Buying personal computer hardware and software

• What computer hardware should you buy?
• Other considerations - printers, memory drives, blank media
• University computer hardware and software purchasing programs available
• What services do the Computing Center staff offer to students? What can't they help with?
• What software can I get from the University?

BEFORE you connect your personal computer to the campus network

• What kind of network connection do you need? Click for a chart to help you decide.
• Directions for WIRED or WITTENBERG WIRELESS connection use campus printers/network drives
• Directions for WITT UNSECURE OPEN WIRELESS connection PDA, phone, or other device
• Download optional antivirus, virtual private networking, or other software

CONNECTING your personal computer to the campus network

• WittConnect locations around campus - wired and wireless list
• Click here: Connecting to WITTENBERG WIRELESS after registering the computer
• Directions for WITT UNSECURE OPEN WIRELESS connection PDA, phone, or other device

USING your personal computer on the campus network

• Network drive letters and their uses
• Map a drive from your computer to a campus file server
• Troubleshooting
• Other notes

Using University computers

• How to log into campus Windows computers
• Connecting to networks using a campus-owned laptop
• Retrieve files you've deleted from a network drive
• Student worker access to department drives

Accessing network resources off campus

• Installing the virtual private networking client on your Windows computer
• Installing the virtual private networking client on your Apple computer
• Map a drive from your computer to a campus file server

E-mail

• E-mail password and username information
• Outlook with Exchange how-to information
• Checking e-mail quota in Outlook or Outlook Web Access
• Check your e-mail from anywhere - Outlook on the Web
• Set up Outlook 2003 or 2007 on your personal computer to access your Wittenberg e-mail account

Witt Portal

• Privacy settings
• Bulletin Board
• Forward e-mail
• Mailing lists
• Changing Passwords

This document last reviewed June 7th, 2010.