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CHANGED to 26 July 2008 - Saturday down time. To accomplish work on the computing infrastructure, all Engineering computer accounts will be unavailable on Saturday, 26 July, beginning at 8am. The scheduled outage extends until 8pm, though if the work is completed before 7pm, CSS will send email announcing that users can login and work.
If you have access to a computer that is not managed by CSS (a computer at home, for example), you can read and send email (though possibly not attachments) during this time. To read email, use Webmail or any other email client that does not need access to your home directory.14 July 2008 - Firefox 3 installed. You may need to set Firefox as the default browser, accept a new certificate, update add-ons and themes, and reset shortcut icons. Talk to the consultant, 335-5055, 1253 SC, for help with these tasks.
5 May 2008 - New issue of Essentials Newsletter. In its new colors and format and available anytime.
29 April 2008 - Try the new Engineering Account Password Checking tool.
22 April 2008 - The College webmaster updated the CSS web site. Web pages now end in .php rather than .html. Please update your bookmarks as necessary.
as of 3 March 2008 - if you mis-enter your password 15 times in 15 minutes, your account will be locked for 5 minutes.
* Podcasting seminars. Rick Jerz, adjunct MIE faculty, presented information on why and how to use and create podcasts. View his presentation slides (pdf).
* Windows Security Patches
This information and link are on the Tools page. Patches come out the second Tuesday of each month.
The most recent information about the changes, additions, and plans in CSS and the Engineering Computer Network is in the CSS newsletter Essentials. The contents page has all published issues. Each issue is in PDF format. The most recent issue of the newsletter was published May 2008 . Read about the new password check tool; a change to SSH access; how to avoid carrying around USB drives and having multiple copies of the same file; and, of course, more.
Windows
Firefox 3.0
Linux
Firefox 2.0.0.14
New
Computing Safely 7/08 Information on what CSS does for security and what you can do to keep your computer secure.
FileZilla 6/08 File transfer software.
Linux Laptops in SC Classrooms 5/08 How to use the Linux laptops in SC classrooms.
Laptop Use in Classroom Policy 5/08 Policy for getting access to Linux laptops.
Engineering Account Password Checking tool 4/08 For you to verify that you know your account password.Updated
Firefox 7/08 Updated for version 3.
Quick Start Guide 7/08 New sections added.
E/WEEK is a free, convenient way to keep up on news around the College of Engineering: awards, achievements, events, new ideas and projects, weekly seminars, and reports on successful alumni in a variety of engineering and business fields. E/WEEK is published weekly via email distribution to your mail account.
To subscribe to E/WEEK, send email (no subject line needed). In the body of the message, type: subscribe eweek (your first name) (your last name). In the body of the message type subscribe, then type end on the next line and send the message. You'll begin receiving the latest college news with the next issue. If you have news for E/WEEK, send email or call the Office of the Dean at 335-5764.
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