VPAF Technology Systems & Services tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2007:/tss//73 2007-10-15T22:41:43Z Movable Type 3.34 PGP Encryption Implementation - FAQ tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2007:/tss//73.5331 2007-10-15T22:27:03Z 2007-10-15T22:41:43Z In the coming weeks, identified staff throughout the Division of Administration and Finance will have PGP® Whole Disk Encryption installed on their computers. This software will protect information stored on those computers’ hard disk drives by encrypting every byte of... Marty Mark click here.]]> Energy Conservation & Office Equipment tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2007:/tss//73.4705 2007-08-07T16:56:57Z 2007-08-07T17:05:04Z Administration and Finance staff are encouraged to participate in campus-wide and divisional energy conservation initiatives. To learn more about office equipment and energy conservation best practices, please click here.... Marty Mark click here.]]> URGENT MESSAGE for Oracle Calendar Users tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2007:/tss//73.4615 2007-07-18T21:21:06Z 2007-07-18T21:25:28Z If you are an Oracle Calendar user and you wish to save calendar entries that will be purged from the database read more. ITS announcement 7/17/07: On July 31, all Calendar entries prior to July 1, 2005 will be purged... Pat Whitt click here for directions on how to save your Calendar information. ]]> Server Patching Tonight 6/12/07 tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2007:/tss//73.4426 2007-06-12T21:53:24Z 2007-06-12T21:53:56Z Tonight the A&F servers will be patched and rebooted. This will occur at 10:15 PM. Please save your work and log off before that time. Downtime is expected to last no longer than 20 minutes. The following resources will be... Nate Klostermann Tonight the A&F servers will be patched and rebooted. This will occur at 10:15 PM. Please save your work and log off before that time. Downtime is expected to last no longer than 20 minutes. 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 Desktop patching occurs at approximately 2:00 AM. May 2007 Microsoft patches tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2007:/tss//73.4164 2007-05-09T14:05:09Z 2007-05-09T14:07:50Z New patches were released from Microsoft yesterday (5/8/07). Servers were patched last night and your PC should have started the patch process this morning at 3:00AM. Details on what Microsoft released can be found here.... Nate Klostermann here.]]> Mail Center Specialized List Interface tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2007:/tss//73.3936 2007-04-12T20:17:32Z 2007-04-12T20:17:33Z Blake Murray 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.

]]> Patch Tuesday tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2007:/tss//73.3925 2007-04-10T20:15:08Z 2007-04-10T20:30:27Z 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... Nate Klostermann 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. ]]> Special patch night 4/3/2007 tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2007:/tss//73.3887 2007-04-03T17:34:16Z 2007-04-03T19:25:10Z 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... Nate Klostermann 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 ]]> Campus Moves - Email Link Error tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2007:/tss//73.3886 2007-04-03T16:59:19Z 2007-04-03T17:00:16Z 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... Blake Murray 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. Campus Moves has gone live tag:weblogs.uni.edu,2007:/tss//73.3885 2007-04-03T16:56:42Z 2007-04-03T17:00:16Z 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... Blake Murray 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]]>