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Basic instructions for For logging onto the Networked Macintoshes at Princeton.edu

Logging On to the Network from a Macintosh

1. Pull down the apple menu

(Move your mouse pointer to the rainbow apple icon at the extreme left of the top menu bar, hold down the mouse button a menu should appear below the apple. 2. Select the "chooser" option (Still holding your mouse button, drag the mouse downward until the word "Chooser" is highlighted then release the mouse button) 3. The Chooser will open with three separate windows as shown below.
    1. Select the Appleshare icon by clicking on it.
    2. Scroll the AppleTalk zone window until you see "PU_CIT_Services" and click on that zone.
    3. Select the "phoenix" file server in the third zone.
    4. Lastly click on the "OK" button.
  1. Once you have clicked on the ok button, the next window will appear.
a. Delete the user name that appears and enter your own

(Point to the immediate left of the word you wish to delete, hold down the mouse button and pull across the word to the right. This should highlight the whole word. Hit the delete key and type your username—do not add the @princeton.edu at the end.)

b. Enter your password in that blank---Do not type in any spaces or hyphens.

    1. Click on the "Connect" button.
5. The Following window will now appear. Click the "OK" button. Upon your successful login, the macfiles icon will appear on your desktop.
6. You may wish to close the "chooser" window at this time—Simply click on the close box in the top left corner of the chooser window.
 
 
 
Logging Off of the Network from a Macintosh
  1. Quit all applications.
  2. Drag the MacFiles icon into the trash bin. This ends your macintosh session.
(Just in case)

Logging On to the Network from a PC

  1. Press and hold down the "ctrl" and the "alt" keys simultaneously.
  2. Hit the "delete" key while still depressing the ctrl and alt keys.
  3. A login window will open.
a. type in your username exactly as it is given to you on your list—Do Not type in the @princeton.edu portion.

b. Enter your password in that blank---Do not type in the spaces or the hyphens.

c. Click on the "Login" button.

d. Wait. The machine will whir and click. Eventually, you’ll be able to use the applications that appear on the desktop.
 
 

Logging Off of the Network from a PC

1. Press and hold down the "ctrl" and the "alt" keys simultaneously.

2. Hit the "delete" key while still depressing the ctrl and alt keys.

3. A logout window will open. Click on "Logoff"

4. When asked if you’re sure, click "yes".
 

Written for the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Teachers' Institute by Chris Davis,  10 July 99

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