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Instructional Computer Facility

Welcome to the instructional computer facility for undergraduate engineering majors. On this site you can get help with technical issues, report problems, download software, and reserve equipment & rooms.

Help and Support

  • Lab monitors will have regularly schedule hours in the instructional computing lab.
    • Click here for a lists of the lab monitors' hours.
    • Please contact the lab monitor for help and support with any issues.
  • You can report a problem using our online form.
  • Or you may also email us with any issues or concerns.

Logon for the first time

  • Only students registered for engineering courses have access to the computing facilities.
  • The logon name is generated from the first six characters of the student's last name appended by the first and second initial (if provided), removing spaces and quotes.
    • For example, for student Christopher T. McDowell, the username would be mcdowect.
  • The initial password is your Banner ID prefixed with the first letter of your last name and with a lower case 'b'.
    • For example, for our student Christopher T. McDowell with Banner ID B123456, the initial password would be Mb123456.
  • You'll be prompted to change your password after you've successfully logged on for the first time.

Password Criteria

  • At least 8 characters long
  • Not one of your previous 3 passwords
  • Do not contain all or part of the user's account name.
  • Contain characters from three of the following four categories: English uppercase characters (A through Z).
  • English lowercase characters (a through z).
  • Base-10 digits (0 through 9).
  • Non-alphanumeric (for example, !, $, #, %). extended ASCII, symbolic, or linguistic characters.

Auto-Logoff

  • 30 Minutes Auto Logoff Policy - Due to security concerns of users not logging off properly in the facility we have implemented a 30 minutes auto logoff policy.
    • Windows will logoff automatically when the computer stays idle for 30 minutes.
    • Any running applications or opened files will be closed without saving.
    • If you do need to leave the computer for more than 30 minutes please save work and log off to avoid issues.

Printing

  • There are two black and white printers (HP1 and HP2) and two color printers (HP3 and HP4) in the Instructional Facility.
    • The black and white printer closest to the computer you logged into will become your default printer. You can select a different printer if desired.
    • HP1 and HP3 are on the wall side.
    • HP2 and HP4 are on the window side.
  • Users are allowed to print 75 pages in black and white and 10 pages in color per day.
    • Balances are reset at midnight each day.
    • If you need to print more than the quota limits or somehow your balance has not been reset, contact the Lab Monitors who can reset your balance manually.
  • Click here to check your printing quota.

User's Home Directory

  • The user's home directory will be automatically mapped to the U: drive.
    • The space quota is 500MB.
    • User's My Documents and Desktop will be redirected to user's Home Directory.

Temporary Work Spaces and Scratch Folders

  • D:\TEMP, D:\TMP, D:\Scratch and D:\Working Folder are the temporary work spaces and scratch folders for programs or projects that require larger space.
  • Please note that all temporary work space and scratch folder contents are removed at logoff.