Students and the ACU community took advantage of the university's surplus of used computers and other business and electronic equipment at the fall Computer Auction in the Teague Special Events Center. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEzl9FB0KEk Video/editing by Lucius Patenaude ... [Read More…]
ACU auctions old electronics
Students and the ACU community took advantage of the university's surplus of used computers and other business and electronic equipment at the fall Computer Auction in the Teague Special Events Center. Video/editing by Lucius Patenaude ... [Read More…]
Computer auction scheduled for Saturday
The university will sell off some of its older equipment during a computer auction at 1 p.m. on Saturday in Teague Special Events Center. The event will be open to the entire community. Michael Ortiz, a tech in the Office of Information Technology, said the auction will include computers used for several years by faculty and staff members on ... [Read More…]
BREAKING NEWS: Burst pipe floods Zellner, crashes server
A pipe burst in Zellner Hall Thursday morning, flooding the building's third floor and crashing the university's server. Zane Dennis, executive director of facilities and campus development, said a hot water pipe running to an air conditioning unit froze and burst, causing the flood. "When you have extreme temperatures like this, all of our ... [Read More…]
New virus threatens computers
By Mitch Holt, Opinion Editor Students face technological risk on campus because of the AOL virus, which is a computer virus that latches on to a system through AOL Instant Messenger. Josh Tooley, Team55 manager, said often the virus is received when someone clicks on a link sent through AIM from someone on that person's buddy list. Clicking on ... [Read More…]
Worms, viruses still attack network: Updating computers vital to keep system running
By Lori Bredemeyer, Copy Editor Many of the recent network difficulties have occurred because students do not keep their Microsoft Windows operating systems updated, said Kay Reeves, director of Technology Support Services. She said any virus-ridden computer can hinder the whole network. "We know that one machine that's been attacked by viruses ... [Read More…]
Worm did little to affect network: Registration system helps find, clean infected computers
By Jonathan Smith, Managing Editor The campus network survived the biggest Internet worm attack ever with only a significant slowdown of the network of two or three hours, said Dr. K.B. Massingill, chief information officer. The worm, known as MyDoom, affects computers running Microsoft Windows operating systems. Once infected, the worm finds all ... [Read More…]
Officials approve of new anti-virus program: Sophos works best with faculty, lab computers, they say
By Jonathan Smith, Managing Editor Technology support administrators said they are pleased with the results of Sophos anti-virus software, which was provided to students and installed on university-owned computers at the beginning of the semester. Darrell Fauvel, software support analyst, said the software has been most successful with faculty- ... [Read More…]
MyACU forums closed after profanity posted: Temporary shutdown will last until solution found for future users
By Jonathan Smith, Managing Editor The myACU forums have been temporarily disabled while the Web Integration and Programming Team consults with the Campus Life Office about user misconduct. The forums, a new feature added when myACU was upgraded this summer, were shut down Friday and remain closed at press time because two users posted ... [Read More…]
New spam filter being considered
By Jonathan Smith, Managing Editor In an effort to curb rising numbers of unsolicited e-mails promoting products or services, commonly known as spam, the university is looking for ways to alleviate the problem on its e-mail server. Dr. K.B. Massingill, chief information officer, said a spam filter is in place, but only for a few e-mail accounts ... [Read More…]