Technology Medley

Creating secure passwords and changing them often are good strategies for all computer users in this age of privacy concerns. Ideally, a password should be a combination of letters and numbers, but be sure to create one that you will be able to remember. Leaving your password taped to your computer is never a good idea!

Changing your email password:

You need to first add an “s” to the URL in the address bar, so the address looks like this:
https://mail.salem.k12.va.us
or this from school:
https://mail

Log in as usual
Click on Settings
Click on Change Password
Enter your old password, then the new one twice
Click OK and you’re  done!

Changing your network password:

Log into the network as usual.
Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete.
Click the Change Password button
Enter your old password
Enter your new password twice
Click OK

Keep your passwords secure, and try not to share them unless absolutely necessary.

Installing a network printer is easy, but if you have never done it, you would probably not figure this out on your own.

1. Click on the Start button
2. Click on Run
3. Type this: \\ps and click OK
   (the ps stands for print server)
4. Scroll down to the printer names that begin with “s” for South or “w” for West
5. Double click the printer you wish to install
6. When the small empty print window opens, you’re connected. Just click the red x in both open windows to close them.
7. Now your printer should be available to use from any program.

Just be aware that this is user specific. If you log as yourself on a computer that you have never used before, you will need to install a printer before you can print.

Do you have trouble remembering what all of those drive letters mean when you try to save something? Well, here’s a quick review of the network drives in our school division.  Remember that the drive letters show up at the end of the drive name. For example, Public on ‘fs’(G:) is the G drive.

• G – Common folders for each school
• H -Your personal drive; keep your documents here
• I – AR, Larson’s, etc., data is stored here. Please don’t save anything to I.
• K – Save student work to your folder here
• P – Software
• W – Your personal web space

There’s also a handout in the Box widget that you may want to download onto your computer. It includes much more information about each drive.