This is the boilerplate message for requesting class accounts for
Weber 205/206.  If you have not read it previously, please do so. 
In any case, please make sure you understand everything in it and
mail me if you do not.

The newest bits are about Windows 7.

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If you need a class account for Weber 205/206, please mail me with
the following info:

class name (e.g. st204 or m161)
how many sections there are (if you are requesting an account for only a 
  specific section, please tell me which section) 
whether or not you need a class directory to put things in

If I previously created an account for the class and it had a class 
directory, it will again have a class directory.  Any files put in the
class directory from previous semesters will still be there.

A class directory is for instructors to drop files into so that students
can access them.  Instructors will normally be able to do anything
to the files in the class directory but students can only read them.

Rules:

Class accounts are disabled on the Friday of Finals Week at 4:45pm.
If your class account needs to be active past this date, please
mail me sometime *far* in advance so that I do not turn it off.
The EOL for any extension is the Tuesday after Finals Week at noon
(when grades are due).

Accounts will be turned off immediately in the case of hacking,
a security problem or the like.  To date, I have not had to do this
to any class account for these reasons.

Windows 7 notes:

Windows 7 appeared in the lab this summer.  The 20 newest machines
(STATPCRxx / MATHPCRxx) all run Windows 7 64-bit.  The two biggest
differences for your students are:

a) There is an automatic logout after 40 minutes of inactivity time
that actually seems to work.

b) When logging into the machine, there is no DOMAIN box.  By default,
the machines log into the MATHSTAT2 domain.  If you need to log into
the STAT2 or MATH2 domain, your must use STAT2\username or MATH2\username
for your username.

Due to time constraints, the new machines have not been extensively
tested.  Please let me know if you see any new issues.

Reoccurring Notes, please review.

0) I will distribute the passwords to you in person.

1) The best way to distribute the password to your students is to
write it on the board, wait a short time and then erase it.  Do not leave
passwords on the board nor distribute passwords via email.  In all cases,
the domain must be MATHSTAT2 for class accounts to work.

2) Please test the passwords before you give them out to your students.

3) Please tell your students:

a) to log off when they are done using the computers 

b) to not to give the class password to anyone and to not be careless
with it.  If I find a password written down somewhere in public (on a 
whiteboard, on a piece of paper I find in the hall, etc.), I'll have no
choice but to change the password.  I do this roughly five times a semester
and is a grand bother for all involved.

c) that the lab closes promptly at 4:45pm or so on Fridays (mod a small bit 
of overrun time for any Friday 4pm class).  It also closes at 4:45pm during 
the first week and finals week.

4) If you decide to put things in the class directory for your students
to use, please *copy* the files.  Do not *move* the files or your
students will probably be unable to access them.

5) If you are placing files in your class directory (g:\somedir), you
should tell your students to copy whatever they need from g:\somedir to
the local directory under the c:\temp directory first (c:\temp\mydir), 
rather than working on the files directly.

6) The instructor machines were replaced in the summer of 2008.  The
new machines seem to work fine with the projectors, so you should not
have any problems.  However, you may notice that the instructor monitor
displays an image that is smaller than the monitor itself.  This is by
design.  The monitors are set for the maximum resolution of the
projector (1024 x 768) and when that is displayed full-width on the
widescreen monitor, the image appears stretched and distorted.  It
looks much better with the ends cut off.  If this *really* bothers you,
you can change it at the monitor:

Monitor button -> Main Menu -> Next 3 times to get to Video Adjust ->
Select -> Select to get Video Scaling and then change "Zoom" to "Wide."

Finally, the FAQ for the lab is here:

http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~dzubera/lab.html

Let me know if you have any questions.

Zube