New Network Software

Microsoft Publisher has been added to the list of programs in the SHSU Program Installation Menu (PC).  Go to the Publishing folder to install it.  We hope to soon be adding Adobe Acrobat 6 and Quark 5 to this program group.

Personal Purchases

Apple is offering discounts to students, staff, and faculty at SHSU for personal purchases. Visit the Apple SHSU Web Store.

As we mentioned previously, Dell is also offering special pricing for the Sam Houston community.

Exchanging Large Files?

Have you ever had problems sending a scanned image or large file via e-mail to a friend or colleague?  Was it too big to send?  Did the recipient's inbox bounce it back because it was too large to handle? Or maybe you've been at home attempting to check your e-mail via modem and it took over an hour to retrieve a particular item.   If so, we have the solution for you!

You can upload the file(s) to your web space and post a link to the particular file in your e-mail.  We will be offering training courses on how to do just that this month and in the months to come.

Not only can this solution relieve the e-mail angst you suffer, it also relieves stress on our mail server and network because it reduces the amount of large files being sent back and forth, thereby speeding up your e-mail!  If you can't attend a training course or want to find out sooner how to do this, just call Web/Faculty Support at 44495 or the Helpdesk at 41950.

Training

Check out this month's training calendar and sign up for any of our course offerings.  The spotlight course this month deals with how to upload large files to your web space and then send a link to friends/colleagues so they can download the file via their web browser.

If you haven't checked out the Mindleaders course catalog lately, look again. Classes range from PCs for Dummies to Interview Skills. The University Computer Services department will pay your annual subscription to sign up for these courses. You can take these courses from home or work---anywhere you can access the Internet. So sign up to learn something to help you here on campus, and also have access to Estate Planning or Investing Fundamentals classes too.

Security: Information Confidentiality

Reminder: The Common Area on WNTAP1 is for sharing information with others on campus with ease.  It is not an area to store confidential information such as social security numbers, full name and address information.  The folder is open to access to anyone with an SHSU account and it is this "ease of use" that precludes the Common Area from being a good place to store vital or confidential information.

Thank you for working with us to ensure that we maintain a secure environment for all of our important information. 

Windows XP

We are now in the process of converting all the University general access computer labs over to Windows XP.