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Using newuser

newuser allows you to activate your account from the CSE lab PC.

Figure 1.6: An example of an initial login screen.

1. Find a vacant workstation, sit down at it, and relax. If the screen appears black, move the mouse or press the shift key, this should make your screen spring to life, if it does not produce the desired result, go and seek help. Your screen should appear similar to figure 1.6.
2. Log on to the machine as newuser (NOTE: you must use all lower case letters), and press RETURN and requires no Password.
3. A browser displaying the Yellow Form will appear. Read the Yellow Form carefully. Don't just acknowledge without reading, because you are legally bound by the terms. At the end of the page, press the button "ACCEPT YELLOW FORM AND ACTIVATE ACCOUNT"
4. An authentication window will appear. Enter the following:

   Username: your UNSW loginID
   Password: your unipass
   (Your UNSW loginID is "z" followed by your studentID e.g. z3126789, as you use with myUNSW)

5. Following the instructions on the screen.

   These conditions must be accepted before you are allocated a computer account and you are bound by these conditions for the duration of this account. You should, therefore, take the time to read this advice carefully and understand it before you proceed to accept it. If you require clarification on any of the conditions presented, please see the Help Desk in room G03 of the ME Building.

   Upon acknowledgement of the conditions, newuser will allow you to enter a password, which you will use each time you login to your account. For more information on choosing a password, see section 1.3.4 on page .

   When you have finished with newuser, you should be able to log on to the machine using your CSE login name and password within ten minutes. For more information on login names and logging in read Logging On and Off in section 2.2.2 on page .

When you login for the first time your home directory will be set up for you.

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