Personal Disk Space Connection
Penn State Erie Computer Center
P: Drive Web Connection
(http://pdrive.bd.psu.edu/)
Mac Users (faculty and students)
Mac Connection Link (OSX)
Linux Users (faculty and students)
IE7 Note: IE7 users on XP may be prompted twice for your access account credentials. IE 7 users on Vista will need to enter your username as dce.psu.edu\Access ID. Updates to this site to accommodate IE7 and Vista will be coming soon.
Notice: 11/15/2004: The "Hidden" attribute must be removed for all files on your Pdrive prior to copying from the Web Connect. This attribute must be de-selected while mapped to P: drive on-campus. Any file with the "Hidden" attribute will be ignored during a file copy attempt. To remove the "Hidden" attribute from a file...In Windows Explorer please take steps to Show all files ...then: Right click the file.. choose Properties..and deselect the check box.
10/1/2004: Files generated by JBuilder have been identified as having an issue when attempting to copy to or from the P: Drive Web Connection. This is due to the xxxx.java~x~ file extension. Either rename or zip these files to copy to the P: Drive Web Connect.
Configuration Notes:
You will be prompted with a question whether to proceed by accepting or denying a Security Certificate to access your P: drive space. Please choose YES to accept this certificate. You may also choose to VIEW CERTIFICATE and then INSTALL CERTIFICATE to avoid being prompted each time you access your P: drive via the web. This certificate ensures that your communication with your P: drive is encrypted and secure.
A VPN connection is not required (via this web connection method) to access your P: drive from a third party ISP , PSU modems, or on-campus dorms.
If you are experiencing problems with the Web Connect.. please update your Windows XP installation with the following update: Web Folder Update from Microsoft
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