This notice primarily affects postgraduate students who're using computers in academic departments. Any student who has already (re-)registered their computer in 2008 can safely ignore this message.
Every year at around this time, we clean out old student registrations from many of our systems. This includes computers that are registered by students for use on our network. During the course of the next week, we will be de-registering student computers that have not been re-registered for use on our network this year. The details of this follow:
Private computers registered to previous students who have not completed administrative registration in 2008 will be de-registered during the course of this afternoon. A full list of these will be posted here shortly after this happens.
Computers belonging to students who have administratively registered for 2008, but that have not be re-registered for use on our network this year, will be de-registered during the course of Thursday 10 April. Any student who is still making use of a computer on our network, but who has not re-registered it for 2008, should ensure they do so before the cutoff date. This primarily affects postgraduate students.
Postgraduate students who're using machines in academic departments should complete an application form and get their head of department or chief technical officer to countersign it. The completed form should be taken to the IT Division Helpdesk on the middle floor of Struben building. You should should be aware that some departments (for instance Physics, Computer Science and Information Systems) forward us postgraduate registrations in bulk, obviating the need for you to complete an individual form. Please check with your department's chief technical officer to find out if this is the case.
A complete list of student PCs that we intend to de-register next week will be posted here shortly.