ISE Lab & Classroom Rules and Policies :
- No software will be stored or installed on the IE Lab PCs by the users
Software like Napster, Winamp, MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, X-Windows, ICQ, etc. are strictly prohibited in these labs. The Users must understand that all software must be appropriately licensed and must be approved by the ISE computer staff prior to installation.
- No food, drinks, or use of tobacco products will be allowed in the ISE labs or classrooms. If this rule is violated, you may be asked to leave the lab and/or have your account disabled according to the rules below.
- No personal data is to be stored on the ISE computers. Each user of the IE computer systems is provided a personal data storage area (H: drive - see lab procedures below). Lab and classroom computers may receive a new computer image at anytime that will erase all previous data.
- Do not share your account username or password with any other person. Your account can be permanently disabled/deleted for this offense.
- Do not allow any person to use a computer you have logged into. You are the only person allowed to use the computer once you have logged on. You may lose lab privileges for this offense.
- For the first offense of the above rules and policies, the offender will have his or her account disabled for one week.
- The second violation of the above rules and policies, the offender will have his or her account disabled for a two-week period.
- The third violation will result in the offender's account being disabled for the rest of the semester. To have your account reactivated you must submit a letter or e-mail explaining why you had committed this offense and will most likely have to meet with the department head or other faculty member as deemed appropriate. Please help us to try to keep our labs clean and make it a pleasant working environment for everyone!
- Violations are kept in a database for 1 rolling calendar year. Offenses are removed/not considered after this time.
Lab Procedures:
- Printing:
Each student, undergraduate or graduate, has a limit of 1000 pages per semester. If a user desires to increase this quota, he or she needs to purchase an additional 500 sheets of paper (20# only) and submit it to the IE computer staff. Your quota will then be increased by 500 sheets and will be good until the start of the following semester. Quotas will be reset to 1000 sheets at that time.
- H: Drives / Home Directories
Each undergraduate or graduate student may have disk storage space on the ISE department's server. Space allowances are 50 MB and 100 MB of disk space respectively. If a user exceeds the disk space allowance, the H: drive will be set to read-only until the user deletes files to get below the disk space allowance. If you require a larger disk quota for your school related files, please come by 225A Zachry to ask for a quota increase. You should store all files on your "H:" drive. Storing files in other locations, such as your "Desktop" or "My Documents", may lead to a loss of data.
- The S: Drive / Share Drive / Scratch Drive /TEMP Storage ONLY
This drive is provided as a temporary share drive as a convenience to share and swap files. Lab users should understand that the files stored on the "S:" drive can be viewed by all the domain users and is not safe to store files (files may be deleted at any time without warning by anyone). These file are not backed up and should only be placed in this area for 1 or 2 days.
- Passwords
The password must be a minimum of 8 characters in length and must be changed every 90 days. You will receive a reminder when 14 days are left to change. You will not be allowed to use your previous five passwords. Passwords must be complex meaning they must contain at minimum one uppercase letter, one lower case letter, and a number. Special characters may also be used. If you need to have your password reset, please stop by 225A Zachry. You must bring a current student ID.
- Roaming Profiles
Ever wonder why your desktop and others settings you have made can follow you around through the department when you log onto a computer? It's called a roaming profile. Files you place on your Desktop or in My Documents follow you as well. Favorites for Internet Explorer and other software settings are always as you left them. However, there are a few things you need to know. Beginning 8/21/06, files you place on your Desktop or My Documents area will be automatically redirected to your H: drive. Those folders will be seen in your H: drive (so you probably don't want to delete them). These will be part of your quota! Occasionally, files within your profile may become corrupt. If this happens (you'll know because you may not be able to do some of the things you used to do), please come by 225A Zachry to have your profile reset. You must be logged off prior to having your profile reset.
- Computer Usage
Only one lab (225/228 Zachry) computer may be in use by any one user during the hours 8AM to 5PM, Monday through Friday (this does not include group accounts). A computer may not be locked for individual use for more than 24 hours. A sign indicating what the computer is being used for and your name and contact information is required. The computer will be rebooted after 24 hours. If you will be away from the computer for more than 5 minutes, please logoff. Please clean up after yourself!
