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UW Retirees Computer Support

Computer accounts

The University will provide, on request, a computer account for retirees which may be used for email or personal web pages. This personal information can be accessed over the internet when you are using an account with any service provider such as Bell Sympatico or Rogers.

Information on local internet service providers is at Connecting From Home

To obtain a computer account you need to contact the Computing Help & Information Place (CHIP) at http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/cs/chip/

You can access your email on the account using http://www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca with your browser. Also you can use a mail program to download the email to your desktop. Setup instructions for Microsoft Outlook are at http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/cs/chip/gs/outlookexpress6.html. The setup for other mail programs will be similar. For other "how to" see: http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/cs/chip/howto.html.

Renew Your Library Card

Do you still have a UW Library Card that you're planning to use some day, but you haven't done so since you retired? Laurie Strome tells us that retirees need to have their cards revalidated if they haven't done so since their official retirement date. If you still want to use the card, give her a call - its painless. She just has to do a few quick keystrokes at her computer and you're revalidated while you're on the phone.

Laurie Strome
Patron Accounts, Dana Porter Library
Phone: 519-888-4567 x35520
Email: lestrome@library.uwaterloo.ca