Recently a CAS faculty member approached me with a problem; she was the designated escort for a visiting professor who had his own laptop and wanted to use UVM’s wireless network. Sure, she could have had him install the UVM VPN client software and then connect to Cat’s Paws using her UVM netID, but then …
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Still looking at a red “eyeball”?
Are you still looking at a red “eyeball” NOD32 icon in your Windows XP or Vista system tray? It has come to my attention that some are still waiting for NOD32 to “fix itself” as I mentioned it would back in November. The NOD32 license has long since been renewed and thus if you’re still …
Announcing the CAS Computing Services blog
CAS Computing Services has a new blog! Check it regularly for news and timely information regarding computers and Information Technology.
Running over your Inbox quota?
Are you getting notices that you’re approaching the limit of your 50 MB Inbox quota?
Are you involved in a collaborative project that is generating lots of big email attachments?
One easy way of handling this is to divert “big” email messages out of your inbox and into another IMAP folder as they arrive.
Vista activation issues
Pretty much every Optiplex GX755 desktop purchased and deployed by the College during January 2008 has had Vista activation issues. We believe that this issue was triggered by the recent deployment of Vista Service Pack 1 through Active Directory. The version of Vista that we use here at UVM is Vista Enterprise. Vista Enterprise uses …