MSc Introduction

Tuesday 8th October 201314:00 hrs

ByF. David del Campo Hill

Index• Introductions• Your accounts• Rooms & computers• Logging in• Storage• Printing• Logging out• Dos & don’ts

Computing Team• Computing Manager

Stuart McRobert• Computing Specialist

Susan Hutchinson• Computing Officers

Saffron GreenwoodF. David del Campo Hill

ithelp@stats.ox.ac.uk

Computing Team• Preferably contact us by email

ithelp@stats.ox.ac.uk• If not, by phone

70869, 72588, 82852 & 72862• As a last resort, come to our offices• Our offices are in 2 South Parks Road,

rooms 2.107, 2.108 & 2.109

STATS Accounts• Give access to Departmental services• Must only be used by you• Must not be shared with anyone• Username & password are the same

for all the Departmental services• Passwords cannot be changed except

by coming to us• If changed, new ones will be as

difficult as the old ones

MSc Laboratory• In 1 South Parks Road

MSc Lab: room 1.207Lecture Theatre: room 1.102

• In 2 South Parks RoadMSc Lab: room 2.205

• MSc students have priority during teaching, but anyone can use them

MSc Laboratory• MSc Lab (1.207)

20 Windows desktops

• MSc Lab (2.205)10 Windows desktops

1 scanner

• Wireless all through the department

MSc Laboratory

Room 2.205

MSc Laboratory

Room 1.207

MSc Laboratory• All computers in the MSc rooms are

running Windows 7 Enterprise x64• Software installed:– SOPHOS Antivirus– MS Office Professional Plus 2010– MikTeX, GhostScript & GSView, TeXnicCenter,

Nuance PDF Converter– R 3.0.2– MATLAB R2013a– 7-Zip, PuTTY, GNU Emacs– Internet Explorer & Firefox

MSc Laboratory• You are not allowed to install software• If you need any application or

program, contact us• We may install it for you

• Do not bring food or drink into the MSc Labs

• Please keep the rooms tidy

Logging in• Ctrl + Alt + Delete• Type in your username• Type in your password• Domain must always be STATS• Logging in should take up to 30

seconds• First time on each machine will take

a bit longer

Storage & Files• Save your files in your P:\ drive• Your P:\ drive is the same in all

computers• Start > Computer > Home... (P:)• 2 GB quota• Backed up every day• Daily back-ups for a week• Weekly back-ups for three months• This may change if usage changes• To restore we need when & where

Storage & Files• Our file storage services are for

academic purposes only• No music files• No films• No unlicensed software• Any kind of illegal downloads may

result in the suspension of your account; further action may be taken

Storage & Files• Do not save anything large on your

desktop: your Windows profile will fill up and you will not be able to log out

Printing• Use spr1mfp_1 on BLACKWYRM

printer from room 1.207• Use spr2mfp_1 on BLACKWYRM

printer from room 2.205• Printers will use colour unless you

specify B/W• System will ask for your University

Card barcode number; PIN must be empty

Printing• Printing for academic purposes only• Initial quota:– 900 B/W and 100 colour in spr1mfp_1– 300 B/W in spr2mfp_1

• If you need more quota, come to us:– £10 for extra 450 B/W and 50 colour– £10 for extra 100 colour– £10 for extra 700 B/W

Logging out• Log out when you leave the room• Start > Log off• If you cannot log out due to a full

Windows profile:– www.stats.ox.ac.uk/about_us/

it_information/restrictedaccess/quotas/profile_quotas

– contact us– do not leave the machine logged in;

others may need to use it

Dos & don’tsDo email us if you need help

ithelp@stats.ox.ac.ukDo think of others: the computers are a

shared resourceDo remember to look after your dataDo save files on your P:\ driveDo log out when you leave the rooms

Don’t save files on the local driveDon’t take food into the MSc Labs