User Responsibilities

Personal File Backup

BACK UP YOUR FILES! All users in DPALM are responsible for maintaining their own backups of personal files. The main choice of backup is currently 3.5" floppy disks and the P: drive. As discussed earlier, the P: drive is a personal network drive available to every user for file storage. All files on the network are backed up nightly while individual user PC's are not. SCAN FOR VIRUSES! All DPALM PC users are responsible for virus checking their own files. Software is provided by DPALM for virus scanning (Discussed in section ten). It is recommended that all floppy disks be scanned before they are used in your office PC. Viruses can corrupt all data stored on the PC's hard drive and floppies, and several DPALM users have lost their entire hard drives. DON'T SHARE PASSWORDS! Sharing passwords sacrifices the integrity of the entire network. Anyone sharing passwords will be subject to disciplinary action. Users should not ask for other users passwords, even on a temporary basis. If access to someone else's files is needed please contact the computer staff.

Office PC and Monitor

TURN OFF YOUR PC AND MONITOR NIGHTLY! PC's and monitors get very hot and may catch on fire. If you need to access your hard disk from home, you may keep your PC on, but we recommend that you move the files that you want to use to your P: drive.

Unlicensed Software

DON'T INSTALL UNLICENSED SOFTWARE! Any software that you decide to install on your PC should be licensed. The license needs to be kept in your office for verification. This includes the PCs in the User Room (2.233).