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The UW CSE computing environment is one in which users can effectively use both Unix and Windows systems. The majority of our effort concentrates on providing essential services (e.g., mail, file access, and printing) as seamlessly as possible. The remainder of this page is intended primarily for users of our Windows systems.
We install a user-customizable set of popular applications on Windows machines deployed to Faculty, Staff, and Grad Students. There is a huge set of applications on the instructional systems. There is also a large collection of Microsoft software available to all faculty and students via the MSDNAA program. MS Office is licensed for machines in labs and offices. Students may purchase MS-Office for personal machines at special pricing.
- Instructional Lab software List
- Desktop Software installation request
- Important notes about installing software on your machine
- MSDN-AA Details - MS Developer products (free!)
- MS Office - for personal use (discounted)
Since we do not install or support all the software that might be of interest to people, users are generally given local administrator privileges on Windows desktops and you may install other packages you like (provided you are legally entitled to do so!)
There are many combinations of client/server for mail services. For information on a particular setup, follow the links below:
- Using Microsoft Outlook to connect to the dept. Exchange Server
- Standard configuration of Outlook.
- Configure Outlook for RPC over HTTP (Outlook 2003 and above only)
- Note: The Exchange mail service is currently available to staff, graduate students, and faculty only.
- Note: The POP3 protocol is not available on the Exchange server due to security concerns.
- Using Microsoft Outlook Web Access to read your Exchange Mail
- Using Microsoft Outlook Express to connect to non-Exchange IMAP mail servers.
- Using Microsoft Outlook to connect to non-Exchange IMAP mail servers.
- Using PC Pine
- Using Mozilla mail client to connect to dept. mail servers
There are several areas of interest regarding Windows file services. You can share files between Unix and Windows using Samba. You can access most filesystems, Unix or Windows, through a central Microsoft DFS (distributed file system) server. You can access popular Windows filesystems from home, even when your ISP blocks Windows filesharing ports, using IPSEC and L2TP. You can recover files that are stored in locations that are backed up daily.
We provide ways that you can tele-commute and use CSE resources and software. If your destination is Unix, we offer several packages for secure computing, including: Reflection X, SSH, and Mindterm. If your destination is Windows, there are two large Windows terminal servers available, aqua.cs.washington.edu for faculty/staff/grad usage and aria.cs.washington.edu for undergraduate use. In special cases, labs are set up for remote usage for PMP students. Faculty/staff/grads can also use remote desktop to thier own machines located in the CSE building. Finally, there is a machine set up for the Faculty to use that is configured identically to the instructional lab machines for testing purposes.
Thinking about running a dual-boot machine (Windows and Unix)? It carries all the same issues as administering your own Unix system (see previous item), but with additional maintenance issues. Read this document before proceeding!
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