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Adobe Acrobat and Flash updates
The newest security updates for Adobe Acrobat and Flash will begin deploying to all Windows machines tonight. These fixes will patch security holes in Adobe Acrobat and Flash. If you have any questions, please contact the Technology Helpline x6111.
Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1 deployed
Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1 has been deployed to employee and lab machines on campus. This update can take 20-40 minutes to install on your machine. Please allow time to install this update on your machine to keep it secure with the latest security patches released from Microsoft. A Windows Service Pack is a […]
Scheduled Print Server Upgrade
The Windows Print Servers are scheduled for an upgrade on Saturday, February 19th from 1:30am-5:30am. During this time students will be unable to print to the public printers available in the reshall labs and other public labs. This upgrade will improve the overall reliability and performance of the print servers. Please contact Technology Services with any questions. x6111 […]
Printing to lab printers from your machine
Students can easily setup their personal laptop or desktop to print to any public lab printer. This includes the printer in their residence hall and the printers in the library. For more information, please refer to the following wiki articles. https://gustavus.edu/gts/Academic_printers https://gustavus.edu/gts/Residence_hall_printers
print.gac.edu Maintenance
Due to routine maintenance on the print servers, print.gac.edu will be unavailable for most of the day on Tuesday, December 22nd. Users will still be able to print by selecting the “marty.gac.edu\printername” or “mcmarty\printername” printer when printing from any lab or residence hall.
Why Windows Service Packs are important
A Windows Service Pack is a collection of security, updates, fixes and enchantments for your operating system. It is important that all users registering a Windows computer on our network has their operating system updated. Computers that are not updated with the most recent Windows Service Packs not only pose a security risk for the […]
Windows 7 coming to Gustavus
Gustavus Technology Services is currently testing Microsoft Windows 7 RTM, release to manufacturing. Initial testing has shown astounding results and overall we are very pleased with the new operating system. After some additional testing, we have plans to setup the Olin lab as one of our first labs running Windows 7. Microsoft’s newest operating system, […]
SciFinder is now web based.
The SciFinder web version is now available. The client version installed on the lab computers will no longer function after April 10th, 2009. The web version of SciFinder can be found at http://gustavus.edu/academics/library/other-databases.html
Computer Lab “Maintenance Mode”
In an effort to keep lab machines up to date with the latest security patches, application updates, and virus definitions, All lab computers will go into what is called “Maintenance Mode” during their scheduled time. The lab computers that go into “Maintenance Mode” will reboot and not be available to use during this time. Half […]
Google Chrome
Google just released a beta of their new internet browser. Check it out. http://google.com/chrome