The Scoop

LISD will roll out a Microsoft patch to staff desktop PCs beginning at 8:15 am on Thursday, May 20, 2004.

During the patch rollout, you may see a dialog box that shows files being copied. Please do not cancel the operation -- these files need to be copied to complete the patch installation. When the installation is completed, you will receive a message that tells you the patch installed successfully. Your PC will reboot automatically once you click on OK.If you receive an error message, please contact your Technology Associate or LISD at x4300 or LISD@syr.edu.

Posted by ljradiga at 04:27 PM | Permalink

>>> "[SU CWIS WebMaster] quiet" 05/12/04 10:52AM >>>
Automated Downtime Notification Message
Due to a major upgrade to the backbone network hardware, the following network services will be unavailable between 6 and 7 a.m. Friday, May 14:

The Syracuse University Home Page at www.syr.edu,
all SU departmental Web pages that are hosted by Computing and Media Services, the CMS Novell Network, the PeopleSoft environment, GroupWise e-mail, the Bird Library Web page and online services, and printing services in the public computing labs.

Contact Information
Information Center
Computing and Media Services
443-2677
consult@syr.edu

Posted by ljradiga at 08:36 AM | Permalink

In the past few days, two different PCs at the Library have received a pop-up window that claims to be from McAfee (the virus scanning software). This pop-up window claims that the sasser.d worm has been discovered and asks if the person wants to remove it. If the "Yes" button is clicked, then a page with text and graphics fills the entire monitor screen. This message claims that viruses and worms had been discovered on the PC that neither McAfee nor Symantec anti-virus can detect. There is no obvious way to close out this window.

If you see this message, please contact LISD at x4300. This message is not from McAfee and appears to be some kind of ploy to get people to click on objects. If McAfee finds a virus, a window with a hand squishing a bug will appear. The rest of the desktop will not go black -- you will still be able to see your desktop and other windows. The ploy makes everything go black except for the pop-up window, so that it appears that your only choice is to click on "Yes" or "No."

Help Desk
Library Information Systems Division
443-4300

Posted by ljradiga at 09:36 AM | Permalink

Trial access to the Global Views and Voices: Articles,
Debates, and Personal Testimony on the World Today from Alexander Street Press is available through June 4:

http://alexanderstreet2.com/glvvlive

Access Note: No password is required, but this database is accessible only from the SU campus.

This inaugural release features more than 1,000 full-text articles unique to the database, links to 2,000 additional full-text articles on related Web sites, and more than 5,000 discussion postings from a community of some 1,200 individuals from around the world.

Trial Contact:
Michael Pasqualoni
mjpasqua@syr.edu

Posted by nbturner at 08:27 AM | Permalink

As of Friday, April 30 the Gale database LegalTrac is unavailable. Customer support has been contacted.

Posted by nbturner at 03:03 PM | Permalink