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General Usage

• OIT Help Desk Support Services, Systems, And Policies
  Supported applications
• E-Mail Clients Currently Recommended For Use With Mail@umd
  These e-mail clients are known to work with the Mail@umd e-mail system and are Recommended by OIT
• Formatting Your Hard Drive and Reinstalling Windows
  Information about how to format your hard drive and reinstall Windows.
• Mail Filtering with Outlook 2003
  Instructions on configuring Outlook 2003 to filter incoming or outgoing e-mail.
• Outlook XP and Outlook 2003 Mail Setup
  Configuring Outlook XP or Outlook 2003 to read mail at the University of Maryland
• Recommendations for Web Browsers
  OIT Help Desk recommendations regarding web browsers for use with University web applications
• Setting up Mozilla Thunderbird to read E-mail Mail@UMD
  How to configure Mozilla Thunderbird for Mail@UMD
• Upgrade Internet Explorer And Outlook Express To 128-Bit Encryption
  How to upgrade Internet Explorer and Outlook Express to 128-bit Encryption (Windows)
• Using the VPN 3000 Client for Windows 2000, XP and Vista
  Installing and using the VPN client.
• Viewing Message Sizes With SeaMonkey And Thunderbird
  How to set Mozilla and Thunderbird to show the size of each message
• Accessing Device Manager In Windows XP
  how to access device manager in windows XP
• Common File Extensions
  This page contains a list of the most common extensions and what they refer to or the application that produces such an extention.
• Creating Designates with the Windows Client
  How to set up designates for your Corporate Time account.
• Deleting E-mail From Your Mail@umd Account
  Reclaim space in your account
• Dell Computers with Windows XP Having Trouble with Network Registration
  Some new Dell computers come configured with a network bridge which prevents them from properly connecting to the University Network
• Directing Messages To A File Before They Reach Your Inbox
  Filter e-mail to a local file
• Downloading And Installing F-Secure SSH For Windows
  This page explains how to download and install the F-Secure SSH Telnet and FTP client for Windows systems.
• Downloading Mozilla
  How and where to get the Mozilla web browser and e-mail client
• Downloading the Firefox Web Browser
  How and where to download the Mozilla Firefox web browser
• Enabling The Windows XP Firewall
  Use the Windows XP firewall to help protect your computer
• Exporting and Importing Oracle Calendar Events
  Make a local copy of items from your Oracle Calendar (Corporate Time) agenda
• HelpDeskRC
  HelpDeskRC: A New Way to Solve Computer Problems
• How to Find Your Own IP Address
  Find your IP address in Windows, Mac OS, or Unix
• Information On E-mail Attachments
  E-mail attachments
• Installing and Configuring Kerberos for Windows (KfW)
  Instructions on how to download install, and configure Kerberos for Windows (KfW)
• Installing the Oracle Client version 9.0.4 for Windows 2000, and XP
  How to install the Oracle calendaring client for Corporate Time
• Logging into the Oracle Client 9.0.4
  How to log into Corporate Time using the Oracle client for Windows
• Mail Filtering with Outlook XP
  Using Outlook XP's mail filter
• Managing Your E-mail Account
  Information about archiving and deleteing e-mail
• Microsoft Windows Website Resources
  This page provides links to various web sites that can be used for PC resources.
• New Windows Security Vulnerability
  Weakness in WMF image file handling
• Opening the Tivoli Client
  This document tells you how to open the Tivoli (TSM) client on your computer.
• Reading Usenet News with a PC or Mac Desktop News Client
  Downloadable document set
• Turning Off the Windows XP Firewall
  How to disable the Windows XP Firewall completely.
• Web File Formats For Microsoft Windows
  This page has information how to view web file formats in Windows. It has information about zip, image file formats, portable document format and executalbe files
• What Version of Windows am I Running?
  This page explains how to determine what version of Windows you are running.