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=== *Reminder* ===
 
=== *Reminder* ===
Classwork files should be saved, compiled, and run in your CS student accounts Z-drive to avoid running into any profile issues, UNC path discrepancies, or data loss. Please make sure to save ALL important files and folders in your Z-drive, as the CS Department maintains regular backups of student's Z-drives. If you experience any issues, please contact root@cs.odu.edu.
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Classwork files should be saved, compiled, and run in your CS student accounts Z-drive to avoid running into any profile issues, UNC path discrepancies, or data loss. Please make sure to save ALL important files and folders in your Z-drive, as the CS Department maintains regular backups of our student's Z-drives. If you experience any issues, please contact root@cs.odu.edu.

Revision as of 19:02, 13 November 2017

Beginning in November 2017, all CS undergraduate accounts were configured to use folder redirection. Folder redirection redirects the files in a user’s roaming profile to a file share. This move should lead to faster login times for all user accounts.

Due to this move, at the end of the Fall 2017 semester, all undergraduate roaming profiles will be deleted. In order to preserve all files and folders in a user's profile, each CS undergraduate student must log in one time to a CS Lab machine or VCLab before the end of the semester.

'win_user_profile' Folder

Upon the initial login after this policy has been set, all your files and folders are copied over to the a folder in your Z-drive called "win_user_profile". DO NOT DELETE THIS FOLDER. This folder is the new location for your user profile (i.e. Desktop, Music, Documents, Pictures, etc). In the event of any accidental deletions of this user profile folder, please follow our recovery procedures to recover any Z-drive data loss.

*Reminder*

Classwork files should be saved, compiled, and run in your CS student accounts Z-drive to avoid running into any profile issues, UNC path discrepancies, or data loss. Please make sure to save ALL important files and folders in your Z-drive, as the CS Department maintains regular backups of our student's Z-drives. If you experience any issues, please contact root@cs.odu.edu.