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If you have a problem with your desktop computer, a computer in a laboratory, the network or any other related IT issue, submit an IT help desk service order. If you can access a computer on campus, the URL for the help desk is http://help. From off campus the URL is https://netid.northseattle.edu/portal/help.php. If you don’t have access to a working computer or have an emergency situatio, contact the help desk at 527-3630.

An HTML version of the IT 138/140/298 class notes, saved as an HTM document with Microsoft Word (you may find it illuminating to view the page source for the notes and compare it to, say, this one.)

Information for Linux users using NSCC computer resources is here.

Your step-by-step guide to web pages on Sextant.

Recycle It! Have a computer, cell phone or other electronic equipment to dispose of? Information on e-waste recycling is here. Also note that starting in 2009, residents of Seattle may have elecronic equipment picked up with their household recycling.

You can anticipate problems with daylight savings time.

The campus snow closure policy can be found here.

New threats on the (near) horizon, with useful tools.

Many organizations still use Windows 2000 servers. There is a serious flaw in Windows 2000; details here.

This PDF file suggests what you're up against in the world of commercial ISPs and Microsoft.

An excellent (and free!) firewall.

We use the Knoppix version of Linux, among others, in class. Details are here.

An excellent paper on hard drive partitioning.

Older versions of Slackware Linux may be found here.

Even Amazon can have web problems.

The Halloween Papers: interesting insights into Microsoft strategies.

Some of the more common Unix/Linux ports.

Students are strongly advised to activate their student computer accounts. See this site.

If you work with Windows, you should monitor this site.

Abha Harting sends this partial list of live Linux CDs that can be run from your CD-ROM drive without installation.

A DOS open-source site.

Knowledge of the NSCC software policies is the responsibility of all students. Help with TCP/IP, courtesy of O'Reilly Associates. An Adobe document reader is required. The executive-level overview.

Those seeking help installing Linux on a PC might start here, including some notes on compiling a Linux kernel here.

If this is your second quarter or later, you should have a resume that you can hand out to interested persons, recruiters at job fairs, your bus driver, and anyone else who can fog a mirror. If you don't have one, look at the various resume-building web sites, and AFTER YOU HAVE A DRAFT, visit Janet Sekijima in the College Center. She can help you do wonders. You will also need business cards.

If you would feel better with some idea of the questions we deal with and what the exams cover, this may help. Or not.

The Internet Requests for Comments (RFCs) govern almost all aspects of the workings of the internet. For example, here is RFC 1060, governing various assigned numbers.

Thousands of computer technology books are available on-line here. Join the library!

Lab Smoking Policy. Smoking in TB labs is now permitted, under certain circumstances. Anyone wishing to smoke, however, must first file with the Dean, in triplicate, the U.S. Government Environmental Impact Narrative Statement (EINS, EPA Form EPA-112927-35.122.302 Part IX, available at the EPA website www.epa.gov), describing in detail the type of combustion proposed, impact on the environment, and anticipated opposition. Do NOT confuse this form with the similar but incorrect EPA Form EPA-11293735.122.302 Part IX. EIN statements must be filed with the instructor at least 30 days in advance of the first desired smoking event.

Feel free to e-mail questions to dshoemak@sccd.ctc.edu for further information.

Unix shows up in the most unexpected places. Click Some Unix Strangeness to see what I mean.

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