How-tos

Step-by-step instructions.

Creating an Omnivex Show
How do I connect to a Windows XP/2003 machine from Linux?: This article explains how to open a Remote Desktop (RDP) session to a Windows computer from a computer running Linux.

Calendar: How to Connect to Dean's Office Exchange using Outlook
iPhone and UC Davis E-mail: How to set up your iPhone to check your UC Davis e-mail.
iPhone and uConnect: How to set up your iPhone for uConnect use
uConnect Outlook Spam Filter

Install Additional Printer Drivers on Windows 2008: Windows 2008 64-bit doesn't always behave when trying to share Windows XP 32-bit drivers.
Printing to a Windows-shared printer through a Mac: While printing to networked printers is simple on a Mac or a PC, printing from a Mac to a USB printer hooked up to a Windows PC has a couple extra steps.
Printing to LAWR printers from a Mac: We share our printers from a Windows server but they can also be connected to directly via IP.

How do I access library databases from off campus?: You need to retrieve information from journals, Web of Science, etc from the campus library Electronic Database Search, but you're off-campus.
How do I connect to my Z, S, R, T drive from the wireless?: Your home and group drives map automatically when using a computer wired to the DEPT-LAWR domain. Using the "wireless" is the same as accessing from off-campus.

Arcview PUR Database: This describes how to connect to the PUR Database that Dr. Zhang's group uses.
Creating a USB Bootable Flash Drive
Exchange: Outlook Calendar with Plant Sciences: How to set up an Exchange Calendar account in Outlook for computers not in Plant Sciences
How do I access library databases from off campus?: You need to retrieve information from journals, Web of Science, etc from the campus library Electronic Database Search, but you're off-campus.
Installing DaFIS on Windows 7
Migrate SQL 2005 to 2008
Moving Large Amounts of Data
Palm Treo 680, Bluetooth, Dial Up Networking, Laptop: How to use the Palm Treo 680 (Hopmans' Phone) as an internet tether for a laptop with bluetooth to T-Mobile.
Reserving Laptops or Projectors: At times you may want to check out a laptop for a class, or use a projector in a room that doesn't already have one mounted.
Running Parallels, how do I increase the size of my Windows partition?: On a Mac under Parallels, Windows runs as a virtual machine. There are several steps to increasing the size of the Windows drive.
Update ArcGIS PUR Database
Upgrading Ubuntu via Command Line

How do I add my voice to a Powerpoint presentation?: If you'd like to automate your Powerpoint presentation by including your voice narration with each slide, this tutorial is for you.
Installing DaFIS on Windows 7
RT for Administrative Staff: Cheat Sheet for RT

Adding Streaming Flash Video to your website
Design Collaboration: Article describing best practices for collaborating on design projects such as web sites, fliers, newsletters.
How do I put a movie on a website?: I'd like to add a movie to my website. I'd like it to stream instead of just being a file to download.
How do I update faculty publication lists on the LAWR website?
Install Oracle Client on PHP in IIS 7
Install PHP on IIS 7: This is almost not worth it.
Installing Plone
RT for Administrative Staff: Cheat Sheet for RT

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