Occasionally a print job may be stuck in the print queue that you cannot clear. You may need to restart the Printer Spooler Service on the curriculum server (or which computer is hosting the printer) and to delete the offending file. The Following should be done by whomever is responsible for Curriculum network: NOTE This will delete all print…
Please note Windows 7 will no longer be supported from January 2020 – customers are advised to upgrade to Windows 10 – https://faq.scomis.org/kb24897/ The following steps explain how to create a new user on a Windows 7 operating system: Press Start, right hand mouse click on Computer and click on Manage. You will then be presented…
In order to view web pages when using a SWGfL internet connection within school you will need to set Internet Explorer to use a SWGfL proxy Server. To do this: Open Internet Explorer Click the Tools button, and then click Internet Options. Click the Connections tab, and then click LAN settings. Select the Use…
How do I tell if I have Java installed and what version I have? Please follow the instructions below based on the operating system installed on your computer. Windows 8 Right-click on the bottom left of the screen and select Control Panel from the menu. Select Programs. Select Program and Features. If Java is installed…
When looking in the Devices and Printers section of the Control Panel (or from the Start Menu) the page takes a long time to load and shows 0 items.
I need to run a Command Prompt as a an administrator, how do I open an Elevated Command Prompt? There will need to be a user that has Administrative rights associated with the machine. Type cmd.exe into the search box on the Start menu. Right click on it and choose Run As or Run As…
Take the following steps to establish if you have Windows 7 , 64bit or Windows 7 32bit operating system Click Start Right click on Computer Choose Properties Within this section it should say System Type and this will show if you have a 32bit machine or 64bit machine. Alternatively, if you are using Windows XP, Windows…
Creating a batch file to automatically map network drives at logon.
Where is the Windows 7 common start menu folder.
Assigning a drive letter to a hard disk
Checking a WHOLE and PUBLIC folders
Running Windows update on Windows 7
Switching on the display of hidden and system folders.
How to disable the Windows Simple File Sharing
How to check that hidden files and folders, along with known file extensions, are displayed correctly.
The UAC – or User Access Control – is a feature of Windows7 & Vista to help protect you against Malware.
Altering the file sharing methods in Windows7
To download FileZilla……