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    Grad Student Orientation
    (No food or drink in labs. Water's okay!)

  • Login using your MyID & password. Make sure that 'LABS' is chosen on the third line of the login and not 'This computer' If third line is not showing, choose 'Options'.

  • Rebooting is the first step in correcting a computer problem!

  • H: drive is a network drive for personal data storage. H: drive disk quota is 500MB but can be increased by emailing to systems administrator. Can check current disk usage by accessing My Computer and clicking on the H: drive.

  • H: drives are available from any geography lab computer 153, 321, 313, 119

  • Make sure to Logoff when your session in finished. Otherwise your H; drive will be available to the next person if they sit at the computer in the next 10 minutes. Otherwise, the computer will lock and the next person will not be able to use it unless the power button is held down until the computer shuts off.

  • H: drive access is possible from home if needed. Uses VPN client (as do wireless computers) and grad students currently don't have VPN access.

  • I: drive is read-only for students and is for instructor class data.

  • Do not save to the c: drive or to your desktop. Save to H: drive instead. Individual profiles are created on each computer. These can become large Also lab computers are re-imaged from time to time.

  • When logging in to a computer for the first time, your profile is created. MS office (Word, PowerPoint etc) is also initialized on first login. Let the installation complete.

  • Backup your data on drive H: Most computers have DVD/CD writers. Flash drives are a good choice as well as external hard drives.

  • You will be added to the geography graduate student listserv. To email all the grad students, place on the To: line of your email, ggygrd-l@listserv.uga.edu Please be respectful and use common sense when posting to the listserv. The other listservs are ggyugrd-l@listserv.uga.edu (undergrads), ggystf-l@listserv.uga.edu (staff), ggyprf-l@listserv.uga.edu (professors)

  • Do not install software on lab computers. Notify system administrator if a program is needed. UGA licensing is complicated. www.uga.edu/sitesoft has free software available for download.

  • UGA card is used to access the labs. If your card is re-issued during the semester, you need to let the system's administrator know.

  • Leaving lab doors open too long will cause alarm to sound . To exit lab, press red button.

  • On-line reservation calendar for checking out equipment. Come laptops are labeled as long-term check out, otherwise they are available for 2 week checkouts. TA's can sign up for labs. B27 is also available for large labs

  • Lab schedules on doors. Please check before entering lab.

  • Problem reports. Please let system's administrator know if a computer needs repair.

  • Printers are the largest cause of problems in the lab.

  • Make sure the Black & White printer is your default printer.

  • Sometimes the printers need a reboot (turn off and on). Sometimes they are out of paper or there is a paper jam. Sometimes the toner is out or there is print job stuck in the queue.

  • The Black & White Laser printers in Lab 321 & 313 are duplex. They will print front and back. Accessed through printer properties e.g. the Finishing tab.

  • Print color sparingly. Lab printers are NOT for personal use, only class projects.

  • Choose GISBlack or GISColor only when using ArcGIS.

  • Web Developer: Rob Phares (rphares@uga.edu) 2-4962 Rm 151

  • System Administrator: Kate Blane (kblane@uga.edu) 2-4962 Rm 108

 
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