New FHC Computers
Why did this happen? Computers were 6-7 years old Replacement computers were justified based on our monthly reports of the number of patrons visiting the center
How did this happen? The directors received less than 1 day warning A team of computer technicians appeared Friday morning saying, “We’re here to replace your computers.” During the following week, Brent Gardner, Craig Doxey and Don Kimball spent many hours setting up the computers
Hardware Comparison Old Computers New Computers Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-650 CPU @ 3.2GHz 2 cores i5-6500 CPU @ 3.20GHz 4 cores Memory 4 GB DDR3 8 GB DDR4 Hard Drive 500 GB SATA HD, 7200 RPM 128 GB SATA SSD Screen 23” 23.8", touchscreen Resolution 1920 x 1080 CD/DVD DVD-RW Recorder 8x DVD +/-RW Recorder Operating System Windows 7 Pro Windows 10 Pro
Software Pre-Installed (FS Techs) Printers Windows 10 Google Chrome Mozilla Firefox Libre Office Sophos Antivirus Printers Installed & Configured Software (By Us) Added browser bookmarks & startup tabs Microsoft Office 2010 Word, Excel, PowerPoint Irfanview w/ Plugins Legacy 9.0 Ancestral Quest 15 Roots Magic 7 Sign In/Out Networking Mapped Drive & Backup Family Search Indexing***
Software that wasn’t installed PAF Ohana Software Many others… If there is something you used on the old computers that isn’t there or isn’t working, tell the directors who will make decisions
Naming Computers 1-12 are the same “Server” is now computer “0” Printer #3 (in Aux room) is now labeled Printer #2
Computer 0 (Server) Only use if all other computers are already in use Do not turn off Leave signed into the Patron account, at Sign In/Out screen with yellow sign covering the monitor Monitor will auto turn off after a few minutes
Mapped Drives Old computers had multiple mapped drives Patron drive removed due to lack of use and less hard drive space Who needs their data? New computers have 1 mapped drive FHC_Files
FHC Files Mapped Drive
If you see this, click “Snooze” or “Another time”
Sign In/Out – Shutdown Computer Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete Press the power icon Select An Option
Projector on #12
ArkivDigital Now using web-based access FHC Portal –> Premium Family History Websites -> ArkivDigital “Research Aids” folder Ignore the username & password prompt and click the "Log in" button Click "English" in the upper right corner of the page to view the English version of the site