MSc Introduction Tuesday 8 th October :00 hrs By F. David del Campo Hill

Index Introductions Your accounts Rooms & computers Logging in Storage Printing Logging out Dos & don’ts

Computing Team Computing Manager Stuart McRobert Computing Specialist Susan Hutchinson Computing Officers Saffron Greenwood F. David del Campo Hill

Computing Team Preferably contact us by If not, by phone 70869, 72588, & As a last resort, come to our offices Our offices are in 2 South Parks Road, rooms 2.107, & 2.109

STATS Accounts Give access to Departmental services Must only be used by you Must not be shared with anyone Username & password are the same for all the Departmental services Passwords cannot be changed except by coming to us If changed, new ones will be as difficult as the old ones

MSc Laboratory In 1 South Parks Road MSc Lab: room Lecture Theatre: room In 2 South Parks Road MSc Lab: room MSc students have priority during teaching, but anyone can use them

MSc Laboratory MSc Lab (1.207) 20 Windows desktops MSc Lab (2.205) 10 Windows desktops 1 scanner Wireless all through the department

MSc Laboratory Room 2.205

MSc Laboratory Room 1.207

MSc Laboratory All computers in the MSc rooms are running Windows 7 Enterprise x64 Software installed: – SOPHOS Antivirus – MS Office Professional Plus 2010 – MikTeX, GhostScript & GSView, TeXnicCenter, Nuance PDF Converter – R – MATLAB R2013a – 7-Zip, PuTTY, GNU Emacs – Internet Explorer & Firefox

MSc Laboratory You are not allowed to install software If you need any application or program, contact us We may install it for you Do not bring food or drink into the MSc Labs Please keep the rooms tidy

Logging in Ctrl + Alt + Delete Type in your username Type in your password Domain must always be STATS Logging in should take up to 30 seconds First time on each machine will take a bit longer

Storage & Files Save your files in your P:\ drive Your P:\ drive is the same in all computers Start > Computer > Home... (P:) 2 GB quota Backed up every day Daily back-ups for a week Weekly back-ups for three months This may change if usage changes To restore we need when & where

Storage & Files Our file storage services are for academic purposes only No music files No films No unlicensed software Any kind of illegal downloads may result in the suspension of your account; further action may be taken

Storage & Files Do not save anything large on your desktop: your Windows profile will fill up and you will not be able to log out

Printing Use spr1mfp_1 on BLACKWYRM printer from room Use spr2mfp_1 on BLACKWYRM printer from room Printers will use colour unless you specify B/W System will ask for your University Card barcode number; PIN must be empty

Printing Printing for academic purposes only Initial quota: – 900 B/W and 100 colour in spr1mfp_1 – 300 B/W in spr2mfp_1 If you need more quota, come to us: – £10 for extra 450 B/W and 50 colour – £10 for extra 100 colour – £10 for extra 700 B/W

Logging out Log out when you leave the room Start > Log off If you cannot log out due to a full Windows profile: – tion/restrictedaccess/quotas/profile_quo tas – contact us – do not leave the machine logged in; others may need to use it

Dos & don’ts Do us if you need help Do think of others: the computers are a shared resource Do remember to look after your data Do save files on your P:\ drive Do log out when you leave the rooms Don’t save files on the local drive Don’t take food into the MSc Labs