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Frequently Asked Questions	Economics Department Indiana University

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Computer Account Info
Create New Accounts Before You Have A Network ID Create or Manage Individual Computer Accounts Create or Manage Sponsored Computer Accounts Change Passwords Guest/Visitor Accounts for Wired and Wireless networking: Apply for Visitor Account at: https://accountmgmt.exchange.iu.edu/IUNetworkAccess/ Wireless Access: http://kb.indiana.edu/data/apad.html?cust=327847.81766.30 Guest VPN Installation Utility
Common File System - CFS
Your CFS may be accessed two different ways
by web browser at: https://cfs.iu.edu/ by mapping a drive: right click on My Network Places (Network Neighborhood), choose Map Network Drive, choose drive letter to use, enter \\CFS.IU.EDU\yourusername in the path bar--use like any other drive.
Computer Purchasing
With IU Funds, departmental or research Personal Purchases
Econ Department Contacts
Email
Knowledge Base, about email Exchange Email Exchange Email Web Access Saving Messages from Outlook to a Local Drive Shakespeare Email - setting up Outlook Express, Thunderbird, Forwarding, etc. Creating Email Distribution Lists from Class Rosters File Attachment Blocking - sending and receiving File Attachments, Sending Large Attachments Spam and Junk Email Reduction
FTP (transferring Files between Computers on the Network)
FTP With Hummingbird Communications Software Secure FTP Transferring Files to MyPage (Steel) using Secure FTP
PDF Files - Removing the author name
Printing
Printing to the Econ Network Printers Printing to the Wylie 125 Lab Printer
Pop up Windows - Reducing
PostEm and QuizSite Web Page
Remote Desktop
Scanning and Graphics
Using the Scanner Understanding Graphics and Resolution
Software at IU
IUWARE Online Statmath Center Web Site
Virtual Private Networking
The easiest way to set up a VPN connection is to download the VPN Utility program from the IUWare website, under Networking, VPN Installers. Manually setting up your computer for VPN for off campus access through DSL and cable modems. More about VPN VPN Connection Problems If your VPN connection won't stay connected read this.
Virus Information
Web Pages
Authoring and Publishing Creating a Web Page Directory with restricted access Creating a web page table from an Excel Spreadsheet
What's going on with the computers at IU? (maintenance, network problems, etc)
Windows XP
If Windows or Office Updates repeatedly fail to install, choose Start Run and paste each line below into the Run line and press enter. Repeat for all lines. regsvr32 wuapi.dll regsvr32 wuaueng.dll regsvr32 wuaueng1.dll regsvr32 wucltui.dll regsvr32 wups.dll regsvr32 wups2.dll regsvr32 wuweb.dll
Wireless Networking
Word Processors (Word, WordPerfect, Emacs, Pico) WordPerfect Printing problems
Miscellaneous Questions