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Internet Bandwidth, Increased from 60 Mb/s to 100 Mb/s
Media Services Equipment Loans
Computers in the Classrooms: next up are Hicks 211, Kohlberg 226 & 328, Trotter 301 & 303, SC 199
New Improved Office Computer Backups, Coming Soon
Media Center Now Open Sundays, 1 - 9 p.m.
New Software Versions
16TB in New Storage
Dial-Up Services to be [...]
If you’re a Windows user, did you ever wonder what the periodic appearance of a yellow shield on your task bar means? When you have Windows Automatic Update enabled (and you definitely should!), your PC will regularly check with Microsoft to see if any new software fixes or patches are available to download and install.
Generally, [...]
According to security experts and anti-virus software vendor F-Secure, a new malware attack is currently being spread via Facebook pages. The attacks are propagated by a malicious worm which steals victims Facebook information. Users receive a message from infected friends with links to a YouTube video. If Windows users click on the link [...]
Taking advantage of the break, ITS will be performing maintenance work on network equipment and telephone servers. Some of this work will require interruptions in service. Below is a list of planned outages:
Wed, Noon - 1 PM:
There will be a 15-20 minute period when access to saved voicemail messages will be interrupted. New voicemail messages [...]
The restart of the Beardsley core at 12:50 PM today did fix a number of problems including wireless access in the academic/administrative buildings. The wireless network should be working normally except for Guest Wireless which we expect to have operational shortly. Computers directly connected to a network jack were also fixed at that time. However, [...]
