COMPUTER/IT REQUIREMENTS FOR INCOMING MBA STUDENTS (INCLUDING PKP) All incoming MBA students are required to have a laptop computer for the Ivey MBA program. Below is a summary of information from our IT support website. Ivey IT highly recommends you visit our website prior to your arrival to become familiar with the IT procedures and policies. It is your responsibility as a student to make sure you meet all requirements. The website is located here: http://support.ivey.ca LAPTOP REQUIREMENTS (HARDWARE) NEW LAPTOP: We recommend purchasing a new laptop computer. Any new laptop will be fast enough. Windows XP, Vista and 7 are supported, as well as Leopard and Snow Leopard (Mac OSX) USED LAPTOP: If you have a previously used laptop it should meet these minimum requirements: Processor: Intel Pentium / Core Duo / AMD, with Windows XP Hard Drive: 60 GB minimum ALL LAPTOPS: 1 GB RAM minimum, 2-­‐4 GB RAM preferred DVD/CD ROM USB ports Integrated Wireless Card (802.11b/g) WEIGHT OF LAPTOP -­‐ Ask how heavy the laptop is before you buy. Current students have complained that their 6-­‐8 lb. laptops are too heavy for carrying on a daily basis. You might want to consider a 3-­‐5 lb. laptop. FOR STUDENTS USING A MAC LAPTOP (LEOPARD/SNOW LEOPARD OSX) Macintosh Laptops are fully supported, but PLEASE BE AWARE, that some courses (e.g.: PKP) will require you to run Microsoft Office (English Windows Version), as some plug-­‐ins and software only work with Windows. As part of our MSDNAA Agreement (Microsoft Developer Network Academic Alliance), we are able to provide you with a Microsoft Windows License to use. As such, we have prepared a Windows Machine/Image for you to use, using a virtualization program called Virtual Box, which is on par with Parallels or VMWare. Please drop by the IT Centre at Main Campus or at the Spencer Leadership Centre to have this setup. If you are running Windows via Bootcamp, then you can boot into Windows and run any required software from there. 1 SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MBA PROGRAM 1) Microsoft Office 2003 or Microsoft Office 2007 or Microsoft Office 2010 in English Since you are a student, you will qualify for academic pricing on software, including Microsoft Office 2010. You can check the UWO Campus Computer Store, or alternatively, buy it directly from Microsoft at a heavily discounted rate. Please see http://www.microsoft.com/student/discounts/theultimatesteal-­‐ca/default.aspx for more details. 2) Antivirus Software You must supply all of the software required for your program here at Ivey The Ivey IT Centre does not stock, sell, nor supply student software. ****** IMPORTANT INFO ****** The software CD(s) you used for installation will often be required to fix problems, and include Add-­‐
ins to programs that you will need, therefore you must have the CD you used with the exact same version of the software. PLEASE REMEMBER TO PACK ALL IMPORTANT SOFTWARE SO YOU HAVE IT WITH YOU IN LONDON ʹ This includes Operating System CDS, Recovery CDs, Antivirus Software CDs, and Microsoft Office CDs. MICROSOFT WINDOWS & OFFICE Operating Systems in other languages are NOT SUPPORTED. You must have an English version of Windows to write exams, install printers and any other software that may be provided to you. We cannot guarantee that the software will work with non-­‐English versions of Windows, such as Chinese, Korean, or German Windows. If you are using Windows XP you must have Service Pack 3 and all Critical Updates installed, available on Microsoft's Windows Update website ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE: You are required as a student to have antivirus software installed on your computer͕ĂƐŝƚ͛ƐŽŶĞ
of our network policies. We recommend Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security. Important: In the interest of protecting other users, anyone without current and up to date Anti-­‐Virus software will be asked to install some when requesting assistance in the IT Centre. There are free antivirus programs available online, which include Microsoft Security Essentials (http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/) and AVG Free (http://free.avg.com/ca-­‐en/homepage). Macintosh Computers have some anti-­‐virus solutions available including Trend Micro Security available at the Campus Computer Store, as well as Sophos Anti-­‐virus and is available free at: http://www.sophos.com/products/free-­‐tools/free-­‐mac-­‐anti-­‐virus/ 2 GETTING STARTED͙,OW TO PREP YOUR LAPTOP FOR IVEY AND WHAT TO KNOW 1) How do I get on the network/Internet when I arrive on campus? Our wireless network is password protected. When you bring your laptop onto campus (either Main or Spencer), your wireless card will pick up our network. Please enter in the following WEP Key when the network is detected: 5196614196 Every time you come to campus, you must log onto the network, and will be prompted to so when trying to access to the Internet. You will get the following web page from any browser you use: Here is where you will enter in your EZone Credentials, which will be emailed to you by the MBA Program Office. You can set your browser settings to remember the username and password, ƐŽLJŽƵĚŽŶ͛ƚŚĂǀĞƚŽƚLJƉĞŝƚŝŶĞǀĞƌLJƚŝŵĞ. As per our Network Policies, each student is only allowed one device (your laptop) on the network. iPhones, Blackberrys, iPod Touches etc are not allowed. 3 2) How do I print/How can I get the printers installed? To get the printers installed, you must download and install the setup files from our website: http://blogs.ivey.ca/it/downloads/ The installers are categorized by operating system. Once the setup file is downloaded, double-­‐ĐůŝĐŬŝƚƚŽƌƵŶƚŚĞŝŶƐƚĂůůĞƌĂŶĚĐůŝĐŬŽŶ͞/ŶƐƚĂůů͟. The installer may look like its freezing ʹ ŝƚ͛ƐŶŽƚ͙͘ŝƚĐĂŶƚĂŬĞƵƉƚŽϭϱŵŝŶƐƚŽŝŶƐƚĂůů͕ĂƐŝƚŵƵƐƚ
install the printer drivers for all 5 student printers at Ivey. Let the progress bar finish, and then ĐůŝĐŬŽŶ͞&ŝŶŝƐŚ͟ Please ensure you select/install the correct one, by matching your operating system installed on your laptop to one listed on the website. For example, if you a 64-­‐bit edition of Windows 7, then LJŽƵǁŽƵůĚƐĞůĞĐƚƚŚĞ͞DWƌŝŶƚĞƌƐʹ ^ƉĞŶĐĞƌ͟ under the Windows Vista/7 (64-­‐bit) category. To check to see what operating system you have installed, Right-­‐ĐůŝĐŬŽŶ͞ŽŵƉƵƚĞƌ͕͟^ĞůĞĐƚ
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and match it up to an installer on the website 4 ******* IMPORTANT INFO FOR PRINTER INSTALL ON MACs ******* To install the printers on a Mac notebook, please make sure all your software is up-­‐to-­‐date, by clicking on the Apple Icon in the top-­‐ůĞĨƚŚĂŶĚƐŝĚĞ͕ĂŶĚƐĞůĞĐƚŝŶŐ͞^ŽĨƚǁĂƌĞhƉĚĂƚĞ͘͟ Check to see what version of OSX you have (either Leopard ʹ ͞ϭϬ͘ϱ͘dž͟Žƌ^ŶŽǁ>ĞŽƉĂƌĚʹ ͞ϭϬ͘ϲ͘dž͟Ϳ͕ďLJĐůŝĐŬŝŶŐŽŶƚŚĞƉƉůĞ/ĐŽŶŝŶƚŚĞƚŽƉ-­‐left hĂŶĚƐŝĚĞ͕ĂŶĚƐĞůĞĐƚŝŶŐ͞ďŽƵƚdŚŝƐDĂĐ͟ 5 We have the printer installs for both Operating systems, but please note if you have Leopard (10.5.x), you will have to download the drivers for the printers first (a link is provided), and then run the install, as the printer drivers were not built in with the operating system. WůĞĂƐĞĞŶƐƵƌĞƚŚĂƚƚŚĞ͞^LJƐƚĞŵWƌĞĨĞƌĞŶĐĞƐ͟/ĐŽŶŝƐƉĞƌŵĂŶĞŶƚůLJ͞ĚŽĐŬĞĚ͟ŝŶLJŽƵƌĚŽĐŬ͘ The automated printer install ĚĞƉĞŶĚƐŽŶ͞^LJƐƚĞŵWƌĞĨĞƌĞŶĐĞƐ͟/ĐŽŶďĞŝŶŐŝŶƚŚĞĚŽĐŬ͘dŽĞŶƐƵƌĞ
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WƌĞĨĞƌĞŶĐĞƐ͟/ĐŽŶĂŶĚƐĞůĞĐƚ͞Options Æ<ĞĞƉŝŶŽĐŬ͟ 3) How do I get PKP Software installed (e.g.: Decision Tools) on my laptop? FOR STUDENTS RUNNING WINDOWS (XP, VISTA OR 7) Some of your PKP Courses will require you to have some additional software installed, called the Decision Tools Suite (Palisade Software Download), and can be downloaded at: http://support.ivey.ca, under ͞Student Downloads͟ on the main page 6 When prompted to save the zip file, save it to your desktop. After downloading, extract it to a folder, then double-­‐click on DTSInd570-­‐EN-­‐CourseWorkstation.exe to install (Windows XP) or right-­‐click on DTSInd570-­‐EN-­‐CourseWorkstation.exe ĂŶĚƐĞůĞĐƚ͞ZƵŶĂƐĚŵŝŶŝƐƚƌĂƚŽƌ͟;sŝƐƚĂͬϳͿ. Please install it to the default folder programmed in the installer. FOR STUDENTS USING A MAC (LEOPARD ʹ 10.5.X OR SNOW LEOPARD ʹ 10.6.X) IMPORTANT: If you have a Mac notebook, please see page 1 of this document for getting Virtual Box installed on your Mac so you can use a Virtual Image/Machine of Windows 7 with Decision Tools already installed on it. 4) How do I get my Ivey Email address setup? a) Your Ivey Email address should look exactly like your EZone username login, but with ͞ΛŝǀĞLJ͘ĐĂ͟ĂƉƉĞŶĚĞĚƚŽŝƚ͘/ƚǁŝůů usually consist of the first initial of your first name, your last name, .mba20xx, @ivey.ca. So if your name is John Smith, then your Ivey Email Address should be: JSmith.MBA2012@ivey.ca . Since there is the potential for users to have the same name and email address, to double check what your email forwarding address is, please log into EZone, ĐůŝĐŬŽŶ͞ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌLJ͕͟ƚLJƉĞŝŶLJŽƵƌůĂƐƚŶĂŵĞŝŶƚŚĞ͞>ĂƐƚEĂŵĞ͟&ŝĞůĚ and click on Search. This will enable you to check out what your email address is, as well as look at your Ivey Bio. Ivey uses a LEAF (Lifelong Email Address Forwarding) system/service for students, so any email sent to your Ivey email address is forwarded directly onto a personal account of your choice. To check and/or change where your Ivey Email is being forwarded to, you can do so by logging into ŽŶĞ͕ĐůŝĐŬŝŶŐŽŶƚŚĞ͞WĞƌƐŽŶĂůKƉƚŝŽŶƐ͟ůŝŶŬŽŶƚŚĞůĞĨƚ-­‐ŚĂŶĚƐŝĚĞ͕ĂŶĚƐĞůĞĐƚŝŶŐ͞ŚĂŶŐĞDLJ
Leaf AddresƐ͟ 7 b) How do I get my email set up in Outlook (2003, 2007 or 2010)? Almost all of the main free, web-­‐based email providers have instructions on how to set up their service to work in Outlook. Here are some links to instructions for setting up some of the major free, web-­‐based email service providers in Outlook: Gmail in Outlook 2007: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=77689 Gmail in Outlook 2010: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/17248/set-­‐up-­‐gmail-­‐imap-­‐in-­‐outlook-­‐2010/ Hotmail/Windows Live Mail in Outlook 2007: http://office.microsoft.com/en-­‐us/outlook/HA102218231033.aspx Hotmail/Windows Live Mail in Outlook 2010: http://office.microsoft.com/en-­‐us/outlook-­‐help/use-­‐a-­‐windows-­‐live-­‐hotmail-­‐account-­‐in-­‐
outlook-­‐HA010354935.aspx?CTT=1 UWO Email in Outlook 2007: http://www.uwo.ca/its/doc/hdi/email/ConfiguringOutlook2007.htm UWO Email in Mac Office 2011: http://support.ivey.ca/entries/362229-­‐configure-­‐uwo-­‐mail-­‐on-­‐outlook-­‐for-­‐mac-­‐2011 Yahoo in Outlook 2007 http://help.yahoo.com/l/sg/yahoo/mail/classic/mailoptions/pop/pop-­‐36.html ******* IMPORTANT INFO ʹ BACKUP STRATEGY ******* It is imperative you have a backup strategy for your important files and documents. Use an external hard drive, burn your files on a DVD/CD, or use a USB memory key. Whatever you do, get into a backup routine right away. If your computer is lost or stolen or your hard drive dies, you will still have your files. Ivey IT cannot STRESS this enough, as we have encountered situations with students, where they have ůŽƐƚĂŶĞŶƚŝƌĞLJĞĂƌ͛ƐƐĐŚŽŽůǁŽƌŬĚƵĞƚŽĂŚĂƌĚdrive failing and the student has not done any backups. IVEY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CENTRE Ivey has a dedicated team of IT Analysts here to assist you with any questions you may have regarding your laptop or technology at Ivey. Please feel free to visit us in room 2G28 in the main Ivey building or at the IT Centre at the Spencer Leadership Campus. Below are the office hours: Information Technology Centre, room 2G28 Ivey Monday ʹ Friday, 7:30 am -­‐ 4:30 pm, phone: 519-­‐661-­‐4196, email: itcentre@ivey.ca Summer Hours: Monday ʹ Friday, 8:00 am -­‐ 4:00 pm, phone: 519-­‐661-­‐4196, email: itcentre@ivey.ca Information Technology Centre, Spencer Leadership Centre Monday ʹ Friday, 7:30 am -­‐ 3:00 pm, phone: 519-­‐657-­‐5477, email: itcentre@ivey.ca 8