Overview

This page outlines the typical questions/setups that are required for a new computer or imaged computer

Signing into your computer

To sign into your computer, you must use your RIT username and password.  If you don't know your password, please use the forgot password feature at https://start.rit.edu/.

Email

Start by opening Microsoft Outlook, located in your Start menu.

Once open, you will be prompted for setting up your email.  In most cases, you can take the defaults.

By default, Outlook does not automatically turn on spell check before sending.  If you want this feature on, open Outlook, click the File tab, click Options, click Mail and check Always check spelling before sending.

To setup your signature, see Email Signatures for details.

Review the Email section of Windows 11 - Default Applications to ensure Outlook is your default mail client.

Adobe Creative Cloud

Unfortunately, with current licensing from Adobe, we cannot preload Adobe software to your computer.  

To install Adobe software, please see Adobe Software for how to sign into Adobe Creative Cloud and how to install other Adobe products.

Avaya Phone System

See Avaya Cloud Office Phone System for details on how to use the RIT phone system. The Avaya software should already be installed onto your computer.

Additional Software & Web Browsers

There may be a lot of other software packages, like other web browsers, you may need installed on your computer.  Be sure to review Portal Manager for what applications are available.  If you don't see what you are looking for, feel free to reach out to Saunders Technical Support for assistance.

If you install a web browser, see the Default Web Browser section of Windows 11 - Default Applications to set that browser as your default.  Also, take a look at Web Browsers for information on configuring them as well as signing into the browser to sync all of your settings.  This is a great option for keeping all of your bookmarks synced between devices.

Slack

Using Portal Manager, you can install the Slack Application.  Once installed, go to C:\Program Files\Slack Deployment and double-click on the Slack icon.  The installer doesn't always add the icon to the desktop.

To login to the app, open https://rit-saunders.slack.com/ on your browser and sign in.  Once signed in, click on Open the Slack App from under the RIT-Saunders menu.  This will auto configure the Slack app, provided it is open in the background.

See Slack for additional details.

Printers

Printers are automatically installed for Saunders managed computers, so no additional steps should be needed.  For details on the printer names and locations, please see Printing and Scanning.

Zoom

When you open Zoom, select the SSO option to sign in.  If prompted for a domain, enter RIT. This will redirect you to a web page to login with your RIT username/password.

See Zoom for additional instructions.

Code42 (Backup Software for Faculty/Staff Computers)

Please see CrashPlan for instructions on how to set it up.

Additional Information

We recommend you bookmark the website https://apps.scb.rit.edu/. This site is a series of bookmarks to a lot of key university services. Of course, if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Saunders Technical Support.