Hello all, Below is a post to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] Any thoughts?
Regards, - Robert ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Feb 7, 9:08 am Subject: Follow up from bworks student To: BWorks Helpdesk Dear Bworks Folks, Robert Citek suggested I email to bring up some issues I've noticed after <student> received her computer from Bworks. Just so you know how it went for one person. 1) she immediately set up her old, cheap keyboard instead of the one provided. Two months later, after the delete key is stuck in the down position, she maintains she can't plug in the keyboard from Bworks, "there's a piece of cardboard covering the area in the back of the computer, and the plug doesn't fit." Whatever that means. 2) she also "personalized" the screen and it now has some constant, wavy, jiggly facing running vertically on the screen. She maintains it was always jiggly, but that's not what I remember. 3) She also went to Bebo and put on some inappropriate (for a 12-year old) photos. She made up a persona, and received responses from several people her mother didn't know, one a 20-something serviceman. Her family and I have talked and talked with her about safety. 4) Her mother and I want to put on some parental controls, because once the computer is booted up, you can access the Net without a password. I spent almost 4 hours yesterday trying to set something up, to no avail. This morning, Robert suggested I try to find 'Dan's Guardian' for Linex to install, as Yahoo only supports Windows. 5) Do you ever provide follow up to see if any of the recipients actually achieve network status? 6) As a Mac user, I plan to spend my morning trying to find a $300 machine. All <student> needs is a word processing program to go with her printer, internet access, and parental controls. Any ideas? I can't believe the schools assume that all inner city children have internet and computer access. It's nuts. No child left behind... Thanks for all you do!
