Welcome to Penn State's Architectural Engineering Computer and Account Information Website

PSU ID card access:

Grads - 307, 308, 2nd Floor Unit A, NW exterior Sackett entrance
5th yrs - 307, 308, 330, 331, 332, 333, NW exterior Sackett entrance
4th yrs - 307, 308, 3rd Floor Unit A, NW exterior Sackett entrance
3rd yrs - 307, 308, NW exterior Sackett entrance
2nd yrs - 307, 308, 3rd Floor Unit A, NW exterior Sackett entrance
Others - 307, 308
Access to 310 must be approved by faculty

Lost ID cards are replaced with a new id card that has a different 16 digit number on the front and thus will not allow you to access our doors, please email the new number to Corey Wilkinson for updating. SSNs are no longer used for card access.

Storage:

P:\ drive - personal storage. Notification may be given at 90% capacity. Lockout will occur at 100% which means files can be deleted but not saved.

Grads - 1 GB (Need More? Click here)
5th yrs - 1 GB
4th yrs - 1 GB
3rd yrs - 1 GB
2nd yrs - 1 GB
Others - 1 GB

Unless notice is given prior, P drives carry from year to year.

Y:\ drive - public storage. Notification may be given at 90% capacity. Lockout will occur at 100% which means files may be deleted but not saved.

All users are allotted 1 GB. All files will be deleted from the Y:\ drive one week after every semester.

All files on the Y drive are available to all users! If there are concerns about other users seeing your files, you can a)Store them on your P drive, or b)Read about how to secure files on the Y drive and make them accessible to only the people you want to have access here.

O:\ drive - software. CDs and software can be installed to wireless personal laptops and grad PCs, as well as student home PCs.

Profiles:

Profile storage includes roaming desktop shortcuts, favorites, wallpaper...etc. To see how much space you have left, double click the "Profile Size" icon in the Start Menu to display profile total size and file sizes.

To decrease your profile size:
Go to My Computer - C:\Documents and Settings\Username (e.g. pab125)
Then go to Tools-Folder Options-View-Show hidden and system files and folders
All folders in your profile should be visible. Delete files from cookies, my documents, history, temp internet folders...etc. Files should not be saved in the default 'My documents' location or on the desktop, this increases your profile space and network logon time. Use your P:\ drive instead of My Documents. To limit the amount of disk space, go to Internet Explorer-Tools-Internet Options-General-Temporary Internet Files-Settings.

Printing:

Printing credits for each user for each semester are as follows. Grads and 5th yrs have $40. 4th through 1st yrs have $20. The initial printing credit is issued after the first print job of each semester. If you haven't printed anything, you won't have a printing balance.

Printing credit can be purchased in 101 Engineering Unit A, Engineering Copy Center from 8:30 AM- 4:30 PM Monday through Friday. You can click here to see an online printing balance status page.

Printing balance will not be refunded, and does not carry into the following academic year! Do not purchase more credit than you plan on using by the academic year's end. For example, credit purchased in October 2008 will carry into April 2009. However, no credit will be refunded at the end of the Spring semester, regardless of when it was purchased, or how much was lost. Purchase accordingly!

To view printers, types, locations:
Go to Start-Printers and Faxes, then go to View-Details.
Print308 is the printer located in 308 Sackett
Color308 is the color printer located in 308 Sackett
Plot308 is the plotter located in 308 Sackett
(similar for remaining printers)

Software & Hardware:

Software available in the PSUAE computer labs is listed here.
Webcams and microphone headsets are furnished upon request
Scanners are in 307 and 333 Sackett, 105 and 227 Engineering Unit A
DVD burners are in 307 and 308 Sackett, and 227 Engineering Unit A
Digital cameras, digital video cameras and laptops can be signed out from 104 Engineering Unit A

Wireless:

Students that have personal laptops are now able to connect to PSUAE and run most of the software. For a list of minimum system requirements for various software titles, click here.

To see a map of wireless coverage in the area, click here. To see a detailed list of wireless coverage, click here.

Recently, the College of Engineering's Electronic and Computer Services (ECS) unit completed the installation of secure wireless networking systems in all COE buildings on the University Park campus, including: Hammond, EE East, EE West, Engineering Units A, B and, C, Sackett, Reber, Fenske, Hallowell, Leonhard, Earth and Engineering Sciences, Research East, Research West and Cato Park.

Logging off & Security:

Users should log off to prevent P:\ drive and printing balance access by others. Click Start-Log Off.

Security cameras record activities 24 hours a day. Card access logs are recorded 24 hours a day. Printing logs are recorded 24 hours a day. Faculty has access to all P:\ and Y:\ drives. PSU security monitors mass emails and bandwidth usage.

AE Computer Lab Ghosting: