23.05 NetWare Services (the Big Red N)

Right mouse on the Big Red N in the System Tray. Any of that sound interesting? Well, probably not. But if you are in a branch, and so perhaps sharing a computer, there is one important skill here. Right Mouse on the Big Red N and choose NetWare Login. Up pops a new login window. It’ll have, in the Username field, the username of the last person to log in to Novell on that computer. If it isn’t you, this is the way to relogon to Novell using your username. Unlike Horizon, doing this won’t close open windows – it’ll just work. And it’s handy because it lets you get to your personal Novell space. Your what, you say?

23.06 Your Personal Novell Space

Each Novell user has a personal folder on the F: Drive. Yours can only be accessed from a machine that you are logged into (and by DIT administrators, of course). It is backed up, and therefore a great place to put documents you don’t want to lose. Once logged into a machine, click the “My Computer” icon on the desktop. Under the Network Drives heading, you should see a folder with your user name. You can save files there, drag and drop files there, or just enjoy the emptiness. But don’t share files there – Novell has another place for that.