Author Archives: Anna-Liisa
Moving your e-mail from your old account to Outlook
This guideline is not yet available in English. If you need help with this subject, contact IT services.
How to start using Mozilla Thunderbird
You are able to use your school mail account (the one that lies in the cloud services) also on your local computer, using e.g. Thunderbird. Mozilla Thunderbird is an easy to use e-mail application and it is also free of charge. You may download it from http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/. Taking Thunderbird into use When you launch Thunderbird […]
Protecting private information is your responsibility
Protecting privacy in the Internet is everybody’s responsibility. You should never put personal details of other people to the web and it is also a good idea to thoroughly consider what information you put there about yourself as well. Things you put to Internet might be difficult or even impossible to remove once posted. E.g. […]
(suomi) Oamkin henkilökunnan käyttäjätunnuksen salasana
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About using USB memory sticks
It’s not recommended that you use a USB memory stick for confidential data. Also, you ought to keep your entertainment and study related USB drives separate. Don’t use your study related flash drives in Internet cafes and alike. You can make your USB memory stick (= Flash/USB/thumb drive), more secure by using encryption: There are […]
How to change your Oamk password
This instruction describes two methods how to change your Oamk password when you remember the current one. If you have forgotten your password or want to reset it, see the other guideline instead: How to apply Oamk username and/or new password (oulu.fi). When planning a new password, check Password requirements and recommendations (oulu.fi). Method 1: Using […]
(suomi) Käyttöoikeuksien määrittely Unixissa
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(suomi) Oamkin henkilöstön käyttäjätunnukset ja sähköpostiosoitteet
(suomi) Viruksista
Oamk student’s account password
Every student at the Oulu University of Applied Sciences has an Oamk account; a user name and related password. You need your account e.g. when you want to read your email, log in to the Oamk data systems e.g. Students intranet Oiva and map your home directory (to a Windows computer at the school network) Students […]