computer on and get a black screen.

Your mouse and/or keyboard are not working correctly.

E-Mail Help

You need to set-up your school e-mail for the first time.

Your Personal Address book needs to change to OutLook Contacts.

You want to read your school e-mail from any computer that is connected to the Internet.

Library Database Help

Your school computer cannot access Grolier databases. (Waltham Public Schools' Library Page)

Your school computer cannot access Metrowest databases. (Waltham Public Schools' Library Page)

Library Follett Software Help

Your circulation computer has lost the shortcuts to the Follett applications. 

Backing up library data.

Sending data to MassCat.

Microsoft Office Help

Your Microsoft Word files are not saving to your H drive.

Your Microsoft Excel files are not saving to your H drive.

Your Microsoft PowerPoint files are not saving to your H drive.

Changing the Save default so that other users who have older versions of Microsoft Word or Excel will be able to read file attachments that you send.

Printer Help

You choose “Print” to print a document and nothing comes out of the printer.

Your printer has run out of ink.

You need to connect your computer to a networked printer.

Software Help

Adobe Acrobat Reader (.pdf)

Fathom Software

You want to know what is acceptable use of the computer and what software is available.

SMART Board Help

How to Setup and Use a SMART Board, including Notebook

SMART Board Training Center

Telephone Help

You want help with the Waltham Public School's telephone system.

If you need further assistance with telephones, call 5418.

Virus Help

You receive notification in e-mail, on a computer, that you have a virus.  

You receive an e-mail that there is a new virus or to notify all the people in your address book about a new virus by forwarding the message. 

Windows Desktop Help

Programs are missing in your Start Menu on a Windows 95 or 98 desktop.

You need to understand how files are saved.

You need to organize your files on your H drive.

You need to open (extract) a file or compress a file using a Windows XP computer.

 

If  you need further assistance with computer technology, and you have rebooted your computer, send an e-mail to Help.  
If you cannot e-mail Help using your computer, call 5485.  
Include the following information in your Help request:
    Your Name:
    Your Telephone Extension:
    Your School:    
    Your Room:
    Your Department (if applicable):
   
Number, on the red tag, of the computer from which you are experiencing the problem.
    Symptoms of the problem, described in detail:

Here is an ill formed statement of the "symptom":

I can't get on.

Suggestions for describing the above example in detail:  

When I type in my user name and password at the login screen, the message that I get is the "network cannot validate user name."

I can log onto WedNet or WPSNET and see my desktop, but I cannot open the application, Rediker .

I can log onto WedNet or WPSNET  and see my desktop, but I cannot open my H drive.

I can log onto WedNet or WPSNET  and see my  desktop, but I cannot  open my e-mail.

I can log onto WedNet or WPSNET  and see my  desktop, but I cannot go to Internet sites using Internet Explorer.

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