The Elementary Tech Interns have been busy lately, with Mr. Kirk gone. We have been preforming repairs on teacher computers, and helping students and teachers with computer problems. One recent problem was a high school laptop with outdated anti-virus. Anyone can catch a virus, so please install anti-virus on your computer. Avast Free is a great free anti-virus (http://www.avast.com/index). Our most challenging job was a computer that wouldn't print. As it turned out, the Printer Spooler Subsystem App was being forced to close at random intervals. This was caused by Windows Data Execution Prevention (DEP), and we couldn't change the DEP settings. We overcame this by re-installing Windows XP Professional. Then, the computer didn't have drivers for its internal network card, so we installed Windows 7 Business Edition. Now the problem is resolved.
We look forward to fixing more computers around the school!
-wddeke and anpicot
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