Software and Hardware
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- Getting Software and Hardware
- Services Available to You
- Maintenance and Repair
- Protecting Your Computer
Getting Software and Hardware
Acquiring your own hardware and software may not be necessary, see Services Available to You below.
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For Faculty and Staff
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Services Available to You
Powerful computers, massive storage, and sophisticated software are available for your use.
For Students
- Virtual software
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ViDA (Virtual Desktop Access) provides students with access to high-end software (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and more) through the Internet. You can use ViDA anywhere you are if you have an Internet connection.
For Faculty, Staff, and Students
- Collaboration tools
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Use your UW NetID to sign-up and access these UW-branded, ad-free Microsoft and Google services:
UW Windows
Live — Email, calendar, and contacts; live
chat, voice, and video; online file storage and
collaborative workspace; and photo and slideshow
sharing.
UW Google
Apps — Email and calendaring; document and
presentation creation, storage, and sharing; Web site
creation; and instant message and computer voice
calling. - Computer workstations
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The Odegaard Learning Commons provides access to hundreds of Mac and Windows computer workstations.
- Technology studios
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Technology studios for videoconferencing, collaboration, digital presentation, media, and sound projects are available.
- UDrive Disk Storage
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UDrive, a central file storage for users, provides students, faculty and staff with a place to store files that can be accessed from anywhere, on- and off-campus.
- Web publishing
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Web publishing on UW Central Servers gives you a place to build Web sites, run wikis, set up blogs, and more.
For UW Researchers
- Research computing
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The eScience Institute offers resources for research computing:
- Hyak — A large-scale, "condominium-style" compute cluster with large data storage facilities
- Lolo — A research computing file storage service
- SQLShare — Web-based application for data integration, analysis, and sharing that lets researchers get answers to their research questions without extensive programming or database knowledge.
Maintenance and Repair
- The Computer Vet in the Learning Commons in Odegaard Undergraduate Library can help with operating system updates, anti-virus software installation, and cleaning out infected computers.
- The Computer Maintenance Group provides hardware and software services generally for UW-owned computers, charging the work to UW budgets.
- Health Sciences Academic Services & Facilities Computing Support provides a variety of support and repair services. HSAS&F can work on both UW computers and personally-owned computers.
- Many commercial computer maintenance services are available off-campus.
Protecting Your Computer
- Sophos Anti-Virus Software — Students, faculty, and staff can download Sophos and use it on their University-owned and personal computers.
- Electronic Equipment Registration — A registration service for personal equipment offered by UW Police.
- Equipment Insurance — University property and equipment (including laptops) is not automatically insured. Low cost coverage is available for UW departments.
