Logging In
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1. Using lower-case letters, log in using the user name: wheaton

2. Using lower-case letters, password: thunder

This will give you access to the Microsoft Office Suite, Internet Explorer with the Internet, and various other media players and applications we use at Wheaton.

To gain access to your personal Novell Account please follow these steps.

1. Once you're logged in as "wheaton," do the following...

a. Find the Novell Netware Login window by doing one of the following: (1) Double-click the desktop icon for Novell; (2) Click the Start Button, select Programs, then Novell Login; or (3) Right-click the red "N" on the lower-right of your monitor and scroll up to Netware Login.

b. In the Location field, select your context. For faculty this is "Faculty and Academic."

Saving Files
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• The computers are set up to allow users to save files in "My Documents" and the Desktop.
• For long-term storage, you should use "My Documents".
• This drive will be cleaned at the end of each semester.
• Please note that computers are not backed up, so you will be saving files on these computers at your own risk.

1. If you bring a laptop from off-campus, it can be used in the smart classroom, except that there will be no access to the Internet or the campus network. Cables for PCs are provided in most of the rooms for audio and all of the rooms for video connections from your laptop to the smart desk technology. Macintosh users will have to bring their own cables, unless their laptops can also use PC cables.

2. If you use a Wheaton College laptop, such as checked-out from our department [campus phone x5034], it can access the Internet and campus network resources when it is plugged into the network port. Login the same as with the classroom built-in computers as under "Logging In" above.

3. All computer usage policies of Wheaton College apply to classroom computers, including all laptops.

4. All of Media Resources' computers have the Internet software locked into the campus proxy server. End users cannot alter this setting.

5. Our laptop computers do have dial-up type modems built in, however, Media Resources does not configure them to work with personal Internet Service Providers for you. If you do use these modems to connect to personal accounts please, for your own security, remove the settings before returning the computer.

Software Restrictions
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• Users cannot install any software on the C:\ drive or software that requires changes or modifications of the Windows operating system. (i.e. adding Icons to the Start Menu or altering the Registry).
• Web pages cannot be bookmarked in the browser.
• If you need specific software installed, you must bring a legal and licensed copy of the software to Media Resources and we will test it and load the software for you (this will take about a week).
• Users cannot change BIOS settings or boot the computer from removable media.
• Users cannot change any Windows settings including color schemes and wallpapers.

Privacy Notification
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• Media Resources cannot guarantee the privacy or security of personal files left on the Managed PCs.
• Media Resources can and will be monitoring these machines.
• We can watch what you are doing and take control of the mouse and keyboard remotely.
• Managed PCs can be turned on and maintained remotely by Media Resources.
• Occasionally the C:\ drive will be wiped out and all software restored to original settings for that PC.