laptop orientation august 21 st, 2007 kevin prechtl and owen opena
TRANSCRIPT
Laptop Orientation
August 21st, 2007
Kevin Prechtl and Owen Opena
Agenda
Email Setup Laptop Support Open Source Software Downloads Tips and Housekeeping Items Business Career Connections Q&A
Username and Password
[email protected] Alias – [email protected]
Username and password: Username: first initial followed by your last name,
all lowercase – kprechtl Password: first and last initials capitalized,
followed by two “$” characters, followed by the last four digits of your peoplesoft number For Kevin: KP$$5624
Outlook Web Access
Everyone can access email via the web from any computer
Outlook Web Access – OWA http://www.business.uconn.edu/email
Works best with Internet Explorer Username: kprechtl Password: KP$$5624
Email Setup – Outlook 2003 and 2007
Configuration for Microsoft Office: Depending on your current configuration your
instructions could be slightly different. Please bear with Owen and I as we walk through
these instructions If you get lost, please raise your hand and we will
come help
For systems that have never used Outlook before
Email Setup – Create New Profile Open up the ‘Mail’ control panel. (If you do
not see the Mail Icon, you will need to click on ‘Switch to Classic View’ on the left side of the Control Panel.)
Click on ‘Show Profiles’ You will first need to add a new Profile. Click
on Add and then Type in your name to identify your account.
Click OK
Outlook 2007 only In Outlook 2007 this window should now pop up. Check
“Manually configure server settings or additional server types” Click next
Email Setup – Add New Email Account
A window will appear titled ‘Email Accounts’
Check ‘Add a new e-mail account’
At the Add a New E-mail Account Window, choose Microsoft Exchange and click on Next.
Email Setup – Exchange Server
Type in the following information: Microsoft Exchange server:
sbmailroom.business.uconn.edu Uncheck ‘Use Cached Exchange Mode’ Username: <your first and last name>
Click on ‘More Settings’.
Email Setup - Login
If you are prompted for a username. Ignore the login and click on Cancel. This may or may not happen
Afterwards you will get the following error message, hit OK.
This may or may not happen
Email Setup – General Account Settings
Verify the server (sbmailroom.business.uconn.edu) and your full name. Then click on OK. This may or may not happen
You will now be in the General Email Account Settings.
On ‘General’ tab make sure ‘Manually control connection state’ is checked
Email Setup – Proxy Settings
Select the “Connection” tab
Check the box next to “Connect to my Exchange mailbox using HTTP” then select “Exchange Proxy Settings”
Email Setup – Proxy Settings
On the “Exchange Proxy Settings” page, set the following settings: For “Use this URL to connect to my proxy server for
Exchange” enter: sbpostman.business.uconn.edu 1
Ensure that the box is checked next to “Connect using SSL only” 2
Ensure that the box is checked next to “On slow networks, connect using HTTP first, then connect using TCP/IP” 3
Change the “Proxy authentication settings” to “Basic Authentication” 4
Email Setup – Proxy Settings
12
3
4
Email Setup – Finish
Select OK on the “Exchange Proxy Settings” page Select OK on the “Microsoft Exchange Server”
page Select “Next” on the “Change Email Account”
page Select “Finish” on the next “Change E-mail
Accounts” page Select “Close” on the Mail Setup – page
Email Setup – Finish
Now start Microsoft Outlook When you begin, you will get a
login box. Enter the following information:
User name: username@business (XP Pro) business/username (Vista)
Password: <your password> Then click OK
Laptop Support ITS on the 2nd floor does not provide support for your laptop They will only help you with your user ID or password
[email protected] for email issues 2nd Year Support Group:
We can help you with most of your issues unless you have hardware problems Kevin Prechtl – spyware and virus removal, software issues, wireless
and wired network troubleshooting, general questions Skype chat is best way to communicate with me or email
Skype username: kevin.prechtl Owen Opena – general
Open source downloads
7-Zip (file compression software) http://www.7-zip.org/
Mozilla Firefox (web browser) http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/
PDFCreator (PDF document printer) http://www.pdfforge.org/products/pdfcreator
Windows XP PowerToys Calculator http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/
powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
Open source downloads
Spybot – Search & Destroy (anti-spyware) http://www.spybot.info/en/mirrors/index.html
Ad-Aware (anti-spyware) http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-2007-Free/3
000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5
WinAmp (media player) http://www.winamp.com/player
Adobe Acrobat Reader 8 (PDF reader) http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/
readstep2.html
Open source downloads
Skype http://www.skype.com/
AOL Instant Messenger http://www.aim.com/
Yahoo Messenger http://messenger.yahoo.com/
UConn Software Licensing Group
Symantec Anti-virus (university license) http://antivirus.uconn.edu/downloads.html
Link to other software http://software.uconn.edu/software/software.php
Tips and Housekeeping Items http://vpn.uconn.edu UConn VPN for connecting to university resources from
home Also makes Outlook faster when not on SBA network
Lockers – see Sue McQuiggan in the MBA office for a locker Microwave and refrigerator –
Clean up after yourself if you spill something. No fish in the microwave All food and beverage will be emptied on Thursday afternoons. If you leave plastic
containers or bottles from home, they can be thrown out. Take your stuff home on Thursday’s when you leave
MBA Computer in the Reading Room 10 minute max if people are waiting Printing for emergencies only Do not print your 50 page paper on that printer. MBA office provides toner, but will stop
if it is abused Bring your own paper
Breakout rooms – do not take any breakout just because it is unlocked. MBA’s have specific rooms allocated. See Sue or Pam Costa to schedule a breakout
MBA reading rooms – don’t use these for large group meetings, get a breakout room
Tips and Housekeeping Items
MBA Calendar http://plus.calendars.net/uconnmba
Calendar was created to keep YOU informed, it is the most up to date schedule of events
All GBA, Concentration Club, and MBA Program events are posted
Business Career Connections
We will go through a demonstration of the program
Q & A