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MyFiles Premium for Students

Windows Vista Access

1. Download and install the Software Update for Web Folders package from Microsoft at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=907306. This software update is necessary in order to use MyFiles Premium.

2. From your desktop, click on Windows logo to open the Start menu, then select Computer.

3. On the left side of the Computer Explorer window, expand the Folders list, if necessary, then right-click on the Computer folder and select Add a Network Location.
   
   

4. The Add Network Location Wizard opens. Click Next, select Choose a custom network location, and click Next again.
   
   
   
   
5. In the Internet or network address box, enter the URL for MyFiles Premium to access your personal SAFE space and click Next.
   
   Note: The URL for MyFiles Premium uses the format shown below, replacing <xx> with the first two characters of your Hawk ID and <hawkid> with your full Hawk ID.

https://myfiles.uiowa.edu/students/<xx>/<hawkid>

For example:

Hawk ID	Network Path
herky	https://myfiles.uiowa.edu/students/he/herky
juser	https://myfiles.uiowa.edu/students/ju/juser



6. You will be prompted to enter your user name and password. In the box labeled User name, type your domain\Hawk ID (for example, iowa\ hawkid).
   
   Note: ITS recommends that you do NOT check the Remember my password box. Doing so has the potential to give access to your student files to anyone who has access to the computer on which you are creating the web folder.
   
   Click OK to authenticate and create the web folder.



7. Give a name to the web folder you are creating. In this example, the folder will be named myfiles.uiowa.edu. Enter the name you want to give to the folder in the Type a name for this network place box and click Next. You can change the name later if desired.



8. Click Finish once your folder is set up correctly. If you want to see the contents of your folder after completing this wizard, leave the box labeled Open this network place when I click Finish marked, otherwise clear this box before clicking Finish.



Note: If you indicated that you wanted to open your folder upon completion of the wizard, your folder will appear. Note that the address box contains the path to your folder. Your folder may or may not contain any files, depending on whether you have ever used it before (for instance from the H: drive mapping in an ITC). You can now store files in this folder and they will be available to you via this web folder and from your H: drive in the ITCs.

To open your web folder in the future, simply open the Computer Explorer as described earlier and double-click on the folder you created. To change the name of the folder, simply right-click on it, choose Rename, and enter the new name as you would with any other Windows folder.

 

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Last Updated: 04/24/2008