I've been going over my blog posts preparing for the hands-on final (which I'd planned to do today) and finally read more closely Rob's note on Chapter 6 that I would have to find a computer with admin access for the HOF. I have to find it??? That's like saying I'd have to find my own chemistry lab to do a CHE practical final. And part of it is my fault; if I'd read Rob's note back in Chapter 6 I wouldn't be facing a brick wall right now with T - 36 and counting . . . Still, I think there should be 1) a computer or computers in the Labs that have admin access, 2) a registration sheet for a computer or computers in one of the classrooms on campus where the HOF (and indeed the exercises regarding User Access setup) could be done, since not all of us are running Win7 (I'm running Win XP, and many people now have Win8), or 3) a posted time where those of us without such access would have an on-campus final. And, for exactly that reason, maybe Intro to Windows is not a brilliant choice for Distance Learning. I don't think I was particularly dense to imagine that 1) the Distance Learning computers at the public library would have everything I needed to do the course, or that 2) the computer labs on campus would have everything I needed to do the course. The registration summary says "computer running Win7", which describes 1) and 2), but is not sufficient.
I'm going for a cup of coffee . . .
I don't know if any of my fellow students are following this blog, but if you are and you don't have administrator access to a Windows 7 computer, contact Rob ASAP. There is a workaround, but it requires Rob and possibly the system administrator, and you have to be available during Lab hours. Don't wait till 9:00 tomorrow night!
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