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Important information for end of lease TELA laptops – Ministry Licensed Software.

Please note this information only relates to TELA laptop computers after the End of Lease date.
The Ministry of Education licenses software for TELA laptops for the professional use of teachers and principals.
At the end of the TELA lease, the Ministry is unable to sell or transfer the licence for certain software installed on the laptops to other owners. Affected software will need to be removed from the laptops after the end of lease date Edit

What software applications might need to be removed?

As long as the laptop is used for teaching or administration at school or at home by a teacher (for school work) most software can remain on the laptop under the Ministry’s current licensing agreements.
However, if a laptop is purchased at end of lease for use in a business, personal use or sold to a third party (including family members and community organisations) the following software will need also need to be removed:
• Microsoft Office (including Access, Excel, FrontPage, Infopath, PowerPoint, Project, Publisher, Outlook, Word)
• CA Antivirus and CA PestPatrol
• KAZ typing tutor and Wild And Wacky
• AppleWorks, KidPix and iWork (installed only on Apple laptops)
• Windows XP Professional (installed only on Toshiba and HP laptops):
You will need to replace Windows XP Professional with Windows XP Home on almost all TELA laptops. The only exceptions to this requirement are tablet PCs and laptops that have a Windows XP Professional OEM licence sticker affixed to the underside of the laptop chassis.
To find out whether your laptop is using the manufacturer's original license in Windows XP go to: Start Menu > Control Panel > System Properties and look at the registration string under the 'Registered To:' heading - if this string contains the letters 'OEM' then Windows does not need to be removed from the laptop. Edit

Microsoft Office for Mac on Apple laptops:

Microsoft Office will need to be removed from Apple laptops that are not going to be used at school for administrative purposes. Edit

Removal of personal and confidential information:

Please remember to backup and delete all personal and confidential data (including files, records, pictures, histories, e-mail and the browser cache) from laptops at the end of lease if the laptop is not going to be retained by its current user. Remember to empty your Recycle or Trash bin. Edit

Related information and advice:

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• Is there any way I can delete all of the contents of my hard disk?

Some HP laptops are supplied with a utility called the HP Disk Sanitiser. To use this utility, press the F10 key during startup and select the disk sanitizer option. You will be presented with the option of fast, optimum or custom modes - each of which delete ALL data on the hard disk drive. The fast mode may take 2-3 hours to complete (larger hard drives take longer than small hard drives). The optimum mode repeats the sanitising process several times to thoroughly remove detectable traces of data and is best left running overnight. Ensure all user data is transferred or backed up before using this utility. Edit

• Where can I find instructions for uninstalling software from Windows XP?

Search for “307895” using the search box at the top of the Microsoft homepage at www.microsoft.com.
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• Where can I find instructions for uninstalling software from Apple laptops?

You can drag unwanted application icons to the Trash folder or for a more thorough removal use a third party software uninstaller, for example AppZapper (www.appzapper.com). Remember to empty your Trash folder.
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• Where can I find replacement anti-virus software for my laptop?

Individual Windows XP users can purchase commercially available software from your local retailer or download free anti-virus software for personal use from selected publishers including: Avast (www.avast.com) and AVG (www.avg.com).
Microsoft also provide a free downloadable Anti-virus and spyware tool for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7; Microsoft Security Essentials (www.microsoft.com/security_essentials). Edit

• Where can I find replacement anti-spyware software for my laptop?

Windows XP users can install Windows Defender (www.microsoft.com/defender), Microsoft Security Essentials (which includes virus protection) (www.microsoft.com/security_essentials) or purchase commercially available anti-spyware software. Free anti-spyware software is also available for personal use from selected publishers including Spybot (www.spybot.com) and AdAware (www.lavasoft.com). Edit

• Where can I find replacement Office application software?

You can purchase commercially available Office application software including Microsoft Office or Appleworks (Apple computers only) or an open source alternative, for example OpenOffice (www.openoffice.org). Edit

• Where can I get an installation disc for Windows XP Home?

If you need to remove Windows XP Professional and replace this with Windows XP Home then you will need a Windows XP Home installation disk. If the laptop was supplied to the school with a Windows XP Home installation or software recovery CD or DVD this disc can be used. If the laptop was not supplied with a Windows XP Home software recovery disc you may be able to use a retail boxed Windows XP Home disk or a Windows XP Installation disk that was supplied with another computer. When you are asked to enter a Product Key number during the installation process this can be found on the Windows XP Home License sticker affixed to the base of the laptop.
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• Where can I find instructions for installing Windows XP Home OEM?

Search for "896526" using the search box at the top of the Microsoft homepage at www.microsoft.com. Edit

• Can I install other operating systems on the laptop?

You can choose to install alternative operating systems including Linux on ex-lease laptops, however the scheme is unable to provide information regarding compatibility or support for Linux on TELA laptops.