VPAF Technology Systems & Services

The web application allowing UNI faculty and staff the ability to make a request for an on-campus move is now live. The link for on-campus move information is:

http://www.vpaf.uni.edu/fs/services/moving.shtml

There is also a page displaying all upcoming campus moves. The link for this page is:

http://www.vpaf.uni.edu/fs/Campus_Moves/UpcomingMoves.asp

On Tuesday, April 3rd at 10:18 am a message was sent out saying a move date had been set for a specific move. The link in this email was incorrect and linked users to the test site, not the production site. The links have now been fixed and a new email will be sent out at some point today.

Microsoft is releasing a special patch tonight to address the vulnerability in Windows Animated Cursor Handling. Attacks against this vulnerability are up recently so Microsoft is pushing this update earlier than the usual monthly patch cycle.

Because of that, the A&F servers and desktops will be patched and rebooted tonight. This will occur at 10:30 PM. Please save your work and log off before that time. Downtime is expected to last no longer than 20 minutes.

Those users that have PGP installed, please leave your computer at the login screen and do not shut down tonight. (just tonight)

The following resources will be unavailable during the reboot:

• F,G,H, & I drives
  
• Local email folders in Thunderbird
  
• Crimestar
  
• Key system
  
• Ticket Trak
  
• A&F web sites

Tonight we will be patching Servers and Workstations. Servers will be unavailable between 10:30 - 10:50 PM tonight. Workstations will download patches and reboot around 3:00 AM.

Please save your work and log off before that time.

Those users that have PGP installed please leave your computer at the login screen and do not shut down tonight.

The following resources will be unavailable during the server reboot:

• F,G,H, & I drives
  
• Local email folders in Thunderbird
  
• Crimestar
  
• Key system
  
• Ticket Trak
  
• A&F web sites
  

* from Microsoft *
Today we released 5 bulletins: 4 have a maximum severity rating of Critical, and one has a maximum severity rating of Important.

The new interface to create specialized mailing lists has been created.  To create a special mailing list, please send the list of University IDs of the persons to be put on the list to me at blake.murray@uni.edu. 

A list has been created for the Wellness Center mailings and for AFSCME members mailings.