[ELPA] OAKS Online Windows Secure Browser 3.1

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Good afternoon,

If ELPA is working well for your district, you may ignore the rest of this message.

An updated Windows secure browser is now available with installation instructions at http://www.oaks.k12.or.us/browsers/default.html. This browser is available to districts that continue to have difficulty with the ELPA in  Windows environments.  Some districts have experienced difficulty accessing the ELPA when district security settings in Windows environments conflict with the Secure Browser's attempt to write a key to a registry.  This key is used by the OAKS Secure Browser to enable the version of Java embedded in the Secure Browser to function; Java is required for certain ELPA item types.

Supplemental Installation Instructions for installing the Windows Secure Browser 3.1 are available at: http://www.oaks.k12.or.us/browsers/default.html  under "Download the Windows Browser."
When installing the Windows Secure Browser 3.1 through a network or on the network in a shared drive setup, districts must use these supplemental instructions that are attached for your convenience.

Please note:

On January 12 ODE sent a communication with two other options for fixing this issue.  As described above, if either of these options were successfully deployed, then there is no reason to install 3.1.

The Other Options that were described on January 12 include:

-Log in as Administrator, Once Per Machine: A user with administrator rights may log in on the affected Windows machine(s), open the Secure Browser, and follow the directions sent to the IT Director to permanently write the needed key in the registry.

-Push Out a Registry Key Fix: Push out a registry key fix to all district computers. IT directors have been sent this fix. (Click here<http://www.ode.state.or.us/wma/teachlearn/testing/xyz.doc> for the email sent to IT Directors with details on these fixes).

Crystal Greene
Communications Coordinator
Office of Assessment and Information Services
Oregon Department of Education
(503) 947-5878
crystal.greene at state.or.us<mailto:crystal.weber at state.or.us>
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