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This is the Northeastern University College of Engineering Computer Help Wiki. The information page for the Engineering Computer Center is located here.

Please note that you can't log in to this wiki with your COE account. See below for COE services you can log in to.

General Information about the College of Engineering computer systems

• Request an account on the COE / ECE system
• Password Help

• General Information for New Users
• Accessing your Home Directory
• About ECE Accounts
• Email Questions
• Disk Quota
• Printing in the COE labs
• COE Web home pages for students, faculty, and staff
• Network Share Drives mounting instructions

Faculty and Staff

• Information for Faculty and Staff
• Installing Teams on personal machine
• Securing your online meeting: Teams Security and Zoom Security
• Connecting to the NU VPN
• Installing Microsoft Office on University owned computers
• Installing OneDrive on Personal Machines

Students

• Computer Purchase information for students
• VLAB - the COE Virtual Lab (Windows and Linux)
  • VLAB HowTo PDF document for printed handouts
  • Office on VLAB For running Microsoft Office products within VLAB
  • List of COE Windows Lab Software with versions
• VPN - for off-campus access to campus IT resources
• PaperCut - Printing with Northeastern's print management system

Obtaining Software for Student-Owned Computers

• Software on myNortheastern Portal -- includes Windows 10, VMware Fusion
• Azure Dev Tools for Teaching (formerly Microsoft Imagine, formerly Dreamspark) - free Microsoft software for COE faculty, staff, and students
• Adobe Creative Cloud - now FREE for students
• Other Student Software - AutoCAD, Dev C++, MATLAB, Arena (Rockwell)

Installing Software on student-owned computers

• SolidWorks Student Installation Procedures
• Running Virtual Machines on your computer -- for installing Windows on non-Microsoft Hardware
• Installing Windows-only Software on Mac's -- Project and other software from Microsoft's Azure Dev Tools for Teaching program

Other information

• Scroll down for information about using Linux.
• How long does my account remain active after Graduation?

Labs, computers, and lab software

• Lab Hours
• Virtual Lab
• List of COE Windows Lab Software with versions

Linux Help

COE supports Linux terminal logins on our powerful Linux Gateways, and also Linux graphical workstations in our Virtual Lab.

• How to log in to COE Linux: see Linux_Machine_Help
  • More about SSH secure shell logins.
  • Help with X11 remote Linux graphics.
• Linux Resources
• Linux Software - a partial list, also see below.
• Matlab Information
• Cadence Information
• Using AMPL and CPLEX
• How can I change my Login Shell?

For ECC Lab Assistants

• ECE Mail Procedures for PA's
• Editing or adding pages to this Wiki