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We just bought new laptops for our 2nd - 3rd grade classroom cart and we
are running Vista (from the Macs we had before). (Before anyone asks
why, it was not my choice. Just working with the decisions that were
made for me.)
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On the Macs, I just had them log in locally (clicking on a button with
no password) and had the network folder mount automatically. So they
never had to type any username or password.
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With Vista, if I put them on the domain, there doesn't seem to be anyway
to get a list of users. (I ONLY do a login per class not per student,
so there would only be four users - 2 for second and 2 for third grade
since we have two classrooms in each grade.) However, if I make them
local users (I can get a list of the four users and there doesn't have
to be passwords). Then they can just click on their class to log in.
However when they click on alias of the shared network folder I put on
their desktop, they have to type in the class username and password.
Not a big deal for you and me, but for 2nd graders, this can take up to
10 minutes of class time.
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Is there anyone out there using PCs (XP or Vista) in the K-3 classrooms
that require logins? How are you getting around this? Is there anyway
to set it up with a list of users that they can just click on and still
have a way to give them access to a shared server folder?
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Thanks,
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Renee Ramig
Director of Technology
Seven Hills School
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The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing. John
Powell
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