To help students better understand how to use the Engineering lab computers, OCC has published some "Tips" on how to manage certain aspects of your account. These helpful hints should provide the students with basic knowledge on how their account works, along with specific guidelines to follow when using certain applications. The complex nature of maintaining 5 labs that operate over 100 Engineering programs means that a user might experience different levels of performance depending on the needed task. The information provided in this section should help improve working conditions in the labs for those interested in getting better performance from the computers in the Engineering labs.