New Students

Preparing Your Laptop for Pepperdine University

Your laptop will be one of your most valuable tools throughout your entire career at Pepperdine University. To ensure that you arrive on campus ready for your first day of classes, Information Technology recommends that all students put their laptops through the following process.

1. Making sure your operating system is up-to-date with the latest patches and updates from the manufacturer
2. Installing anti-virus software, and making sure that it is updated with the latest virus definitions from the manufacturer
3. Connecting your laptop to university wired and wireless networks

You can save yourself valuable time by doing steps 1 and 2 before you arrive on campus. As these steps may require you to reboot your computer multiple times, we have provided detailed instructions in this PDF file, which can be printed out and used as a handy reference.

If you need assistance with any part of this process, please feel free to call the Information Technology Help Desk or Tech Central during their posted hours.