"Okay, I have my user account, now what?"

For Students

Once your account is created, heres what you can do!

1. An Oneonta email account.
Once created, your email address will be yourusername@oneonta.edu. Then, simply go to http://mail.oneonta.edu and put in your username/password (just your username, not your whole email address!). This will allow you to use our web mail called OWA (Outlook Web Access) to check your email. If you would like your Oneonta email forwarded to an email account you currently have, you can set up a "preferred email address". Just go to http://www.oneonta.edu/useradmin and click on the "preferred email address" button.

2. A computer lab account.This account will allow you to log into the computers in the general purpose computer labs. When your account is created, a web folder (to create web pages on our web server) and a P: drive (to store your course papers and files on our server) are also created for you. When you log into a computer in the general purpose computer labs, the drives for your web folder and for your P: drive will appear under My Computer. When you save a document in the labs, make sure you save it into your P: drive space. The computer lab account, your web folder and your P: drive are set up with the same password as your email account.

3. Your P: Drive.The P: drive is available for you to save your coursework and any other important files so it is safely on our server as opposed to floppy disks and such. You can access your P: drive from off campus or in your residence hall room by opening the web and going to http://tempest.oneonta.edu. When prompted for a username/password, make sure you put in oneontayourusername and then your password. Take a moment to read the documentation on the web page so you can correctly save and retrieve files from your P: drive.

TO CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD

Once the email and computer lab accounts are created, you may change your password by going to:
http://www.oneonta.edu/useradmin

And click on "Change Password". When you click Change Password, you will be prompted for the "old" password, and then for a new password. Make sure your new password is at least 6 characters long, any combination of letters and numbers. Try to avoid any words that are commonplace. You can add a number at the end of the word to make it more unique. When you change your password at that site, it changes both your email and NT passwords. If you forget your password, you can still go to the above address, just click on "Reset Password" (this requires your PIN#)

If you have any questions, please call the Help Desk at x4567