Dell 1520 user manual

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TY2009 AARP Dell Vostro 1520 Laptop Tune-up

In preparation for the Tax Year 2009 filing season in 2010, this procedure
verifies software settings and applies maintenance and upgrades to the
Windows and other software of the Dell Vostro 1520 laptop computers that
were purchased by the AARP Foundation in early 2010 for use by AARP Tax-
Aide volunteers.

Some of these steps verify settings that may have already been established.
Some of the steps are optional, and are so marked. In tai

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TY2009 AARP Dell Vostro 1520 Laptop Tune-up 8. Under START > Control Panel > Security Center, turn off automatic updates. This is important so that we can control the sequence of update events as we use Windows Update, below. We do not recommend that Windows Automatic Updates be turned back on during the tax season so that unwanted updates that may disturb tax preparation will not be installed automatically. We do recommend running with AVG Internet Security updates enabled. 9.

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TY2009 AARP Dell Vostro 1520 Laptop Tune-up 14. In Control Panel > Display Properties a. On the Desktop tab, click “Customize Desktop” i. In Desktop icons, check “My Network Places” ii. In Desktop Cleanup, uncheck “Run Desktop Cleanup Wizard every 60 days” iii. Click OK. b. On the Screen Saver tab, i. Change the Wait interval to 10 minutes ii. Check the box “On Resume, password protect” iii. Click OK. 15. In Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy > Security

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TY2009 AARP Dell Vostro 1520 Laptop Tune-up Make sure that AVG Internet Security is turned off, as in step 4 above. Connect the computer to the Internet with a safe high-speed connection. Launch Internet Explorer and then choose “Windows Update” from the Tools menu. Do not turn on Automatic Updates. There are two flavors of online update from Microsoft. “Windows Update” updates Windows but not Office, while “Microsoft Update” updates both Windows and Office. If either Office or t

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TY2009 AARP Dell Vostro 1520 Laptop Tune-up AVG Firewall as described in Appendix C of the Networking TaxWise for Tax-Aide paper that is posted on the ExtraNet Technology page. Otherwise, configure the Firewall component as described in the AVG 9 Installation document that is posted on that same web page. 21. From your state-level AARP Tax-Aide Resource CD: a. Copy your district’s current year “Printer Drivers” folder to the Desktop b. Install appropriate printer driver(s) for your d

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TY2009 AARP Dell Vostro 1520 Laptop Tune-up 26. Things you may want to install from your District TaxWise 2009 clone CD (after you create it): a. TaxWise 2009 fully configured for your state and district - Including the Site References documents for TY2009 that you may have made available from within TaxWise b. Set the unique starting DCN for this machine from your district-level DCN control document that you placed on your District clone CD OPTIONAL NOTE: After each session of in