CC Students,  

When you use a Windows PC lab computer on campus, such as in the library, one of the dorms, or a virtual lab computer (VLAB or otherwise) on VMWare, files you save on the desktop or in documents are saved and will appear no matter where you log in. 

At the end of Block 8 this year, we are going to change the underlying system that does this, and those files will no longer be available to you. Please be sure to save them to another location (such as your OneDrive or an external hard drive) before Friday, 5/26/23.  

After that date, when you log into a PC lab computer or VLAB, your desktop and documents will be blank. Anything you save there after the system change should persist, but we recommend keeping important files in your own locations just in case.  

If you have any data on Mac labs around campus (Cornerstone labs, Keck lab), make sure to save that as well since those lab computers will be wiped this summer. 

There will be limited ability to recover these files if you aren’t on campus this block.

Let us know if you have any questions.