Campus Computing and Networking Web Page

New Web Address

The address for C&C's Computing and Networking Web site has changed to www.washington.edu/computing/ It's an easy address to remember whenever you are looking for information on computer-related topics at the UW.

Keep this resource at your fingertips by bookmarking it. If www.washington.edu/tech_home/ (the old URL) is in your bookmark file, please be sure to delete it.

The Computing and Networking Web site is furnished by C&C to help you get the most from computing resources at the UW, and to provide a central reference point for information on campus computing.

Watch this column in future issues of Windows on Computing for new or perhaps overlooked information you may seek, but do not know where to find.

Types of Information

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You can search Computing and Networking to find information quickly.

The Computing and Networking Web site offers information for the beginning as well as experienced computer user in these four areas:

Getting Started--UW NetID, software and hardware, campus labs, connecting to the Internet, adaptive technologies, rules
Doing Work--Email, the Web, graphics, mailing lists, online administrative systems, Unix computing
Finding Help--Contacting C&C, UWired resources, computer training classes, computer viruses, computer repair, year 2000
Additional In-depth and Technical Resources--Internet Resource Center, computing support staff references, tv and video, telephones and voice mail

Use the "Search Computing and Networking" button at the top right of the page to help you find the specific information available through this Web site.

Spotlight on Proper Use Tutorial and Quiz

Is it all right to use a UW computer to design and print a donation request letter for your non-profit group? Is there any harm in forwarding an email chain letter to 12 people in your Address Book so you won't have bad luck? If you are not sure, you can find the answers on a new Web-based tutorial.

You, your colleagues, and your students may learn more about rules and guidelines to follow when using UW computing and networking resources. Look under Getting Started > Knowing the Rules for a link to the "Tutorial on Proper Use." Try the sample scenarios on sharing accounts, email, copyright, and security, or go straight to the quiz.

University of Washington Computing & Communications
Windows on Computing, No. 22, Winter 1999
newsltr@cac.washington.edu