Swarthmore ITS is pleased to announce the launch of SwatFiles, a secure web-based file storage system for faculty, staff, and students.
Available at swatfiles.swarthmore.edu, SwatFiles allows users to access their files from any computer with an Internet connection and share files with anyone with an e-mail address.
Features include:
A personal folder for all faculty, staff, and students: [...]
If you receive an email with the subject: “WorldPay CARD transaction Confirmation,” do not respond to the email, it is a scam.? ITS recommends deleting it from your Inbox, and then emptying your trash folder.
If you are missing messages or have senders and subject lines that do not match the message content please rebuild the mailbox by right clicking on the mailbox in question (control click for macs) choose properties, and then click rebuild.
On Friday, January 16, 2009 Meeting Maker will be unavailable from approximately 5:00 AM until 9:00 AM for an upgrade.
After the Meeting Maker server is upgraded, the client software that you use to access it will also need to be upgraded. For Windows users, this process will be initiated automatically when you attempt to log [...]
Together we can save money and reduce our energy footprint!
FACT 1: Flat screen monitors use less power than CRTs.
FACT 2: Laptops use less power than desktops.
FACT 3: There is no longer any technical reason to be concerned about turning your computer off.
FACT 4: Computers that are in sleep mode use a [...]
Hackers especially love the holidays because there are lots of new, unprotected computers to compromise and silently take over. Even without new computers to exploit, there has been an alarming increase in the amount of malware (viruses, spyware, etc.) being installed recently on Swarthmore community systems.
The following tips will help keep your existing computer (regardless [...]
As part of our Campus Agreement with Microsoft, faculty and staff are now permitted to install Microsoft Office applications on personally owned computers. There will be a charge to you for the use of the software but it will be much less than what you would pay for the Academic boxed version.
To order your copy [...]
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, [...]
ITS tested Google Chrome on several of our swat online services, and found that many swat services function properly. Chrome is packed with many features that are easy to use including navigation and search history. If you are interested in road testing Google Chrome, feel free to download it; but keep in mind, Chrome is [...]
EUDORA MIGRATION CONTINUES
During the summer over 170 faculty and staff members have transitioned from Eudora to another email client. Thunderbird is the most popular email client selected. Beginning in October, ITS will be scheduling a time to migrate current Eudora users.
We understand that changing e-mail software can be inconvenient so please consider the following [...]
