Computer Resources
Contact info:
email it-drift@samfunnsmed.uio.no
Telephone: 228 50665
Morten Ariansen, email morten.ariansen@medisin.uio.no
Jan Erik Michaelsen j.e.michaelsen@medisin.uio.no
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User account
• As student you are entitled to use the computing
resources available at the university.
• The username and password you received is your
key to these resources.
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Using computers on campus.
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All campus computers require a UiO username and password.
Always log off when leaving a computer.
You may restart/reset a computer at any time if necessary.
Do not turn computers off. This is because we update
computers at night.
• Computers go into a “locked” mode if left without logging off.
• Locked computers can be reset by either turning it off and on.
– Hold the reset button for 6 seconds to turn off.
• Do not install programs on the computers.
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Active user account:
• If not specifically told otherwise, you must keep your
account active by ensuring that you
– Pay your semester registration fees each semester.
– Register for exams/courses each semester.
• If you skip registering or paying one semester your
account may become inactive shortly after the next
semester.
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The username gives access to:
• Your university email account with up to 100MB
storage of mail.
• About 100 MB of personal disk space on a network
disk (M:)
• Access to many computers on campus.
• Access to high speed network.
• Access to wireless network for hom computers
• University databases (such as medline.).
• Printers.
• Programs.
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Your user account is personal
• Do not give away your password to others. You are
responsible for any misuse of your account.
• If an account is seriously misused access privileges
to the university account may be taken away.
• Remember to log off when leaving a computer
• Others may misuse your account, by for example
using up your printer quota.
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Changing your password.
• You have all received a username and password.
• For security reasons the University ask that you to
change your password.
• The password may be changed by going to the web
page http://password.uio.no
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Changing your password
• It takes ½ to 4 hours before the new
password is activated on all systems.
• Wait until the new password is active before
logging on to a campus computer again
– A good time to change your password is just before you
leave the computer for the day.
– This will give the system all night to update the password on
all systems.
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What to use as a password.
• To ensure that the password is secure. Only
passwords that have at combination of letters digits
and special characters (e.g. -,.:;&%) will be accepted.
• Simple password with just letters will be rejected
when you attempt to change the password.
• The digits and special characters. must be in the
middle of the password.
• The password is changed through a web page inn
internet explorer.
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Email.
• The standard email program for e-mail is
http://webmail.uio.no.
• You can access to this email from all over the world.
• Use your university username and password to
check your mail in web-mail.
• Keep up-to-date by reading your university email.
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Disk space:
• All the campus computers will automatically connect your
personal network disk to M: when you log on.
• We advise to only save on the M: disk (not on the Hard Disk
(C:) or (D:) ).
• Documents saved on the C disk cannot be accessed on other
computers.
• Documents saved on the M: disk can be accessed through any
computer on campus.
• A backup of all documents on your M: disk is taken every night.
• You can alternatively save on “USB memory keys”.
• To avoid accidental loss of data we still advise you to keep
extra copies (e.g. on the M: disk.)
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The Network:
• All campus computers have access to the university’s high
speed network.
• For security reasons it is not allowed to connect private
computers on the University cabeled network .
• IT is possible to connect private computers to the network
through some campus resident flats, or through telphone line to
UiO modems (22596790).
– See http://www.usit.uio.no/it/hjemmekontor/english/index.html
• It is possible to access personal disk and other resources from
outside of the UIO network.
• Some places on Campus offer wireless connections for privet
computers.
– Se http://www.usit.uio.no/it/wlan/peapforxp/
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Databases:
• The university library offer access to a wide number of
databases that can be accessed through the Web.
• Many databases are restricted to university employees and
students.
• These databases can be accessed from all campus computers.
• From private computers on external networks, databases can
be accessed through a VPN connection
– See http://www.usit.uio.no/it/hjemmekontor/english/vpn.html
• Databases can be found in x-port see http://x-port.uio.no
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Printers:
• Computers in computer labs are automatically
connect to ut_isam12.
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Student printer quotas
– An account of all pages printed is kept for each user
– Printer resource are disabled for students who not to pay
the optional “Copy fee”
– Upon paying semester and copy fee students receive an
initial quota of 250 pages.
– Students can print so long as the quota is over zero.
– Students can pay for more pages through the
StudentWeb
• See http://www.uio.no/english/academics/registration/
– The charge is kr 0,40 per one sided page.
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Managing printer quota
– You can check your printer account status through
• https://www.uio.no/usit/cerebrumweb/utskrift
– Additional pages can be paid for through the
studentweb:
• http://www.uio.no/english/academics/registration/
– You can print out so long as your printer account is in
plus.
– If your printout is larger than your quota the quota will
go in minus.
– Once your printer account is zero or in minus any
subsequent printout will be aborted.
– Contact us if you have any complaints about printout
quality, we can restore pages to your printer account.
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Payment for printouts
– Additional pages can be paid for through the
studentweb:
• http://www.uio.no/english/academics/registration
– You can choose to pay by “bankgiro”, net-bank or
credit card
– Paying by credit card will update your printer
account immediately otherwise allow 4 to 5 days
before your printer account will get updated.
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Checking the printer queue.
• The printout is first sent to a printer queue which in
turn sends it to the printer.
• The web address for checking the status of the
printer queue is:
– http://www.usit.uio.no/it/utskrift/prolight.html
• The web address for checking the printer queue
status for ut_isam12 is:
– http://www.uio.no/cgi-bin/priss.cgi?skriver=ut_isam12&submit=list
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Using prolight
• You can delete any existing printout of yours that still
is in the queue.
• Printouts that are deleted before they reach the
printer are not charged to your printer account.
• Do not do the mistake of repeating a printout if
nothing appears. All printouts may appear later when
the problem is resolved and you will be charged for
all the printouts you order.
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Programs:
• The computers in the PC room are installed with
Windows XP and the following programs.
• Internet Explorer, .
• Word 2003, Excel 2003, PowerPoint 2003
• Refman, Endnote
• Statistical programs: Spss version 14, Epi Info
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Tips and hints.
• Example of things you need to be able to do
– Download documents from the web pages
– What is my official email address?
• http://www.uio.no/cgi-bin/pk.cgi
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Downloading documents
• During the course you will be asked to download
documents that you can take with you on memory
keys. This will typically be web links to word
documents or PDF files on webpages
• Sending attachments through the email
– You may be asked to download and answerer a questionnaire in
word and later return it as an attachment through the email.
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Tips
• Quit all programs before taking out a diskette or
memory key.
• Store documents directly on the network disk
rather than directly on diskettes or memory key.
• Use memory keys or diskettes for backup or
transport only.
• Always logs off when finished with a computer.
• Take backup copies of important documents on
private computer.
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Tips continued.
• Put important documents on the m disk for
safekeeping.
• Stop USB memory keys” before disconnecting it.
• Ensure that there is ample free storage space before editing
documents on a disk
• Limit the amount of programs running at any one
time.
• Check university e-mail regularly.
• Use your university e-mail when contacting
university personnel through e-mail
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