Internet course:
(Morten Ariansen)
Facilities at UiO
User account
Applications on the computers in the PC room
Access to printers
Computer Viruses
Using the Web
Email
Computer Orientation
User account:
Your user account is your key to the University resources. With it you get:
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Personal email account
Personal disk space on the network
Access to high speed internet.
Access to a wide number of computers on campus
Access to the World Wide Web
Access to make personal web pages
Access to databases (medline cinahl )
Do not allow others access to your account.
Changing your password for your user account
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Start IE and enter http:\\passord.uio.no on the location field and press enter.
Choose "English" read instructions.
Enter Username, old password, and new password (twice) click change and READ message.
The program will report that the password is accepted or not.
Password program only accepts passwords that have a combination of digits and letters and special
characters like +, %, or &.
Try again, if not accepted, with a more complex password by clicking on the back button.
PC room
-Nr of computers: 15 computers
-room nr: 50
-Network printer: ut_isam12
-Keep door closed outside of workhours hours 08:00 15:00
-PC are updated at night plees do not turn off computers.
-Remember to log out when leaving computer
Programs available on the computers
Office xp: Word, Excel, Powerpoint
Reference database tool: Refman or Endnote
Spss 12.0: Statistical program
Email: http://webmail.uio.no
Internet Explorer:
Putty: Encrypted Terminal emulator; can be used to connect to a unix server, (f.eks studmed).
Literature databases: through WWW X-port se http://www.ub.uio.no/umh/
Antivirus program F-secure, automatic and manual scanning of files on M: and A:
Where to store documents
Store documents on either USB memory sticks or M: (network disk, your private user area)
Disk quota (about 200 MB).
Printing
Printer queue name for PC room is ut_isam12
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Contact Alexis Pahis or Morten Ariansen on tlf 50 665 ROM 117 to report errors:
A printer quota is set for students.
Printer problems:
When printing, the computer sends the printout to a printer queue located on a server (not directly to the
printer). This server queues printouts received from any PC and printing each document out in turn
(sorted By size)
This "printqueue server" may stall without the computer giving any error message. Any subsequent
printout will be placed in the queue and be printed out when the printer queueerror is fixed. Therefore
there is no use in repeating printouts if the PC doesn’t give any error messages, check the printer or call
for help.
You may check the following points, and if that doesn’t help you may call Pahis (tlf 50 665) and leave a
message.
Check the following points before calling:
Check if the printer is connected to the mains, printer display says ready.
Check if the printer is connected to the network, cable may loosen on occasions
Check the display for error messages
IF "paper jam" is on display, open the printer and carefully remove any paper that might be stuck in the
printer.
Call for help if the printer prints out an error message in stead of your document.
Restrictions set on the student computers.
We have tried to restrict access on the computer to limit the following
Change the system settings
Install new programs
Delete existing programs, and menus
Store documents on the local disk
The restrictions aren’t foolproof, but we hope that the existing restrictions will keep the system stable and
unchanged over time.
Email (electronic mail)
All students and employees at the UiO have an email address.
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We suggest using web mail (webmail.uio.no)
Messages to students are often sent only through the email, keep up to date and read email.
The system administrator sends messages though the email to report on any errors or .problems
with the system, these messages may only come in Norwegian (get some help to translate or ask
sender to write you in English.
Unwanted mail/ junk mail (SPAM): Spam filtering is done through web mail (UiO settings)