Welcome to the Social Ecology Computing Services web site. We provide information technology, facilities and support to help the faculty, staff and students of the School of Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine meet their learning, teaching and research goals. For assistance you may find answers here on our web site or feel free to contact our office. Submit a request via our web site or you may contact our office by calling (949) 824-8202 or sending email to se.computing@uci.edu.
Purchasing New Equipment
Keep in mind, a three year warranty must be purchased with ALL new computers. Apple purchases -even from the bookstore - require the purchase of Apple Care.
All University owned equipment needs to be approved by our office before any purchases are made. We check to make sure any equipment you are considering will work within the limits of the campus network and that it will effectively meet your needs. Sometimes, we even have access to better equipment for a cheaper price. If you are planning on purchasing new computer equipment, please email Computing Services at se.computing@uci.edu with specific details about what you would like to buy, and we will advise and/or prepare an e-quote. All Computing Support e-quotes include warranties. Keep in mind that any purchases made through the Bookstore, must include either the Dell 3 yr. warranty or AppleCare.
Please note: ALL computers that are for use on campus and tied to the Social Ecology network, except for traveling laptops, will not have administrative access. If you need special privileges please email se.computing@uci.edu. Computing Services does not have access to your funding, therefore cannot place orders.
Thunderbird Transition and Virus Prevention
Thunderbird
The School of Social Ecology as been making an exciting change with its email client. Along with other units on campus we are transitioning to Mozilla’s Thunderbird Thunderbird is an open source email client that has been around for years. Compared to other email clients like Outlook and Eudora (Eudora is not compitable with Windows 7), Thunderbird offers many similar features and many unique features. If you are a faculty member and would like to inquire about this transition please send an email to se.computing@uci.edu. If you would like to read more about Thunderbird just click on the Thunderbird image.
Virus Prevention
Computer viruses are an ongoing problem across the Internet. OIT now scans incoming e-mail for viruses and cleans up infected messages. This protection is available only to messages sent to your @UCI.EDU address. S.E. Computing services also installs McAfee anti-virus and malware protection. If you believe your anti-virus is out of date please send an email to se.computing@uci.edu. Here are some tips to prevent from being infected by viruses:
- Do not open emails from addresses that you are not familiar with.
- Avoid opening emails or web pages that have free offers.
- Avoid visiting web sites that offer free computer virus scanning.
- UCI WILL NEVER ask for your password or username.
