Any undergrad or graduate student who is currently enrolled in the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences and paid the current semester's technology fee is eligible to check out a laptop.

1.02 - Where are the laptops located?

The laptops can be picked up from and returned to the Forestry Library in B50 Skok Hall, the EFW Library in 375 Hodson Hall, or the Plant Pathology Library in 395 Borlaug Hall. Since laptop transactions can only take place during library hours. Check for current operating hours.

1.03 - Can a laptop be reserved?

Laptops may be reserved by talking to someone in the library or calling the library. Laptops will be held for up to two hours after the time of your reservation before it is given to someone else.

1.04 - How many reservations can I make at a time?

Each student is allowed to make one reservation for one laptop at a time. Each student may only have one laptop checked out at a time.

1.05 - How far out can I make a reservation?

Reservations can be made for any time in the current academic semester.

1.06 - How long can a laptop be checked out for?

A laptop can be checked out for up to seven days at a time. Upon return, if you need it longer and no one has it reserved you may check out the laptop again, but this can only be done in the library. You CANNOT call to check out a laptop again.

1.07 - What happens if I return a laptop late?

Because of the limited number of laptops and the number of students waiting to check one out, we need to make sure laptops are returned at the assigned time.

If returned late a $10.00 fee will be charged to your University Account.
Each additional day that the laptop is late, $10 will be charged to your University account.

1.08 - What if something happens to the laptop when I have it?

Students are financially responsible for the laptop while it is in their possession. The college does have insurance to cover acts of theft or vandalism when a police report is filed. You must notify the library immediately if something happens and provide copies of the police reports. All other damage will be the responsibility of the student and will be charged to the STARS account.

1.09 - Can I connect to the Internet?

Yes, the laptop has a wireless ethernet card and hard wired ethernet card. This laptop can be plugged into any network jack on campus or in your home, as well as used on any wireless network on or off campus.

1.10 - How will I print?

Since the laptops are assumed to be used all over campus and off campus we did not set them up with printers. If you are at home you can install your personal printer on the laptop to print something out.

1.11 - Can I save files and settings to the laptop?

We have installed special software that will remove all changes and files added to the laptop each time the laptop is restarted. This means that any special software you install will no longer be available after the computer is restarted. This also means that if you save files to the desktop they will be erased when you reboot. Ideally you should save your work to a USB flash drive, burn them to a CD, or save them to an online network space. If you don't have any of the above options there is a small space called the (T) drive that you can save your files to, and they will not get erased on reboot. We are not responsible for the data on (T) and will not remove data when the computer is returned so it will be viewable and subject to deletion by the next person who checks it out.

1.12 - What do I do if I need help?

If you need help you can come to one of the computer labs and ask the attendant on duty for assistance. You can also go to the CFANS Computer Lab webpage, and look through the help tutorials provided. Of course there are the help files on the computer with each program that you can read through, too.

1.13 - Is there a charge for this program?

This program is completely free to our students and is funded with money from the Student Technology Fees.

1.14 - What components come with the laptop?

Each laptop will come in a carrying case. Inside the carrying case you will find the laptop, power cube and power cable, and a network cable. We ask that you return the laptop fully charged so the next person in line doesn't get a dead laptop at checkout.

1.15 - How do you logon to laptops after 60 minutes of inactivity?

After 60 minutes of inactivity the laptop screen saver will go into affect and will require you to press Ctrl + Alt + Del on the keyboard and enter <cfansuser> as the User ID and <Welcome1> as the password in order to remove the screen saver lock and return to where you left off.