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Documentation on how to change the dates for the page “registrars-calendar” in the Registrar site. First, you need to edit the blocks that pull in the calendar information itself on the “registrars-calendar” page. To do so, in the Registrar site’s left hand folder navigation, select the folder blocks, then select the folder calendar-registrars. Once you’ve selected […]

Microsoft has recently released a software patch fixing a serious vulnerability in their Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser. The patch is available for installation via Windows Update. Most Wesleyan PCs are configured to automatically install this patch at 6PM this evening, but the process requires that machines be rebooted to activate the patch. PC users […]

Wesleyan has launched the newly redesigned Ricardian Explorer website. You can visit the site here: www.wesleyan.edu/re.

WesFiles went off line for about 20 minutes from 10:40 to 11:00 am.  ITS has resolved the issue.  Xythos Drive users who were working on documents should save their files again before continuing. If you have any trouble saving your file, contact your Desktop Support Specialist and do not close the file.

This is a quick documentation on how to add, delete, or modify the Notable Alumni page in the About website. Alumni images upload: Remember that the image on the right hand side of every row needs to be first configured to the dimensions 58px x 75px (w x h). You can upload these images first […]

News about the Heartbleed security threat continues to circulate.   Many users in our community have contacted ITS asking for advice about changing passwords and whether they need to change their Wesleyan password.  While ITS continues to believe that our risk for exposure was very low, we have systems that use OpenSSL and responded accordingly […]

Another Internet security story has made the headlines. This new threat, referred to as Heartbleed, exploits a vulnerability in an application in widespread use called OpenSSL. Many of you may have heard about this on NPR or in the news. Here is a link to a good explanation of this issue: http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/04/08/300602785/the-security-bug-that-affects-most-of-the-internet-explained ITS reacted swiftly […]

Microsoft will end support for Windows XP tomorrow, April 8.  (More information can be found on the ITS website.) Many of you have been working with ITS staff to have machines upgraded.  Because we expect that there will be attempts by malicious people to exploit these machines rather quickly, we have been prioritizing this effort and ITS […]

Event-specific details for printing Psychology posters for Spring 2015: Deadlines: If you are presenting at the NSM poster session, Jen needs your poster document by 9 AM on Tuesday, April 14. If you are only presenting at the Psychology poster session,  Jen needs your poster document by   9 AM Wednesday, April 22. The sooner the better. […]

ITS experienced a hardware problem overnight that affected email for a large segment of our community between approximately 2:30 and 7:30 am.  Email was not lost in this time and was delivered when services were restored.  Other services affected by this issue were the card swipe system/cash registers and EMS.   All services are back […]