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Optimizing your web browser

You work with PowerSchool SMS using a web browser such as Internet Explorer (on a Microsoft Windows®-based computer) or Safari™(on an Apple® Macintosh® computer). We recommend that you adjust your chosen web browser's settings to optimize PowerSchool SMS operation and to protect the confidentiality of the student information.

To optimize the web browser:

Ensure that the following settings are in effect (to get access to these settings in Internet Explorer, in the Tools menu click Internet Options...):

= Accept cookies automatically (on by default)
= Enable active scripting (on by default)
= Do not automatically store web pages on your hard drive. A stored web page, which contains confidential information, may be accessible to other users of your computer. (From the Internet Explorer Tools menu select Options, then under Browsing History click Settings, and set "Check for Newer Versions of Stored Pages" to Automatically.)
= All AutoComplete options are off. If you allow the browser to remember the text you have typed into fields such as Password and Grade, other users of your computer may get access to that information. For this reason, PowerSchool SMS does not support AutoComplete. (From the Internet Explorer Tools menu select Options, then under Security click Advanced, and deselect "Use Inline Autocomplete".)
= Restrict the use of web browser tool bar extensions and popup blockers. These interfere with the operation of PowerSchool SMS. The Yahoo tool bar is one of the more problematic. (From the Internet Explorer Tools menu select Options, then under Security click Trusted Sites, then click Sites, and for "Add this Web site to the zone" enter the PowerSchool SMS system's URL, and click Add. Deselect "Require server verification (https:)".)

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