bybb wrote:

ninjagolloyd wrote:

so I'm apparently technically an unpaid IT person lol
this man… THIS MAN
he walks in in the middle of class “is the smartboard working?”
teacher says “no”
he walks out looking all sad “ I'll have to think of something ”

he also installed Deep Freeze on the desktops that are used once a year because people bookmarked google docs

on that note, we're getting Chromebooks but we aren't allowed to sign into them (???) because “they aren't being assigned to you, they belong to the class”

oh yeah! we've also got a new server (dunno why… they don't run anything on the old one…)
this new server is pretty nice but the old one is still running.
so this man, this 300 iq person, thought it would be a GREAT idea to have the SAME software (which hasn't been updated since before I was born!) running on both servers at the same time. Not only that, but he's also running SonicWall on both. And he gave both THE SAME STATIC IP ADDRESS.

so yeah. he continually plugs it in during school “just to see what happens.” needless to say, he has no clue how to fix the wifi when it inevitably breaks. We also use Google Drive (and related things) on these gen 2 ipad minis, so you can see where this is going…
my essays have been deleted so many times… i haven't touched that ipad in two years, i just use whatever i can find

by the way, is there a Word replacement that isn't as strange as LibreOffice? I'm running Ubuntu

additionally, our school got some sort of contract with spectrum to have them come in to fix the wifi, but they're under the impression that they will fix EVERYTHING, from the computers being slow to the ethernet cord being SOLDERED INTO THE WALL.

they could just have me do it for free… I know what all the issues are, they are SO. BLATANTLY. OBVIOUS.

My school as 5 server cupboards as far as I'm aware. Each one of them has many servers inside and a few network switches.

infinitytec wrote:

Wettining wrote:

agentt_ wrote:

I'd just like to interject for a moment.

Who here has schools who can afford giant expansions and stuff, while they leave over-decade-old computers in both the computer labs and teachers possession

(basically just ‘who has a school that just lets the computer lab rot as the years go by’)

It's hard to buy modern computers in bulk, especially now that after 1 year the hardware is already a generation behind.
The general consensus, at least that I've seen at schools in my area, is to buy a group of computers every half decade to decade and then replace the broken computers with those.

And schools don't really need nice computers generally. Some departments do, but a lot of times all that needs to run is a web browser and office software. Something 5 years old can do that just fine.

And the systems can be abused quite a bit.

ninjagolloyd wrote:

but when the computers used in Drafting can't run AutoCAD

dude341 wrote:

It appears that the Scratch forums are running on school computers right now, as it doesn't work.

jseeli wrote:

And our School Labs does not have Internet access. So earlier, we used to play the Chrome Dinosaur Game. But these days, when we open chrome, we get “Kaspersky Security Endpoint 7. This webpage has been blocked by your admin”

jseeli wrote:

And our School Labs does not have Internet access. So earlier, we used to play the Chrome Dinosaur Game. But these days, when we open chrome, we get “Kaspersky Security Endpoint 7. This webpage has been blocked by your admin”

TM2125 wrote:

jseeli wrote:

And our School Labs does not have Internet access. So earlier, we used to play the Chrome Dinosaur Game. But these days, when we open chrome, we get “Kaspersky Security Endpoint 7. This webpage has been blocked by your admin”

oof, chrome is blocked?

infinitytec wrote:

jseeli wrote:

And our School Labs does not have Internet access. So earlier, we used to play the Chrome Dinosaur Game. But these days, when we open chrome, we get “Kaspersky Security Endpoint 7. This webpage has been blocked by your admin”

I see a few problems:
-No Internet
-Kaspersky

infinitytec wrote:

jseeli wrote:

And our School Labs does not have Internet access. So earlier, we used to play the Chrome Dinosaur Game. But these days, when we open chrome, we get “Kaspersky Security Endpoint 7. This webpage has been blocked by your admin”

I see a few problems:
-No Internet
-Kaspersky

dude341 wrote:

infinitytec wrote:

jseeli wrote:

And our School Labs does not have Internet access. So earlier, we used to play the Chrome Dinosaur Game. But these days, when we open chrome, we get “Kaspersky Security Endpoint 7. This webpage has been blocked by your admin”

I see a few problems:
-No Internet
-Kaspersky

If you think Kaspersky is a “problem”, then there is an issue. I've used Kaspersky for years and have never had any problems. By saying Kaspersky has ties to the Russian government, you are basically believing conspiracy theories. Sorry, but that's really silly.

Also - Kaspersky has been ranked the #1 antivirus in security tests, so there is no way I'm not using it, no matter how many conspiracy theories about Kaspersky being Russian hackers I can see.

bybb wrote:

dude341 wrote:

infinitytec wrote:

jseeli wrote:

And our School Labs does not have Internet access. So earlier, we used to play the Chrome Dinosaur Game. But these days, when we open chrome, we get “Kaspersky Security Endpoint 7. This webpage has been blocked by your admin”

I see a few problems:
-No Internet
-Kaspersky

If you think Kaspersky is a “problem”, then there is an issue. I've used Kaspersky for years and have never had any problems. By saying Kaspersky has ties to the Russian government, you are basically believing conspiracy theories. Sorry, but that's really silly.

Also - Kaspersky has been ranked the #1 antivirus in security tests, so there is no way I'm not using it, no matter how many conspiracy theories about Kaspersky being Russian hackers I can see.

If you use Windows, use Windows Defender and MBAM when you know there's a problem (and get a good clean copy of CCleaner on a USB somewhere in case you ever need it). On Linux? If you use Linux in any way, shape or form, you should know how to not get viruses.

dude341 wrote:

bybb wrote:

dude341 wrote:

infinitytec wrote:

jseeli wrote:

And our School Labs does not have Internet access. So earlier, we used to play the Chrome Dinosaur Game. But these days, when we open chrome, we get “Kaspersky Security Endpoint 7. This webpage has been blocked by your admin”

I see a few problems:
-No Internet
-Kaspersky

If you think Kaspersky is a “problem”, then there is an issue. I've used Kaspersky for years and have never had any problems. By saying Kaspersky has ties to the Russian government, you are basically believing conspiracy theories. Sorry, but that's really silly.

Also - Kaspersky has been ranked the #1 antivirus in security tests, so there is no way I'm not using it, no matter how many conspiracy theories about Kaspersky being Russian hackers I can see.

If you use Windows, use Windows Defender and MBAM when you know there's a problem (and get a good clean copy of CCleaner on a USB somewhere in case you ever need it). On Linux? If you use Linux in any way, shape or form, you should know how to not get viruses.

Never use Defender, it interferes with things and it's just not good overall. I've even manually removed Defender from my copy of Windows 7 just because it gets in the way of things, even when it's turned off.
I do use MBAM Free but MBAM needs to be accompanied by a antivirus, specifically, a good one. With both a good antivirus like Kaspersky or <insert another high-rated antivirus here because I can't be bothered to search it up> and MBAM, you should be good to go.

I still can't believe that people think Kaspersky is connected to the Russian government. I'll believe it when I see it.

bybb wrote:

I use Windows 10, which is supposed to be super bad and not once has Windows Defender interfered with anything I've been doing.

dude341 wrote:

bybb wrote:

dude341 wrote:

infinitytec wrote:

jseeli wrote:

And our School Labs does not have Internet access. So earlier, we used to play the Chrome Dinosaur Game. But these days, when we open chrome, we get “Kaspersky Security Endpoint 7. This webpage has been blocked by your admin”

I see a few problems:
-No Internet
-Kaspersky

If you think Kaspersky is a “problem”, then there is an issue. I've used Kaspersky for years and have never had any problems. By saying Kaspersky has ties to the Russian government, you are basically believing conspiracy theories. Sorry, but that's really silly.

Also - Kaspersky has been ranked the #1 antivirus in security tests, so there is no way I'm not using it, no matter how many conspiracy theories about Kaspersky being Russian hackers I can see.

If you use Windows, use Windows Defender and MBAM when you know there's a problem (and get a good clean copy of CCleaner on a USB somewhere in case you ever need it). On Linux? If you use Linux in any way, shape or form, you should know how to not get viruses.

Never use Defender, it interferes with things and it's just not good overall. I've even manually removed Defender from my copy of Windows 7 just because it gets in the way of things, even when it's turned off.
I do use MBAM Free but MBAM needs to be accompanied by a antivirus, specifically, a good one. With both a good antivirus like Kaspersky or <insert another high-rated antivirus here because I can't be bothered to search it up> and MBAM, you should be good to go.

I still can't believe that people think Kaspersky is connected to the Russian government. I'll believe it when I see it.

Wettining wrote:

What's MBAM? Is it like Norton's Power Eraser?

jseeli wrote:

infinitytec wrote:

jseeli wrote:

And our School Labs does not have Internet access. So earlier, we used to play the Chrome Dinosaur Game. But these days, when we open chrome, we get “Kaspersky Security Endpoint 7. This webpage has been blocked by your admin”

I see a few problems:
-No Internet
-Kaspersky

I know many people who use Kaspersky, so I dont really think that as a problem. At least they are not using Protogent 360