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Senior Buyout Transfer Notice

The serial number and model are on the bottom of the laptop.

By signing below, you agree to and understand the following:

  • Ownership of the laptop transfers to the student/family
  • SMCS will no longer support the laptop or be responsible in the event that the laptop is damaged, lost, stolen.
  • The student/family is responsible for all support, repair and cost associated with the laptop from this point forward.
  • There is no longer any warranty coverage on the laptop
  • The laptop operating system is Windows 8.1 to align with the licensing at the time of purchase.
  • While Microsoft discontinued the program that allowed us to provide Microsoft Office 2013 disks to graduating seniors, several options for securing that software are listed below:
    • Open Office by Apache is installed
    • Students attending a college will be able to download Office 365 Education with the new 2016 apps using his/her new college email address
    • Your SMC school email will also work for downloading Office 365 Education for 6 months after graduation. Use this address to access the site

https://products.office.com/en-us/student/office-in-education

 

  • For your convenience we have attached the following:
    • Links to FREE software to protect your computer
    • List of FREE software installed on your laptop by SMCS

 

  • Your SMCS email: @stmarycentral.org e-mail will be discontinued 10/1/18

If you have any questions, please contact the Tech Office via email at [email protected] or by phone at 920-215-7443

 

Here are a few links to free software that will help protect your computer.

 

Google Chrome web browser, it just works better.
https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop

Google Drive – Keep your files safe in the cloud.
https://www.google.com/drive/download

Avast Free Antivirus
https://www.avast.com/en-us/students

SUPERAntiSpyware
http://www.superantispyware.com/downloadfile.html?productid=SUPERANTISPYWAREFREE

Malwarebytes
https://www.malwarebytes.org/mwb-download

Open DNS – Manually change your DNS settings to help reduce the unsafe sites from phoning home.
https://www.opendns.com/home-internet-security/opendns-ip-addresses/

 

Here a list of FREE software installed on your laptop by SMCS

GIMP:
http://www.gimp.org

Audacity

https://www.audacityteam.org

Inkscape:
http://www.inkscape.orgen

Picasa:
http://picasa.google.com

Google Drive:
http://drive.google.com

Adobe Reader:
http://get.adobe.com/reader

Google Earth

https://www.google.com/earth

Keyboards LEDs

http://keyboard-leds.com