CAEN Operating Environment (COE)
- General
- What types of COE installations are available from CAEN for my departmental/research PC and how much do they cost?
- What should I do to update the billing information (i.e. account number) for my COE subscription?
- How can I obtain a COE installation?
- Is a backup service available?
- Can my laptop have a COE installation?
- What will happen to the data and files stored on my computer when I get the CAEN COE installation?
- Who should I contact if I run into problems with my COE installation?
- Hardware Requirements
- Installation
- Preparation
- Usage
- What users can log onto my COE computer?
- Do I get root (administrative) access to my COE computer?
- Why would I want root access on my machine?
- Will my computer be automatically configured to print to my printer?
- Will our heavily used software be installed locally?
- Should I upgrade CAEN installed software in the COE?
- I receive notices when launching some software that newer versions are available. What should I do?
- How can I be sure my COE computer won't get a virus?
- My computer has a CD-R drive but it hasn't worked since I got the COE. What's going on?


