The profile folder contains all of the user settings for your desktop. Profiles contain your wallpaper settings, desktop shortcuts, favorite’s lists, and any other settings you change. We use roaming profiles on the academic network which allows your settings to come up on any computer in any lab.

Microsoft applications by default save to the My Documents folder which is redirected to your Home folder. Do not save to your desktop because files saved there are not redirected to your home folder.

The roaming profiles have a size limitation set on them and if you reach the limit, you will be prevented from logging off until you have deleted some of the files from your folder. The home folders only get deleted at the end of the school year. In order to save to the home folder one must specify the location of the folder to save the file in. All students have this drive mapped as “U” when logging on to the Starkstate.net domain (see figure 1 below).

Figure 1

The “U” drive is mapped to the root of the student’s home folders on Medusa. Students must navigate to their folder to save their work. An easy way to do this is to highlight any account name and start typing in the account name you logged on to the computer with. The cursor will “jump” to that area in the list (see figure 2 below). You must type quickly in order for the cursor to jump directly to your folder. Once you have found your folder, open it by double-clicking on the folder.

Figure 2

The student home folders do have a size limitation. If a student reaches their limit they will need to save some of their files to other media (jump drive, 3 1/2” or CD) or delete some of the files.

Helpful Tip: Put a shortcut on your desktop in order to open your home folder quickly. Highlight your home folder (see Figure 2) and right-click. Select Send To >Desktop (create shortcut)