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Using Music Playing Software in Nebula

Nebula clients are able to install software on their computers, and save work-related files to the file servers. Software that plays music CD's through a computer's speakers has become very popular. However, this software typically tries to save the music files to the My Music folder.

In Nebula, the My Music folder is redirected to H:\My Music on the file servers. This has resulted in many gigabytes of non-work related music files being saved inadvertently to the file servers. Consequently, Nebula restricted access to the My Music folder and, each night, any content in the H:\My Music folder is deleted.

Any music player you install should be configured to rip, or save, music to a location on your C: drive. Files saved to the H:\My Music folder will be deleted.

A special exception was made for iTunes, which will not install correctly unless it has write-access to the My Music folder. Nebula allows iTunes temporary access to the H:\My Music folder, and then restricts it again. If you choose to install iTunes, do not load any music until iTunes has been configured to save to your C: drive.

Instructions for configuring two popular music players are given below. Unless you are required to save music files for work, Nebula cannot provide any support for these products beyond these instructions, and compliance with any legal requirements remains the client's responsibility.