Microsoft Office 2007 has been available for some time for installation on EMU faculty/staff Windows computers via EMU Applications, but less than 40 computers have it installed. We’d like this number to be higher, as Microsoft now only offers limited support for Office 2003. (more…)
The default application for playing DVDs on EMU computers with Windows installed had been set to Windows Media Player. However, WMP as installed on EMU computers is not able to play DVDs. Media Player Classic is installed for DVD playback. (more…)
Adobe Shockwave 2009 is now being installed on all EMU Faculty and Staff computers via ZENworks.
Firefox 3.0.11 is being deployed to all EMU faculty and staff computers via ZENworks. If you experience any problems, please contact the Helpdesk.
A new version of Sun’s Java runtime environment will be installed via ZENworks on all EMU faculty and staff Windows computers. This update will install a Firefox add-on. After the install, launching Firefox will notify you of the new add-on. You can close the notification.
If you have trouble with a Java application or a website using javascript, an update might be in progress. Reboot your computer, and if you continue to have problems, please contact the Helpdesk.
Security vulnerabilities that are being exploited by Grumblar and other malware have been patched in the latest versions of Adobe Reader and Flash Player. Using ZENworks, we will upgrade Reader and Flash Player to the latest versions on all EMU faculty/staff computers. Because installing the latest version of Flash doesn’t remove previous vulnerable versions, Flash will be uninstalled, and then reinstalled after a reboot. (more…)
We need to upgrade the ZENworks agents that are installed on all EMU faculty and staff Windows computers. I’m hopeful that this update will resolve some of the issues we’ve experienced with reliable application deployment and windows update policy settings.
Beginning Wednesday afternoon, this upgrade process will cause the EMU Applications folder and associated shortcuts to disappear until the computer is restarted. If you notice that your EMU Applications folder has disappeared, wait for a few minutes, and restart your computer when it is convenient.
If you don’t need to use anything from EMU Applications, you can wait until the end of the day to restart your computer. After the computer has rebooted, you should see the EMU Applications folder on your desktop.
We’re pleased to introduce myEMU (my.emu.edu) wich replaces the EMU Portal and integrates with our new Jenzabar student information system. Using myEMU, students can see grades and business office account information. Faculty and staff can view their employee information and human resources forms. Everyone can see the latest EMU news, events, and eClassifieds postings, and much more. And we’ll be adding more information in the coming months. (more…)
Since the IE7 update, some users across campus have had the computer “hang” shortly after logging into Novell. This issues is currently being looked into. For the time being, IE7 is NOT being pushed to computers that haven’t had the update until this issues has been resolved.
To cope with the issue, when users eventually DO get logged into his/her computer, instead of shutting down for the evening do the following:
1. Go to Start–> Shutdown
2. Select “standby” from the drop-down menu
3. Click OK
CDBurnerXP Pro version 4 was released last week. It is available for installation via the EMU Applications folder on the desktop. Simply double-click the icon to install.