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Discovery Computer/Network Accounts
Printing
Wireless Networking
File Management
Keeping your Computer Secure
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Discovery Computer/Network Accounts
top- About Student Computer Accounts
- Create a Student Computer Account
- Reset your account password
- Create a web site / Set up a web folder in your account
- Access your U: drive from off-campus
- Access your U: drive from your laptop using WISP or S-WISP (PDF)
- Access your U Drive using Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 8 (PDF)
- Access your U: drive from a Macintosh computer
- Email options for students
Printing
- About printing on campus
- Printing step-by-step (PDF)
- Print from your Windows laptop using WISP or S-WISP (PDF)
- Printing from your Windows Vista Laptop (PDF)
- Printing from your Windows 7 Laptop (PDF)
- Print from your Macintosh laptop using WISP or S-WISP (PDF)
- Overhead transparencies
Wireless Networking
- About wireless networking on campus
- Connecting to S-WISP with Windows XP (PDF)
- Connecting to S-WISP with Windows Vista (PDF)
- Connecting to S-WISP with Windows 7 (PDF)
- Connecting to S-WISP with Macintosh OSX (PDF)
- Connecting to S-Wisp with an iPhone or iPod (PDF)
- Connecting to WISP (PDF)
- Connecting to WISP with Windows Vista (PDF)
- Access your U: drive from your laptop using WISP or S-WISP (PDF)
- Access your U Drive using Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 8 (PDF)
- Print from your Windows laptop (PDF)
- Print from your Windows Vista Laptop (PDF)
- Print from your Macintosh laptop (PDF)
File Management
- File survival tips
- Network storage
- Remote access (Access your U: drive from home)
- Watershed (W: drive): an open network storage resource
- Saving and Transporting your Files (PDF)
- Recovering lost or corrupted files with the Disk Repair Station
Keeping your Computer Secure
- Computer Security Basics
- Patches and Security Packs
- Can't Access the Internet? (PDF)
- Protect your Personal Information
- Use a Firewall and Antivirus Software
- Watch out for Spyware and Adware
- Use a Strong Password
- Make sure you Backup your Important Files