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Policies Users of Cornell University’s IT resources are subject to local, state, and federal laws, as well as University IT policies. See Responsible Use of Information Technology Resources for what this means for you.
This page refers to eduroam passwords.
These instructions are for computers using Certified Desktop. To connect a personal device, please use our onboarding tool. Select eduroam from the Airport menu bar.
No, not while you are a student. All students have Google Workspace accounts; all official university communications are sent to this address. You can choose to access your messages through another email app (if you don't like Google's interface).
You can share the Google Docs associated with your Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) account in a number of ways. Each document can be shared with No one Only the people you specify (through their Google Workspace account) Anyone who has the link to the document Anyone For…
There is no charge to students, faculty, staff, or visitors for using Wi-Fi. Note: If you are a departmental coordinator interested in having Wi-Fi access installed, please see Department Installation Information.
Cornell students, faculty, staff, and visitors from other eduroam-participating institutions, should use eduroam to securely connect to the internet. Welcome to the Cornell campus. To access the internet, you must register to use the Cornell-Visitor network. Follow the steps below.
Adware – software that displays advertisements; you may see popup ads or a small window or bar that displays ads in your browser.Back door – a means of accessing your computer that bypasses computer security mechanisms.Back up (verb) – to copy an electronic record to ensure its information will not…
Forgotten Password?NetIDIf you know your NetID but cannot remember your password, follow the steps for requesting a replacement password in the information about NetIDs web page.GuestIDTo change your GuestID password, or to recover your password should you lose it follow these directions.
Most CIT-affiliated websites that require authentication support the use of CUWebLogin. Websites maintained by other departments frequently do, but it is possible that you may have to authenticate in another way. If you have questions about how to sign in to a website that is not maintained by CIT…
The ADFS screen pictured above is the login portal for accessing:
(For information about what phishing is, see How to Guard Against Internet Fraud.)
Log in with a NetID
Google Workspace (previously known as G Suite) users can change their display name (your name as seen by people to whom you send email). If you want to edit your display name, or if you are seeing an incorrect name and want to fix it, walk through the procedures listed below. Your name can be…
If you choose to forward your email, you do so at your own risk.Everything on this page could be placed in boxes with exclamation points and other attention-getting devices. But, at a bare minimum, please read this: If you choose to forward your email, you do so at your own risk.Some (many)…
OverviewFaculty, staff, postdocs, graduate and professional students, and retirees are initially set up with Microsoft 365 email accounts. By default, you access these accounts through an email client like Outlook, Apple Mail, or Outlook on the Web.Undergraduates begin at Cornell with Google…
Open the message. Click the small, downward-facing arrow next to the Reply arrow icon near the top right of the message window, just under the Subject of the message. Select Show original. A separate window will open, showing a few summary rows at the top, then the complete…
Spam makes up more than two-thirds of all email traffic. Every email in the world passes through a gauntlet of junk mail / spam filters designed to protect recipients from all that spam.With so much complexity, it’s inevitable that the occasional message will be misjudged. Take these two steps…
Please note that removing all your stored images in Google Photos will turn off your access to the service. This is part of an effort to discontinue the Google Photos service. For more information, learn about the future of the Google Photos service at Cornell.Free Up SpaceIf your problem is…
Transfer OneDrive Data to Another Person or GroupThe simplest method to copy your OneDrive data to one or many others is to create a team in Teams. Add each person who needs access as a member of the team. Then move the files to the new team.

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