Dropbox

[|dropbox.com]sign up at the website first, **but you won't download any software**. Just create an account, and when you want to upload or download files, do it through this website. We cannot install this software on our computers here at school, but we CAN access our accounts online and dowload our files in this way. Watch this video ([|Creating a Showcase Dropbox Account.pdf]) to see how DoDEA's Showcase Illuminations used it this year (2012):


 * //If you go to the Dropbox homepage and it freezes up with the word “Loading” on the screen, here is a quick fix to solve this problem://**
 * 1) 1 Go to Tools in the INTERNET Explorer Menu at the top of your browser (See attachment dropfix1.jpg)
 * 2) 2 Select “INTERNET Options” from the Dropdown menu.
 * 3) 3 Select the “Advanced” tab from the top of the menu.
 * 4) 4 Click on the box in the Security Settings section for “Enable native XMLHTTP support” (see attachment dropfix2.jpg)
 * 5) 5 Click on “Apply”

This should solve the issue with the DropBox homepage freezing up.

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