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RCS Accounts

• Obtaining a New RCS Account or Password
  

  Instructions for picking up your RCS account or password, either in person or via e-mail.

• Changing Your RCS Account Password or Obtaining a New Password
  

  Instructions for changing your RCS password, as well as tips and hints for choosing a good password, and how you can request a new RCS password.

• Guest Accounts for RCS
  
• RCS UserID Expiring?
  

  How to check your account expiration status, what to do if there are problems, and how to forward your mail and/or setup an alumni e-mail account if your account is set to expire.

• Graduating?
  

  If you'll be graduating soon, here's everything you need to know regarding what will happen to your RCS account, e-mail, webpages, and locker space after you've left Rensselaer.

• Using the MyWebFiles Web-Based File Storage System (for Rensselaer Faculty and Staff Only)
  

  MyWebFiles.rpi.edu is a web-based file storage system which provides Rensselaer faculty and staff with up to 1GB of file space in which to store and access their files through a browser on Windows, Linux, Macintosh, or any platform. Because the encrypted network traffic allows files to be shared securely both inside and outside the campus community, Rensselaer faculty and staff can share their MyWebFiles directories and files with students, other faculty and staff, and external collaborators.

• Your RCS Home Directory
  

  Every account has space that can be used to store files. This is where you would store web page files.

• Updating Your Quota
  

  RCS accounts for students and faculty are given 250 megabytes of disk space which cannot be increased. Staff quotas (initally 25 MB) can be increased for an additional fee.

• Obtaining RCS Disk Space for a Department or Club
  

  How to request additional disk space for a department or club.

• Obtaining Locker Space
  

  Locker space is disk space that is easily shared with others. How to apply for /locker disk space.

• Updating Your On-Line Directory Information
  
• RCS User Profile Manager
  

  The RCS User Profile Manager allows you to check charges for printing, disk space, ex-snapshot usage, library information, and more.