Getting Started - Faculty & Staff

1. Find your userID (you will need your university employee/student id # or Social Security Number). Employees get userIDs on their first day.

2. Find your ULink password

• if you are a new employee and have never had an account at the University, your password will be set to the default
• If you were here before and don't remember your password, please contact your Tier I support staff

3. Change your ULink password and set up your Challenge Questions - (Help)

4. Log into ULink, the University of Louisville portal.

• Select the “Faculty/Staff Services” tab and verify your information:
• Directory Name
• Home and Mailing Addresses
• Update your office phone for the GroupWise Address Book
• Your paystubs will be available on-line within ULink

5. Review Information Security Policies and Standards

6.  Your computer has probably already been set up by your Tier I Support staff.  We recommend that you verify that these things are set up on your computer. 

• 6. Set up anti-virus software to run and automatically update on your personal computer(s)
• 7. Set up automatic operating system updates on your personal computer(s)
• 8. Set up a firewall, either Windows XP or your own

7. Log into your e-mail account

• All active employes have GroupWise email accounts.   There are two methods to access your email:
• the web, or
• the client (see free software under Email in iTech Xpress)

10. Set up your Nickname based on your name and Preferred e-mail address (PEA) in ULink.

11. Set up your anti-SPAM processes (Help)

12. Check out your University wireless account for your mobile PC

13. Request other accounts:

• UofL.net, Dial-up remote access to UofL computer systems and the internet
• Request other accounts for faculty and staff

14. Set up your GroupWise account, including

• Address Book
• Archives
• Calendar