Skip to main content
Advanced Search
Search Terms
Content Type

Exact Matches
Tag Searches
Date Options
Updated after
Updated before
Created after
Created before

Search Results

11 total results found

UCLA Campus Telephone prefixes

UCLA Resources

UCLA telephone numbers are located within the 310 area code and encompass one of the following prefixes:206267312319794825983To identify the full seven-digit UCLA telephone number, match the last digit of the prefix to the first digit of the five-digit number....

prefix
telephone

What is Slashdot?

Useful Links

Slashdot is a well-known website that provides a nice starting location for up to date news and commentary about current events in IT and technology in general. Users submit links to stories and people can discuss these stories.The offical URL for Slashdot is...

Assigning permanent location for a USB drive

MacOS, Windows, and Linux

Windows will assign USB drives the first available drive letter when they are detected. If you have more that one device, this could cause problems, because drive letters will be different for them if they are not plugged in the same order every time. A work...

USB

Windows Updates don't work

MacOS, Windows, and Linux

If Windows Updates download but fail to install, Microsoft knowledgebase 943144 provides a fix:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144Cleanest option is to re-register wups2.dll in Windows per KB943144.To register the Wups2.dll file in Windows, follow these ste...

Microsoft
Windows Update
broken
Microsoft update
service pack 2
service pack 3
sp2
sp3
update
Windows
XP

Optimizing Firefox for broadband

Internet and Web Browsers Firefox

Taken from a PC World article…Open FirefoxType about:config in address bar and press EnterType network.http in the filter fieldDouble-click network.http.pipelining.maxrequests to bring up the "Enter integer value’ dialog box. Enter a higher number than the de...

Firefox

Installing Mac OS X DVD media on CD only Mac

MacOS, Windows, and Linux

One way of installing Mac OS X DVD media on a Mac that only has a CD drive (like a G3 iBook) is to use a Mac with a DVD drive and connect the CD only Mac via Targeted Disk Mode using a firewire cable. When running the OS X installer, you can choose the drive ...

Mac OS X
Mac OS X installation DVD

Campus wireless network

Internet and Web Browsers UCLA Campus Networks

Please see BOL’s help article here on campus wifi:https://help.bol.ucla.edu/kb_view.do?sysparm_article=KB0010954

wireless
UCLAWLAN
UCLA_WIFI
UCLA_WEB
UCLA_SECURE

Wordstar converter

Useful Links

To open and convert old Wordstar for Dos files in Microsoft Word, you will need a converter, which is currently available athttp://www.gmayor.com/downloads.htmunder “WordStar (for DOS) converter for Word.”

Wordstar

Configuring the UCLA Proxy Server on an iPad

Mobile Devices

To configure your iPad to use the UCLA Proxy Server when at home,1. Connect your ipad to your current home wireless network2. Tap on Settings, and tap on Wi-Fi (next to it will have the name of your wireless network)3. You will see the wireless network you are...

iPad
proxy

How do I access Turnitin submissions from Summer 2016 and before?

Applications/Software

If you used Turnitin through MyUCLA, you will need to login to https://turnitin.com/ to access old student submissions. UCLA has created Turnitin accounts for instructors so you will be able to access Turnitin.com by resetting your password. Go to https://turn...

Turnitin

OASIS shortcut for Host Explorer 15

UCLA Tech Resources

By default, Host Explorer 15 does not automatically start OASIS like in Host Explorer 9. If your only reason to connect to zos.ais.ucla.edu is for OASIS access, you can save a step by creating a keystroke script in Host Explorer.Create a new quick script to r...

Connection Central
HostExplorer
Open Text
OASIS