6.1 Originally Installed Software

The software originally installed on the Minis must remain on them in usable condition and be easily accessible at all times. All Minis are supplied with Microsoft Windows 7 starter edition, Open Office, and many other applications useful in an educational environment. From time to time the school may add software applications for use in a particular course. The licenses for this software require that the software be deleted from minis at the completion of the course. Periodic checks of minis will be made to ensure that software is in fact deleted once it is no longer required in the course. This is done to ensure that the school does not exceed license limitations for specific software.

6.2 Virus Protection

The Minis have Microsoft Network Essentials protection software installed on them. This software will scan the hard drive for known viruses on boot up.

The virus software will be upgraded from the network. In addition to the antivirus software, the Minis are locked down in a state where installation of new applications is limited for the end user. This prevents viruses that may be downloaded from running on the Mini PC’s and infecting the network.

6.3 Additional Software

Students are not allowed to install additional software on their Mini PC’s other than what is installed by Wheatland Center School. This includes but is not limited to applications such as music downloading utilities, other media downloading utilities, and games. Students can submit an official request for installation of a specific type of software that is productive for an educational environment to the Help Desk. All requests will be considered, but will only be rolled out to computers on a periodic basis when the Minis are re-imaged. Rollout will not be done on an individual basis, but as a scheduled event for a specific group of computers. Rollouts will usually take place during typical school downtime (i.e. Christmas vacation, Summer vacation).

6.4 Inspection

Students may be selected at random to provide their Mini for inspection.

Students may also be selected for inspection of their Mini if a staff member suspects that inappropriate material resides on the device or the student has violated the Wheatland CenterAcceptable Use Policy.

6.5 Procedure for Re-loading Software

 If technical difficulties occur it is the policy of the Help Desk support staff to use the “5-minute” rule. If the problem cannot be fixed in 5 minutes, the

Mini will be re-imaged. In a One-to-One environment it is impossible for support staff to maintain a working environment for all if too much time is spent on fixing all glitches that may arise. Re-imaging will restore the device to the state in which the user originally received it. All files stored in “My

Documents” will be intact after the new image is deployed, however all other data on the machine will not be. This is why it is important be sure to save all appropriate files for education to the “My Documents” directory and to be sure that you never cancel “File Synchronization” at logon or logoff.