I totally forgot to post the assignment you guys were to do instead of coming to class that day. No biggie I will hand it out tomorrow in class and give you guys the weekend to get to done. Sorry about that.
I found a couple of free tweak guides in pdf format on Windows Vista and XP and thought they might help everyone. I posted them in the IT181 downloads section. They are some good reading.
Took the Hardware final exam then we installed Virtual PC 2007 and played with windows 98 and various version of Linux. Read chapters 3-4 for next class.
Yay I get to use a new icon for posting class material! Anyhoo we went over chapter 1 and 2 in the software book. Pages 60-82 we will go over next class period. Remember you have the hardware final during your next class period. The study guide has been posted. We watched 2 great films. Steal This Film I & II. There is a lot to ponder once you have seen them. Have a good weekend.
Assignment 6 was given out as hardcopy in class. There is also electronic copy, see assignments section for what to do. I also showed 1 example of how to generate a random number. That example is located in the downloads section. The assignment will be due next Wednesday - April 2nd. Monday's class is optional. You may work on this on your own. I will stay until 6:15 to see if anyone shows up. If you need help I will be glad to stay the entire class period to work out your problems.
The mid-term exam was very dissappointing so I made everyone do it over again, open note, open book, but no phone a friend or 50/50. I will have them re-graded next monday.
Took the quiz for chapters 11 & 12. Went ahead and took the software pre-test. Went over any material remaining in chapters 11 & 12. Took apart a laptop and a laser printer. Will finish up OCR software on Wed. & Thurs.
Micro$oft released an update for Vista that has kind of gone un-noticed (KB940510) That detects several methods of by which Vista has been counterfeited. Check ZDnet for a little background on what it does to systems that are not quite legit.
We did not cover much in the way of new material. I did post a demo of a FOR NEXT loop to the downloads section. It demostrates how to populate a combo box (similar to a list box) with many values at runtime so that you do not have to type in a zillion values. Remember mid term exam next class.
Finished up the last of chapter 10 and then did a few demos. We again setup the web cams, did an illistration of a network on the board, and then setup a quick windows share file on 2 machines.
