Accessing Individual Computer Terminals

On many occasions individual lab computers will be inaccessible for a number of reasons. An easy way to determine a computer's state is to check the background colour of the login screen:

• A blue background indicates that the machine is free for normal use.
• A maroon background indicates that the machine has been booked by a subject (lab) class. Only students enrolled in this subject (or those partaking in the lab exercise) can use this machine.
• A purple background indicates a personal booking, where only the student who made the booking can use the machine.
• A black background indicates a machine which has been removed from the general pool of available computers. You will not be able to use, or book this machine.

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Loc Van Huynh 2007-03-15