IT Dept - Day 5

1. Brett, Mike, and Brock moved Computer Hardware from Room 143 to Room 101-A. Room 101-A is beside the Wake Tech Security control room in Holding Hall. Two Wake-Tech employees were changing offices. The computer hardware were computer cases, keyboards, mouses, power cables, monitors, and chairs. Phone wall mount jack is pretty big cover a narrow ethernet outlet. I couldn't see inside the wall mount to plug-in the ethernet. Brett used his I-Phone as a flashlight to see inside the Wall mount. He said a wire was pushed to far back to connect the ethernet cord. Brett had to call the network technician guys to come fix it. Meanwhile, Brett printed a sheet that was required for us to do a work order on a different campus. (Western Wake Campus).

2. In Room-133, We all had to move more computers and re-attach with different power strips that were of a different model than the originals. These were Trip-wire powerstrips that had 1230 Joule rating. I decided to tape the cables against the wall, so we could slide in the computer chair after the network technician come in to take a look at the wiring.

3. We all came to the Continuing Education building to Cubicle 239 to take all the computer hardware and stack it on a roller. In Room 130-A and Room 130-E, we picked up computer hardware such as cases, monitors, mouses, keyboards, and cables and stacked them on the roller as well. Their were 4 monitors and 4 cases, along with each set of cables/cords.

4. Brett needed someone to come with him to the Western Wake Campus. Brock volunteered to go with Brett and take the computer hardware that was on the roller to the other campus to be installed. I guess employees were transferring to that campus, because Brett did not mention it.

5. Tom took Randolph, Mike, Fred and I to ETB-319. Engineering Technical Bldg. Tom said that all computers across the hall at ETB-318 needed to be exactly like that for a section of rows in ETB-319. Tom also said we did not need to rush it, and we can take our time. These all were the same computers and cables that Todd, Michael B, and I had assembled or brought last week. Randolph, Mike, Fred and I began to hook up all the computers on the right-side of the room in ETB-319. We hooked up 15 Computers on each row of the right-side. 16 computers remained at the front which the Electrician was coming by to take a look at the left-side rows. One of the 15 computers on the table had no power connectors to power-on like the others were. We made sure that that the computers had to load windows properly.

6. Went to Lunch.

7. Came back from Lunch at 12:50. Back in the IT Dept, Randolph was sorting through cables trying to make them in a nice order for easy swapping when connecting them to computer cases. These cables were part of the test machines in the other room as you enter the IT Dept.   Fred was studying for his CBT certification. (Cisco). He was listening to an automated voice by his headphones through some type of reviewing software. He told me it was pretty hard for the first 10 questions and the rest were easy. A grade of 80 or higher was required to pass.

8. Mike, Brock, and I went with Brett back to Room 101-A in Holding Hall to make sure the Ethernet was installed right in the Wall mount. Brett signed on to the computer to check the internet and see that everything was okay. We all were doing a follow-up on the problem and saw that it was corrected or fixed.

9. Mike, Brock, and I went with Brett to a classroom on 3rd floor of Pucher Le May-Bldg. Brett explained to us how to do a virus test of 100 websites that were updated regularly of where to get viruses. Brock and I were testing Windows 7 and how well the antivirus software picked it up. Mike had rebooted his computer like the Anti-virus said to after installation and didn't know the password to log back in. Instead, Mike loaded Windows XP to do the assignment. Brock showed Mike and I how to create a batch file to load 100 websites all at once, instead of copying and pasting each website. I completely forgot how to create a batch file. It also made sense that some viruses run by a batch file, and that's how they can auto-execute upon double-clicking them. I did not fully finish the the worksheets of the anti-virus testing.