| Access to PWF computer workstations |
| 28th May 2009 |
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In week starting 29 June, some changes are being made to password handling on PWF machines. In preparation for this, some users will find, from the near future, that when they login to the PWF on a PWF Windows machine a box will appear asking them to repeat their password. This should only happen once, and is designed to deal in advance w... |
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| Staff Access to the Faculty |
| 21st Feb 2007 |
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Current Cards
For the last few years it has been possible to access the building with the following types of card that ALL make use of a magnetic strip at the bottom of the card. These cards are 'swiped' through the lock mechanism to gain entry through doors. NONE of these cards will work once the door access system is upgraded (currently due to t... |
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| Personal Computer Purchases at Educational Prices |
| 8th Sep 2006 |
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The Computing Service has recently negotiated preferred pricing for laptops and desktop machines from Hewlett Packard. HP have extended this pricing to all staff and students of the University. If you are thinking about making a computer purchase then you may want to check out the pricing.
You must first register with HP, once registered you... |
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| Wireless Network Access |
| 7th Jun 2006 |
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The Computing Service wireless service called Lapwing has now entered its pilot phase. This new service is available in the Computing Service and the West Room of the University Library. We hope to adopt this service over the summer months and provide 3 hot-spots within the Faculty for student and staff use. Further information can be found in the ... |
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| Protect Your Computer From Viruses |
| 23rd May 2006 |
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As a member of the University you are entitled take take advantage our site license for McAfee antivirus software which is available for the PC, Mac.
The Computing Service provides anti-virus software for Windows and Macintosh systems for easy downloading from the World Wide Web, at http://www-tus.csx.cam.ac.uk/virus/, and users should chec... |
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| Is My Password Secure? |
| 26th Apr 2006 |
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Find out if your password is secure by visiting.
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/privacy/password_checker.mspx
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| Withdrawal of insecure access to Hermes |
| 1st Mar 2006 |
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The following has been posted on ucam.comp-serv.announce:
Withdrawal of insecure access to Hermes. As previously announced, the Computing Service is in the process of removing insecure means of access to Hermes. On Monday 4th July, the following plaintext protocols will be removed: telnet, rlogin and FTP. Login banners will be left for some time ... |
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| Colour printing now available |
| 1st Mar 2006 |
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We have just installed a colour printer on the 3rd floor of the Law Faculty, located near the top of the stairs. This is available to all students who currently print to printers in the Faculty from the computers based in the Faculty. This printer is also a duplex printer (can print double sided) and will print black and white documents as well.
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