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Table of Contents

Changes/Updates

• ubermix Changelog
• Manual Updates

How To's

• ISO/CD_Install (ie install on a system that won't boot from USB)
• Using an External Display (like a projector)
• iTalc (classroom management) setup
• IPads, AppleTVs, and Ubermix Remote Control
• Making copies of the USB key
• Setting devices to Auto-Reset
• Using the Auto Update Script

Advanced Topics

• Increase User Space
• Useful Indicators
• Network Deployment
• Static IPs
• Change Default Host Names
• Remote Reset
• Add Printers Via Network Script
• Change default Workgroup (for accessing network folders)
• Sync User Home on a single device without updating an install key
• Adding Ubermix to Active Directory using CentrifyDN

Troubleshooting & Device Specific Configuration

• Acer TravelMate B115
• ubermix on Chromebooks
• ubermix on Apple Mac hardware
• Acer Travelmate X483 touchpad and brightness controls
• Brightness controls don't work or behave erratically
• Dell D600 and other Latitude D-Series issues with graphics and Broadcom wireless drivers.
• AMD Video Acceleration
• WEP Encryption - problems connecting to WEP-protected wireless networks
• How to determine exactly what network cards you have
• Older Broadcom wireless cards

Older pages that probably no longer apply

• Customizing the Launcher
• ubermix Parental Controls
• Alternate Environments
• Enable Hibernate and perhaps disable suspend
• Ralink RT3562 wireless cards found in HP Mini 1104, dm1z, 3115M, and other similar devices.
• Dell XPS notebooks/ultrabooks and similar with Cypress touchpads
• Cedar Trail Devices like the Asus EeePC 1025c/1011cx, HP Mini 1104, Acer D270, Gateway LT40
• Dell Inspiron Duo
• Headphone/Microphone combo port not working on Asus EeePC 1001PX and similar.
• Microphone not working on devices with Intel "HD" audio, like the Asus EeePC 1025C, Asus EeePC 1011cx, and others.
• Microphone not working on EeePC 100x, Acer AspireOne D250, and similar (older) netbook models
• Input Output Error during install (first witnessed on Asus EeePC 1011px)
• Devices with Clickpads (buttonless touchpads) like the HP Mini 210, first-generation dm1z, and 3105m
• Realtek 2860 Wireless in Older EeePC 900x (and perhaps others) with version 0.9x+
• Lenovo S10-3 fails to suspend/resume
• Booting off of the install key hangs with a flashing cursor on Acer AspireOne D250, HP Mini 311, and perhaps other models
• Toshiba mini NB300 doesn't wake from suspend
• About the default simple updates files on the key
• Disable Maximus automatic maximizing of windows (for larger screens)
• Laptop Cart Timers - Extend the life of your batteries
• Remove "Show Password" from wireless security
• Adding Intel Atom N2x00 (Cedar Trail) compatibility to an existing ubermix image