About Us

Staff:

Stacey K. Sawa
IT Specialist/Computer Lab Manager

UHWO Computer Lab Monitors
Ashley
Heather
Jeremy
Rhea
Shaun
IPA Technical Support
 
Samantha

Hours for Summer 2008 Session I:

  • Mon: 10:30am - 6:00pm
  • Tue: 10:30am - 6:00pm
  • Wed: 10:30am - 6:00pm
  • Thu: 10:30am - 6:00pm
  • Fri: 2:30pm - 6:00pm
  • Sat/Sun: CLOSED
  1. The Computer Lab may be closed for classes without notice
    The Computer Lab DOES NOT open when school is not in session (ie. summer during non-summer session, winter break)

History of the UHWO Computer Lab:

  • The current Computer Lab opened in the 1998 Fall Semester. The original 18 student computers had Pentium II 200MHz processors, with 64 MB of RAM, 8 GB hard drives and 15" CRT monitors. They ran Windows '95 as their operating system with Microsoft Office '95 installed on them. They were purchased from PDCS Systems and were replaced in 2001 by 18 new PDCS systems with 1 GHz processors, 256 MB of RAM, and 20 GB hard drives running Windows 2000 Professional and Microsoft Office 2000 Professional. The original 15" monitors carried over to the new systems and remained until the Fall 2006 semester. In the Fall 2006 semester, computers 19 thru 24 carried over from the 2001 batch of PDCS systems while the front row was replaced with new Dell computers purchased during the Spring 2006 semester and installed in the summer. These computers (nos. 7 thru 12) were Dell Dimension 9150 models with 2.8 GHz. Pentium D processors, 1 GB of RAM, 80 GB hard drives and 17" flat screen monitors. The middle row of the computer lab (nos. 12 thru 18) are older Dell Dimension and Optiplex systems all with 17" flat screen monitors. All these computers ran Microsoft Windows XP Professional w/SP2 and Microsoft Office 2003 Professional. In the Fall 2007 semester, we were finally able to dispose of the last of the PDCS systems and now the lab is a mixture of Dell Dimensions and Optiplex systems running Windows XP and Vista.

Current Hardware:

  • Currently the Computer Lab consists of 18 PC computer systems.
    • The 1st row (nos. 7-12) are Dell Dimension 9150 systems with Windows XP Professional and Microsoft Office 2003 Professional. These computers all have 2.8 GHz Pentium D processors, 160GB hard drives, two optical disc drives (one DVD and one DVD-RW), 2GB of RAM and front USB and IEEE 1394 Firewire ports, and 17" LCD monitors
    • The 2nd row (nos. 13-18) consist of older Dell Dimension and Optiplex systems with Windows XP Professional and Microsoft Office 2003 Professional. These computers all have one optical disc drive (some DVD-RW, some CD-RW), 17" LCD monitors and front USB ports (underneath the front panel)
    • The 3rd row (nos. 19-24 are the most recent computers installed in the lab (installed Summer 2007). These computers are Dell Dimension 9200 systems with Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 processors, 2GB dual channel DDR2 SDRAM, two optical disc drives (one 48x combo drive, one 16x DVD+/-RW DL drive), 19" LCD monitors, front USB and IEEE 1394 Firewire ports
  • All 18 computers are connected to the campus network and are Internet capable
  • All 18 computers are networked to the two HP 4250 LaserJet printers along the wall closest to the LCC Theatre
  • There is an HP ScanJet scanner with document feeder connected to computer #7. Computer #7 is reserved for scanner users unless the lab is full

Current Software:

  • All computers are running Microsoft Windows software. Computers 7-18 run Windows XP Professional while computers 19-24 run Microsoft Windows Vista Business Edition
  • All computers have Microsoft Office on them. Computers 7-18 have Office 2003 Professional while computers 19-24 have Office 2007 Professional
  • Other software loaded on each computer includes:
    • McAfee Virus Scan
    • SPSS 15.0 (statistical software)
    • Real Player
    • Adobe Reader
    • Mozilla FireFox
    • WS_FTP95 (only on computers 7-18)
    • SSH
    • JAWS (only on computer 24)

last updated 2/6/2008