Installing Python Packages under Windows To install Python packages ("eggs") from the Python language's package manager "pip," follow our instructions below. This can be done without Administrator access in a per-user, per-project clean manner with virtualenv. Virtualenv is the industry-standard way of developing and running Python. Virtualenv is available in our environment for [...]
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Laptop Guide Using Your Laptop Before you can use your laptop in an Maseeh College area you must register it with us. This does not apply to wireless interfaces; you can just connect to wireless and enter your password when redirected to a login page. You can register your laptop at: [...]
A series of tutorial-style pages or notes of importance for some Windows software offerings found on our supported systems.
X forwarding with Xming This tutorial will cover how to forward X11 applications from a remote Unix/Linux host to a local Windows machine. On a Unix/Linux machine, you can run remote applications via XForwarding with something like: ssh -X rnixon@dthroat.cat.pdx.edu "gimp". In order to get this same functionality on a Windows machine, we [...]
Understanding the S: Drive Observant users of CAT supported Tier 1 or 2 Windows systems may notice that two of their drive mappings is mapped to their Linux storage space. What is the "Linux storage space"? The Linux Storage Space is the contents of your Linux home directory. While some of you [...]
Connecting to Your Stash via Windows Step 1: Connect to the MCECS VPN This step is only necessary for Tier 3 devices (personal laptops, desktops outside our network). If you are already on our network, you can skip to step 2. for documentation to do this, please see this guide: CAT VPN [...]
Accessing OIT Windows Accounts Accessing a Directory With a Web Browser OIT provides access to personal, departmental, and student directories through the internet. For more information, see the following article on OIT's website: Mapping a Network Drive Mapping a network drive allows you to interact with your files more directly. For OIT Student Home [...]
Topic related to Remote Access to/from Windows computers.
Restoring a File with Shadow Copy Background Restoring a Previous Version of a File Restoring a Deleted File or Folder Background Any files stored on your N:or Z: drives are backed up to tape nightly for disaster recovery purposes. In addition, starting at midnight, a service called shadow [...]