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Just seen this a new report released the other day from EU Kids Online. http://www2.lse.ac.uk/media@lse/research/EUKidsOnline/EUKidsII%20(2009-11)/EUKidsOnlineIIReports/D4FullFindings.pdf

Got one here next week going to have a laugh and rebuild one as CC4. As for finger tips there is few things you can do to make it easier to use:- Log In RM Slate 100 - How to adjust the standard Windows operating system user desktop interface Published Date : 24 Dec 2010 Content Ref: TEC1810145 Operating System MS Windows 7 Part No 1RW-806 Summary Explains the adjustments that can be made to the Microsoft Windows operating system to improve the interface to suit user preferences. Symptoms The RM Slate 100 uses a standard Microsoft® Windows® 7 desktop. The touch screen can be used with the slate stylus, however if you are using your fingers on the touch screen, you may find that some of the standard Windows icons are too small for your fingers. Procedure Adjusting the user interface for 'larger' fingers In order to adjust the interface for a more touch friendly user experience for larger fingers, the following can be changed: Click Start, Control Panel, Appearance and Personalization, Change window glass colours, Advanced appearance settings. From the Item drop-down menu, change the following attributes: Select Menu and increase size to 24. Select Caption Buttons and increase size to 32. Select Active Title Bar and increase font size to 15. Select Inactive Title Bar and increase font size to 15. Select Scrollbars and increase size to 30. To load the keyboard during the log on screen, click the 'Ease of Access' button in the lower-left corner. Select the 'Type without keyboard (On-Screen Keyboard)' check box . Screen gestures: The RM Slate 100 will respond to multi-touch gestures. Some useful gestures are: Right-click - Hold one finger tip on the screen, and tap and release with your thumb or another finger. Alternatively, press one finger tip down and wait for a complete circle to be drawn around your finger, then release your finger. Scroll/Pan - Use one or two fingers to drag across the screen. You can also move objects in this way (depending upon the application). You can also flick by making a quicker gesture. Zoom - Place two finger tips on the screen and move them apart or nearer to each other. Possible Issues Touchscreen calibration You can recalibrate the touchscreen using the Windows recalibration tool. Click Start, Control Panel and select 'Hardware and Sound'. In the Tablet PC Settings tab, click 'Calibrate the screen for pen or touch input'. When the dialog box appears, click Calibrate. Where each cross-hair appears, touch with your finger. Click Yes, to save the data. Click OK, to close the Tablet PC Settings window. If you wish to reset the calibration back to the original settings, please click the Reset button in the Tablet PC Settings window. Touchscreen is slow or unresponsive If you experience any touchscreen issues, please download and extract the program from the DWN1844806 given in the Other Useful Articles section below. (The download file name is EETI_EGALAXCAL_MISC_WIN7_OCT10.exe.) Once this has been done, please follow the procedure below: Plug in the power adapter and a USB mouse. Reset the touchscreen calibration from the Tablet PC Settings window as described in the 'Touchscreen calibration' section above. Run eGalaxCal.exe. On loading, there will be a prompt to state that it will do a hardware calibration and reset the touch device. It will ask if you want to reset touch device, click Yes. You will see the following prompt: 'Please do NOT touch the screen during calibration. This is very important and could impact the success rate of the calibration.' Click OK. Whilst it is calibrating, you can see a count down. When complete, it will display the message 'Hardware Calibration OK!'. Click OK. Restart the system. More Information Further information To turn on, you need to press the power button for over four seconds. On the log on screen, if the keyboard does not appear, please allow enough time for the system to finish loading. If it still does not appear, please follow the instructions above. The light sensor is on the upper-left corner of the RM Slate 100. During boot, if you get a start-up repair menu, or if you are in the BIOS menu, tapping the light sensor for half a second will move the cursor down. Holding it for several seconds will send an key press. If your touchscreen is not accurate or randomly moves the cursor, please recalibrate the screen using the downloaded application described above. If the slate does not boot to Windows operating system, but boots to the EFI console and a Shell prompt is displayed, change the BIOS boot order so that the SATA hard disk is first in the boot order list.

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AS well as nba job he has been offered lots of contract work on radio. But best video of ted (well audio) is this one below at about 3 minute mark is when he gets offered the nba job live on air. Russ

Just been shown fess up then who from edugeek posted it.. http://learnfrommyfail.failblog.org/2011/01/01/fail-story-lfmf-learn-from-highschoolkidsaremeans-fail/ Russ

Thought I would post a msg to say that created a edugeek group for those of us who use spiceworks. Spiceworks - EduGeek.net Russ

Happy birthday Russ

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just posted this over on Twitter very useful. Test your RewriteRules for Apache mod_rewrite Russ

The group does what it says on the tin

Just posted this over on my blog but thought would highlight it here. The mp3 recording of how twitter does system administration is very interesting. Even through they do things at a large scale the ideas scale down to smaller networks. Details Here

As Chris hope you all had a good one.. How Many days till BETT Russ

Yes I was looking for that one for assembly when I found that first one I posted. The digital story is good to watch again and again to see new bits.. Russ

I wasn't aware you could do that with Dell... Russ

I have a theory that we can categorise how comfortable our users are with IT based on the characters out of the Garfield show. Do not worry I am not saying that all your users eat lasagna all day (but that maybe the case I wouldn’t know). Lets take each main character from the show Read More At My Main Blog Here

I am told that if you update again it will fix the bug. Russ

Just seen this today... Digital Nativity - Xmas Bonus Video-Russell Dyas

114 so that is normal browsing. Russ

Well i would never suggest you do all of the list you would choose one of the list

Holidays for IT support in education are usually full of server and system upgrades as the staff and students are not in and this enables us to take the system down. However at Christmas we get one or two days at the most. This is due to the bank holidays and IT support staff, heaven forbid, wanting to spend time with their families. Take these few days to do the few little jobs that you have been meaning to get sorted. Below are some suggestions to help you on your way (of course I would not expect anyone to do all of them may just choose one depending on amount of time you have)..... Read More At http://www.russelldyas.com

Try OverDrive but think it is quite costly. If want to see it in action then can join Herts Elibary for free (anyone in world can join don't have to be in herts). hertsdirect.org eBooks and Downloadable Audiobooks OverDrive - Global distributor of digital eBooks, audiobooks, music & video for library, school & retail--Digital Books for Schools

Also there is a review of xma course by myself at EduGeek.net - Making IT Support FIT: A Course delivered by XMA that every ICT Support Technician Should Attend. Russ

In respect of scripting a solution that will mount image so that can get the software to run. Russ

We tend to get increase in few weeks before end of term (BETT/Xmas) and also we probably don't get them as quick (due to everybody being busy at work and at home due to xmas). Please do report so we can try and deal with them.. Russ

Looking into something for someone want to know what people use to create and run Virtual images (along lines of Virtual CD 9 and daemon tools etc) Russ