Tweaking our new computers
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George configured the new computers with Greek as the default language and located in Greece, though this no longer causes issues with the student information system. Instructions are provided for installing Google Chrome, configuring the proxy server for internet access at school, and registering for a Skydrive account which provides 25GB of free cloud storage across multiple devices and operating systems.
![Google Chrome
Google Chrome [now more popular and IMHO
better than Internet Explorer] can be installed
by any user. google.com/chrome](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/tweakingournewcomputers-120525220627-phpapp01/85/Tweaking-our-new-computers-2-320.jpg)
![Region and language
As usual the first computer set up by George
was configured to be in Greece [not Cyprus] and
with Greek [on a UK keyboard!] as the default
language. Although this no longer creates a
problem with SIMS the prefered settings are
probably...](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/tweakingournewcomputers-120525220627-phpapp01/85/Tweaking-our-new-computers-3-320.jpg)
Tweaking our new computers
- 1. Tweaking our new computers
- 2. Google Chrome Google Chrome [now more popular and IMHO better than Internet Explorer] can be installed by any user. google.com/chrome
- 3. Region and language As usual the first computer set up by George was configured to be in Greece [not Cyprus] and with Greek [on a UK keyboard!] as the default language. Although this no longer creates a problem with SIMS the prefered settings are probably...
- 9. Click Add to add settings for school proxy server. You can now swith between Academy to access the Internet at school and None acces the Internet outside school.
- 10. Skydrive Skydrive is a service from Microsoft that gives you 25Gb of free cloud storage synced between all your Windows computers, Windows Phones, iPhones, iPads and Macs. You can also access all your files and edit all your Office documents from almost any Internet connected device.
- 11. This is way more storage than the school offers on its file server.
- 12. Skydrive is already installed on your computer but you do need to go to apps.live.com/skydrive to register and make the Skydrive appear.