A to Z of OUCS Services and IT Information
The following A to Z lists many links to all OUCS IT information and services. Click on a letter to view the links. Alternatively you can view a List of Topics instead.
Click on a letter to go to that section of the A to Z.
Popular Topics
A
- Academic Computing Development Team (ACDT) - Service withdrawn.
- Accessibility Equipment
- Accessibility Statement
- Accounts:
- Activating Microsoft Windows
- Active Directory
- ActivLite IT Training
- Additional verification
- ADSM - now called TSM (Tivoli Storage Manager, for Hierarchical File Server)
- Advanced European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)
- Advisory Services (Help Centre)
- Adware and Spyware
- Antivirus Software and Information
- Apple Macintosh
- Archive Data
B
- Backbone Network
- Backup and Archive using TSM on the Hierarchical File Server
- Basic Programming Courses
- Bioinformatics Centre
- Blogs from OUCS
- Braille Printing - service now available via Accessible Resources Acquisition and Creation Unit.
- Breakdown Cover for Personal Computers and Servers
- British National Corpus (BNC)
- Building a Web Site
C
- Web Cache
- CD-ROM Writing
- Certificate Authority
- CGI Programs
- Changing Passwords
- Client Relations Team
- Club Registration
- College and Department Representatives
- Colour Copying
- Colour Printing
- Common Gateway Interface (CGI) Programs
- Computer Repairs and Upgrades
- Computer Security
- Conference Facilities
- Connecting Mobile Devices to the Nexus Service
- Connecting to the Network
- Connecting to the Wireless Network (OWL)
- Contacting OUCS
- Core User Directory
- Courses at OUCS
D
- Data Centres, see also:
- Data Sources:
-
Data Backup and Re-install
Service. See also:
- Instructions for Data Recovery from a non-booting personal computer
- Instructions for Re-installing your operating system
- Operating System Re-installation Service
- OUCS Data Recovery Service
- Development of Web Sites
- Disability Information
- Disposal of Computers
- Documentation & Information
- Domain Name Service (DNS)
- Domain Registration Service
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
E
- Eduroam
- Efficient IT
- E-journals
- E-learning Advice and Support
- Electronic Resources
- Eligibility
- Email (Nexus Service) :
- Email using Oxford Nexus
- ePrints
- e-Science - replaced by Oxford e-Research Centre (OeRC)
- European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)
- EZMLM mail lists
F
- Facilities for Users with Disabilities
- Facilities Management: Charged service for managing fileservers, workstations, web services, holiday cover and other services.
- Feedback Form
- File Recovery Service
- Finishing at Oxford?
- Firewall
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ):
- FTP - See Secure FTP
- FTP mirrors and Anonymous Incoming FTP Service
G
- Google Search Appliance
-
Green IT - also see:
- Efficient IT
- WOL (Wake on LAN service)
- Grid Computing (OxGrid)
- Groups at OUCS
- Groupware Project
- Groupwise
H
- Headers (How to View the Full Headers of an Email)
- Hardware Repairs
- Hardware Repair/Upgrade Service Enquiry Form
- Help Centre
- Help Request Form
- Hierarchical File Server (HFS)
- HTML Tutorial
- (former) Humanities Computing Unit. See LTG and RTS services.
- (former) Humbul Humanities Hub. See Intute: Arts and Humanities
I
- InfoDev: IT Research Support, Data Solutions and Web Design consultations
- Internet - Rules of use:
- Information Security Best Practice Project (ISBP)
- Internship Scheme
- Intute: Arts and Humanities
- iPhone and iPod Touch
- IT Committees
- IT Facilities Management: Charged service for managing fileservers, workstations, web services, holiday cover and other services.
- IT Learning Programme
- IT Rules
- IT Special Interest Groups
- IT Support Staff Services (ITS3):
- iTunes U
J
- JANET - connects the UK's education and research organisations to each other, as well as to the rest of the world through links to the global Internet.
- Jobs at OUCS
- Journals Online
L
M
- Macs (Apple Macintosh)
- Mailing Lists
- Malware. See Adware and Spyware
- Managing Your Web Pages on the OUCS server.
- Map of Oxford - Science Park
- Marketing & Publicity Materials
- Media Production Unit
- Media Conversion
- Local Mirror of commonly-downloaded software
- Mobile devices
- Mobile Oxford Service
- Modelling4All project
N
- Usenet Netnews
- Netware
- Networked Systems Management Service (NSMS) - facilities management of file servers and client systems
- Network Hardware Maintenance Scheme
- Networks
- Network Security - OxCERT
- Network Time Protocol (NTP)
- News feeds. See RSS or OXITEMS
-
Nexus Service
- Migrating to Nexus email
- For Oxford Nexus email information, please see under E
- Novell
O
- Oak LDAP
- Online Journals
- Online Learning Environments:
- Online Learning - ECDL
- Online Shop
- Open Enterprise Server
- Operating System:
- Instructions for re-installing the Operating System on your computer
- Service for re-installing the Operating System on your computer
- OSS Watch, national open source software advisory service
- OUCS:
- OULD (OUCS Linux Desktop Project)
- OXAM
- OxCERT
- Oxford e-Research Centre (OeRC)
- Oxford Text Archive (OTA)
- Oxford Username
- Oxford Wireless LAN (OWL)
- OxGrid
- OXITEMS - Create RSS feeds
- OxFile: Large file exchange
- OxLIP+
- OxPoints
- OxTALENT
P
- Passwords
- PC Maintenance Scheme
- PC Support
- Personal Computing Consultancy
- Personal Home Pages
- Phone System
- Phishing - fake emails
- Plagiarism
- Podcasting
- Poster Printing Service
- Prices in the OUCS On-line Shop
- Printing
- Private Cloud/Virtual Infrastructure, see also:
- Programming Courses
- Protecting your Privacy
- Proxy Cache
- Publicity & Marketing Materials
R
- File Recovery Service for Accidentally Deleted Files
- Registration (authentication) Services for OUCS:
- Re-installation and Data Recovery Services. See: Data Recovery
- Remote Access Services
- Repairing Your Computer
- Rescue Code
- Research Skills Toolkit (in WebLearn)
- Research Strategy
- Research Support
- Research Technologies Service (RTS)
- Restricting Access to Web Pages
- Restoring an Operating System on a Personal Computer
- Restoring Data from Backups
- Room Booking
- RSS (Really Simple Syndication) Feeds:
- Ruby on Rails
- Rules
S
- Scanning
- Secure FTP Service
- Security - OxCERT
- Security - Information Security Best Practice Project (ISBP)
- Self-Paced Training
- Server Side Includes
- Service Level Descriptions
- Shared Infrastructure Services (SIS), see also:
- SharePoint Service
- Shop (OUCS) - Online sales only
- Single Sign-On (SSO) - using the system. See also:
- Site-Licenced Software
- Research Skills Toolkit (in WebLearn)
- Skype Configuration for Oxford Network
- Society Registration
- Software Available on OUCS Help Centre Computers
- Sophos Anti-Virus Software
- Spam Virus and spam filtering
- SPSS Problem - see Help Centre Frequently Asked Questions
- Spyware and Adware
- Status of some OUCS Services
- Subject Support OxTALENT
- Suggestion form
- SuSE Linux Enterprise Server
- Swap Shop - buy, sell or exchange computer equipment
T
- TCP/IP Services and Servers
- Teach-Yourself Training
- Telecommunications
- Telephone System
- Text Encoding Initiative (TEI)
- Thames Suite Facilities & Room Booking
- Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Software
- Research Skills Toolkit (in WebLearn)
- Training courses
- Trouble-shooting:
U
- Unit Home Pages
- University Email Directory
- University Shared Data Centre (USDC), see also:
- Linux (Unix) Service:
- Upgrading Your Computer
- Usenet News
- Unwelcome to IT - how to protect yourself from cyber criminals
V
- Vacancies
- Video Conferencing
- Virus and Spam Filtering of Email
- Virus Protection
- Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
- Virtual Private Network Service (VPN)
- Vista (Windows operating system)
W
- Wake on LAN service (WOL), also see Green IT
- WebAuth 'How To' Documentation
- WebAuth Interface
- Web Cache
- Web Design Consultancy Service
- Weblearn (VLE):
- Webmail - Herald's Webmail service now replaced by the Outlook Web Access interface to Nexus:
- Web:
- Wiki (N.B. some of these wikis are not open to the public):
- Windows Internet Name Service (WINS);
- Windows Operating Systems:
- Windows Servers
- Wireless Networking
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