This page contains extra information for laptop users.
You should log in to your laptop with your normal UOB username and password.
The first time you use a laptop, you must log in while connected to the UOB network. After you've logged in once, your laptop will remember your identity, and you can continue to use the same username and password off-campus.
Click the network icon in the bottom right corner, and click eduroam.
See the IT Services Wireless web page for more information.
If you turn off WiFi before you log off/shut down, you may find that your next log in is faster.
You can optionally install a bundle of utilities that unlock extra features on your Toshiba laptop. The most useful of these enables the function buttons at the top of the keyboard that control brightness etc.
Junos Pulse, the University's VPN software, is pre-installed on your laptop.
Please see the VPN page for instructions on using it.
Your laptop is able to sync its offline files with MyFiles while connected to the VPN.
By default, your laptop's power settings are on a schedule suitable for normal 9am - 5pm use. You can temporarily change these settings, but they will reset to the default at some point.
Open the Options tab and click Do not apply power settings from my IT department to this computer.
Click Apply (bottom right corner).
An offline copy of your personal folders (Desktop, Document) is kept on your PC for when the UOB network is not available – for example if working off-site. You can make additional MyFiles folders available offline by right clicking them and selecting Always available offline.
Folders that are available offline have a green sync icon.
For information on saving data directly to your laptop please see Storing data locally.
See Microsoft's page on offline files for more information.
Your laptop automatically syncs its offline folders with MyFiles to ensure that your data is safe and backed up.
It can do this when connected to the Bristol-ManagedPCs on campus or the VPN (Junos Pulse) off campus.
Right click the Sync Center icon and click Sync All to force your computer to sync its offline files.
To fix any problems, double click the Sync Center icon, click View sync results, then right click the error and choose Ignore or Resolve. Options offered will vary depending on which file is selected.
See Microsoft's page on sync conflicts for more information.
Follow these instructions to temporarily disconnect your computer from MyFiles.
This is mostly useful for laptop users on a slow network connection.
To disconnect: go to Computer, then MyFiles (O:), and click the Work Offline button.
Once you've disconnected, you are using a copy of MyFiles held on your PC. Any data saved to your personal folders or MyFiles is actually just being saved to your hard disk. You will still be able to browse the web and do other network tasks as normal.
Please note: while Working Offline, your data is not backed up. The Offline setting persists after restart.
Make sure that you click Work Online as soon as possible to allow your changes to copy to MyFiles.