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Eric Vlach
October 5, 2020
AWS
In my AWS accounts, when I’m first setting up an EC2 instance, I will chose an on-demand instance while I set things up – I frequently have changes in requirements as I install or find out about my user’s requirements,…
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Eric Vlach
February 26, 2018
Uncategorized
This post is for Economics PhD students, with instructions on how to find and book carrel space 11th floor and the workstations on the 10th floor. We are using the A&S-wide calendar room booking system. However, only Economics PhD students…
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Eric Vlach
February 16, 2018
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This post is for PhD Economics Carrel owners, with instructions on how to mark their space as “occupied.” If not proactively marked as occupied, the space is available by default. By leaving your space open and available, you are giving…
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Eric Vlach
October 11, 2017
Software
The 2nd iteration of the High Performance Cluster, codename “Yeti”, will be retired on November 1st. The Social Sciences Computing Committee has purchased a number of nodes on the new cluster for its affiliates, which includes Economics, ISERP, and CPRC….
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Eric Vlach
November 7, 2016
Hardwareclone, copying, disk, drives, reflect, ssd
Frequently, I will get a new computer from Dell, and purchase a solid state drive from amazon separately, as they tend to be a lot cheaper than the built-in SSDs provided by Dell. (Note that doing this will void the…
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Eric Vlach
October 26, 2016
Softwaredelete, dell, fixit, microsoft, office, remove, uninstall, word
Frequently on new computers, particularly the standard builds from Dell, windows comes with a Microsoft Office 2013 or 2016 trial pre-installed. This is either a fully installed 30-day trial, or an installer that comes in three languages – English, Spanish,…
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Eric Vlach
September 21, 2016
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Faculty and Graduate students in the economics department are able to edit their own page. Go to http://econ.columbia.edu/user and login with your UNI and password. Navigate to your user page, you can find a link to your page by going to “people >…
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Eric Vlach
September 17, 2013
Hardware, Networkconnect, ethernet, mac, network, network printer, pc, printer, wifi, windows, wireless printer
To connect to a network printer, follow these instructions. (Windows first. Scroll down for Mac) Connecting to a Network printer on a Windows machine (Windows 7 and 8). Open your devices and printer window. Go to your control panel, then…
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Eric Vlach
July 30, 2013
Networkdesktop, map network drive, network, network drive, samba, shared drive, smb, windows
If you need access to a drive, have a permissions problem, need a password reset, or have any other problems with connecting to a shared drive, please use the following form. For instructions on connecting to a drive once you…
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