The following instructions do not apply if your browser in Internet Explorer 5 or 6, Firefox, Netscape, or any other browser.  They will work only with Microsoft Internet Explorer version 7.  If you are unsure what version you have, open your browser, click on Help, on the right end of menu bar at the top of the browser, and click on About Internet Explorer, at the bottom of the drop-down menu.  A box will open that tells you the version number.  If it begins with a 7, you are in the right place.

Logging on to Pluto by ftp.  You will upload your work to the Pluto server using a program called file transfer protocol or ftp.  This is a simple process that you can do in your browser.  

a.  Open Internet Explorer.  

b.  In the Address line type the following or just click this link.  (Note that this address begins with "ftp," not "http."):

            ftp://pluto.palomar.edu

c.  This should give you a Log On As box that asks you for a username and password.  The easiest way to proceed is to click Cancel for this Log On box.  You may have to click Cancel a couple of times.  You will then probably get an error page.  That's fine.  Whether you get a Log On box or not, just proceed to the next step.

d.  Just above the browser window, on the right side of the page, you should see several icons.  At the far right will be Tools, and just to the left of that should be Page.  Click Page.  Then go to the next to last item in the drop-down menu: Open FTP Site in Windows Explorer.  Click on that.

            e.  You should now see the Log On As box again.

Your username is "student\" followed by your nine-digit Palomar student ID number. (Notice that backward-leaning slash.  It is right above the Enter key.)

           Your password is the same one you use for e-Services and Blackboard.

Click Log On.

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