How do I connect to the wired residence network?

As you move in know that the getting on-line connection procedure is as follows. You will not be asked to have your machines registered or scanned until a later time. Your room wall port is live and all you need to do is plug into the wired network with your own Ethernet patch cord to get on-line. Macintosh users are good to go and need to do nothing further. Windows users should do the following three things to protect their machine and the network:

It is very important that all users of the free McAfee we offered you last year update their product immediately! We are aware that many of you have an outdated product and it is no longer protecting your machine with updates and you are at risk for getting infected with viruses and further, the network. Since this is the newest version of McAfee, we are asking all users of the free McAfee to go ahead and update your product even if you believe it may be still updating just to be sure.

1) Update your Windows. Windows updates click here.

2) Install Windows Defender if you have a Windows XP machine. Windows Vista machines already have Defender installed. This is a free product and will protect your machine from spyware without you having to manually take care of it yourself. It protects and updates with Windows updates on its own! Microsoft Defender click here.

3) If you do not have your own current virus protection, install the free McAfee. If you already have McAfee installed – the installer will take care of updating the software and you will not have to uninstall it first. Free McAfee click here.

For those resident students opting to use the free McAfee for the first time, MAKE SURE you uninstall any virus protection program you may already have on your machine or you risk corrupting your operating system and will need our help fixing it or rebuilding your machine. Do this step first by going to your control panel, programs menu and uninstall any resident virus protection program that is not McAfee.

If you need help from us to do any of the above, we will have a mobile help desk in the Campus Center on Saturday and Sunday, this weekend (the 12th and 13th of September) from 1-4pm.

HOW TO RETRIEVE MAIL AND FOLDER CONTENTS BEFORE DELETION:

WOOHOO! Are you graduating and leaving Otterbein?!! Although we hate to see you go - here is what you need to do now. This applies to students who also will be gone for 1 year who have not graduated...but may be planning on returning.

After 1 year of not attending a class, your home, web and mail folder is automatically deleted with its contents. Web and home folder contents should be backed up to your home computer, CDs or other removable media. Access your web and home folders from home using your Otternet ftp shortcut links. (quick link to your Otternet page is at www.otterbein.edu/its)

You need to find a mail client that will allow you to import or pop your mail into it or your mail will stay on Otterbein's server and be lost at account deletion.

Otterbein's policy is that once your account is deleted, it cannot be retrieved. So, do not wait to retrieve your mail and folder contents.

Click here to view instructions for importing your e-mail into another mail client.

Message from the Director of Information Technology:

In the past we have helped some employees transfer email from their Otterbein account to a CD or a mass email forward to another account. No computer records shall be copied for anyone who is separating from service at the College. This is a standard business practice as electronic computing resources are the property of the employer.

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Facebook and MySpace

Have you considered that information you are posting about yourself may be used against you? Read the following: "Thoughts on Facebook," Tracy Mitrano, copyright Cornell University 2006: http://www.cit.cornell.edu/policy/memos/facebook.html

Note: Otterbein College does not monitor or censor Internet expression from its students or limit access to such sites. The exception to this policy is outlined in the Privacy section of Otterbein's Acceptable Use Policy and partially quoted as follows: "to protect the College from liability; or in instances of abuse of College policies, codes, or local, state or federal laws, Otterbein College reserves the right to take whatever actions it considers necessary (including, but not limited to monitoring activity and viewing files) to investigate and resolve the situation."

Our goal is to educate students and to keep them informed of issues in cyberspace that may affect them adversely.