Calendar desktop: logging in & changing your password

• Login to Calendar
• If this is the first time that the Calendar client is started on your PC
• Changing your password

Login to Calendar

Please note: when your Calendar account is created, you will be sent a Calendar password. The first time that you login to the desktop version, you must change this Calendar password to one that you will remember. If you are using the web version, ignore the Calendar password and use your usual UoB password.

Before you can use Calendar, you must have been assigned an initial Calendar username and password. If you have not yet been assigned these, contact your departmental Calendar Coordinator. Use the search option in the Calendar Coordinators' website to find out who your Calendar Coordinator is.

Screenshot: enter the username and password you have been assigned

To login to Calendar:

1. Double-click on the icon
2. Alternatively, select 'Start'/ 'All Programs'/ 'Oracle Calendar'/ 'Oracle Calendar' if there is no icon (depending on setup, you may have a slightly different path)
3. Enter your username and password
4. Select 'Sign-in'

If you haven't used Calendar before you will be asked if you wish to work offline. Select 'No'. If you accidentally select 'Yes', you may find that you experience some sign-in problems later. Refer to the Calendar FAQ website to remedy this problem.

If this is the first time that the Calendar client is started on your PC

The first time that Calendar Client is started it may be set to 'Connect to: Offline' and needs to be configured.

If Calendar appears in the 'Connect to' dropdown box:

1. Select 'Calendar' from the list of alternative connections

If Calendar does not appear in the 'Connect to' dropdown box:

1. Click the button labelled 'Other...'
2. Click 'New'
3. Under 'Connection Name' enter 'Calendar'
4. Under 'Server' enter 'calendar.bris.ac.uk' (do not include the speech marks)
5. Click 'Lookup'

A connection Configuration Window will appear:

1. Tick 'Configure at login from user name' and click 'Configure'
2. Click 'OK'
3. Highlight the 'Calendar' connection
4. Click the 'Make Default' button
5. Click 'OK'

You should now be presented with the 'In-Tray' view. See Views and Tools for further information on how to get started in Calendar.

Changing your password

The first time you use Calendar, you must change the assigned Calendar password to something that you will remember and which cannot be easily guessed.

Screenshot: change your assigned password on first login

To change your password:

1. From the 'Tools' menu, use the drop-down menu and select 'Change Password'
2. Enter your old password followed by your new password and click on 'OK'

Screenshot: enter your old password followed by your new password

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