Systems Status, Security Alerts,
& Other Announcements

| Scheduled Downtimes | Virus Information | Updates & Patches | Notices & Warnings |

Current Issues

May 9, 2008

• All systems and services are available.
• Please contact the Help Desk if you have any issues.

Scheduled Downtimes

PeopleSoft maintenance weekends coincide with payday weekends.

Scheduled downtimes from OIT administrators are listed at http://calendar.boisestate.edu/scripts/publish/webevent.pl?cmd=opencal&cal=cal7

Please contact the Help Desk at 426-4357 with any questions or comments.

Virus Information

The Office of Information Technology provides Symantec AntiVirus software to all faculty and staff computers. Your Symantec AntiVirus definition file should be Version: 5/8/08 rev. 2 or newer. If your definitions are out of date, please contact the Help Desk or your college or area network administrator.

To confirm your most recent definition file, please open the Symantec software by choosing Start | Programs (All Programs) | Symantec Client Security | Symantec Anti Virus.

Locate the 'Virus Definition File' section and note your version date.

Controlled Software Updates and Patches

The Office of Information Technology is in the process of remotely pushing updates for the following software packages:

• Novell Client 4.91 SP3 (1.5)
• ZENworks for Desktops Version 7 (also known as Application Explorer; used for application distribution and remote management)
• Symantec Anti-Virus (Windows 2000 & XP)
  

All users receiving these updates have been or will be notified via email.

Windows Updates and Patches

It is important to keep your computer current with the most recent patches and updates to ensure the security and the reliability of your computer. Many faculty and staff computers receive critical Windows Updates as well as other Microsoft application updates automatically from the Office of Information Technology.

Technical information regarding latest Windows updates can be found on Microsoft's website at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/current.aspx

You can confirm your computer is a part of this automated system by accessing the Control Panel within Windows 2000 or XP and double-clicking on the Windows Update icon. If all of the options are grayed-out in the resulting window, your computer is part of our patch management system.

To manually update your computer, go to: http://update.microsoft.com

For more information about maintaining your computer, please view our PC tune-up document.

Other Application Notices and Warnings

Encouraged by OIT:

If you have any of the following software installed on your computer, OIT encourages you to install the latest updates:

• Microsoft Office XP should be patched with Office XP Service Pack 3.
• Microsoft Office 2003 should be patched with Office 2003 Service Pack 2.

OIT will be pushing these patches to those computers joined into our automated Windows patch management system.

For computers on campus not joined into our automated patch management system, the patches can be downloaded and installed from
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdate/default.aspx

Discouraged by OIT:

OIT recommends you do not install the following software:

• Windows Vista
  (Windows Vista does not yet work with Novell or PeopleSoft)