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Accessing your user directory or shared space is easy on
Windows. You will be able to successfully connect to your data
automatically using Active Directory authentication.
If you would like to connect manually, you will have to setup
each share separately. The following is a list of shares you can
connect to:
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Shared space: \\files.uidaho.edu\shared\
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User directory: \\users.uidaho.edu\users\
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Academic website:
\\files.uidaho.edu\shared\webpages\
If you have an academic website then you
can find instructions on accessing your data
here.
Below is
information on how your shares are automatically mapped through
Active Directory or Local Computer Authentication. However, you may also access your shares manually. Please select from one of the options below
if you would like to know how to access your files manually:
Active Directory
By far the easiest way to access your data is
to authenticate to Active Directory when you logon to your
computer. If you are authenticating to Active Directory, then two drive
letters should appear: U:\ and S:\. The U:\ mapping houses your
user directory, while the S:\ mapping contains
shared space data you have access to. If you do not already have Active Directory
authentication setup on your computer please contact your
department's system administrator or the ITS Help Desk
before changing settings.
Local Computer
Authentication
Since Novell required a local account, the
majority of computers on campus are setup to access files and
programs on your computer by authenticating locally to your
computer. If you do not have the S:\ or U:\ drives mapped to
your local machine, you can use the
quickConnect Tool to
connect to these shares. First, to check if you have drives
already mapped follow these instructions:
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Click on
the Start menu.
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Right-click on (My) Computer
and select
Explore from the contextual menu.
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Under
Network Drives, confirm the U:\
and S:\ drives exist. If they don't exist, then
follow the quickConnect instructions here.
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