Password deadline is one week away

Wednesday, Sept. 13, is the deadline for all K-Staters to change the password on their eIDs for fall semester. To change it, sign in at eid.k-state.edu and on your eProfile page, select the password "change" link. For security purposes, passwords cannot be reused within a two-year period. See the Password FAQs for more details.

K-State units: Oct. 2 deadline for antivirus transition

The deadline for transitioning from Symantec antivirus software to Trend Micro Office Scan is Monday, Oct. 2. After this date, Symantec antivirus software will not be available to download for Windows operating systems. (For background, see K-State switching to Trend Micro for antivirus software.) Departments and colleges that need assistance with this transition should contact Royce Gilbert, 785-532-0547, royce@k-state.edu.

Free "Apple 101: Learn your Mac" session Sept. 7

Did you get a fancy new Mac for this school year? Do you know how to use it? You're in luck, because a few of your neighborhood Apple pros are giving a demonstration of OSX.4 and iLife ’06 features and capabilities.

"Apple 101: Learn your Mac" is 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7 in the Flint Hills Room (second floor of the K-State Student Union). Attendance is free. Topics include setting up Mail, Airport, Spotlight, Widgets, Text Editor, and all of the iLife programs. A question-and-answer time is at the end of the session. For more about Apple events at K-State, see www.ksuapplerep.com.

September IT training calendar

Check out iTAC's September IT training calendar and sign up for classes. All classes are free for K-State faculty, staff, and graduate students, but require pre-registration. Courses include:

• K-State Online workshops
• Introduction to HTML
• Introduction to Dreamweaver
• Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets
• Working with CSS in Dreamweaver MX

Mathematica cleanup simplifies access

Access to Mathematica software on K-State's general-computing Unix machines is being updated to reflect the newest versions available and to simpify the commands used. Effective Sept. 7:

• Version 5.2 will be the default.
• Version 4.1 will continue to be available for those who need it.
• All other versions will be removed, including 4.0 and 3.0.2.

K-Staters identified as using this software were notified by e-mail in mid-August about these impending changes. Questions should be sent to the IT Help Desk, 785-532-7722, helpdesk@k-state.edu.

Security tip: Use multiple anti-spyware/adware tools

The new Trend Micro antivirus software purchased by K-State to help protect Microsoft Windows computers from virus and worm infections also has anti-spyware and anti-adware features. It is able to detect and remove many different kinds of these annoying programs that are a threat to your privacy and can dramatically slow down your computer's performance. However, there are so many forms of spyware/adware, and it changes so often that no single security software can detect and delete every kind.

K-State's Security Incident Response Team (SIRT) therefore recommends that, in addition to running the required Trend Micro security software, K-Staters should also use another anti-spyware tool to catch spyware and adware that Trend misses. SIRT recommends running the freeware tool Spybot Search and Destroy. Spybot is also available via download from iTAC's PC Software Downloads and on K-State's CatPack CD that you can get from iTAC in Hale 313. Install Spybot and run a scan at least every week to help keep your computer safe and working properly.

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IT events
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Fall 2006
Doctoral students will be required to submit dissertations electronically.

Sept. 13 (Wed)
Deadline to change eID passwords for fall 2006 semester.

Sept. 16 (Sat)
Last day of Apple's "Mac+iPod" offer (educational sale).

Sept. 27 (Wed)
"IT and the Future of Higher Education: Fire, Fuel & Focus" by Brian Hawkins, EDUCAUSE president. 3:30-5 p.m. Hemisphere Room, Hale Library

Oct. 2 (Mon)
Deadline for completing transition to Trend Micro antivirus software for all K-State-owned computers.

Oct. 23 (Mon)
"The Evolving Internet" by Vinton Cerf, Google/Regus vice president and chief Internet evangelist. Time and location changes: 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Fiedler Auditorium, Fiedler Hall

Oct. 28 (Sat)
Deadline for removing Symantec license for PCs from K-State's antivirus site. (only Macs can use Symantec)

Nov. 30 (Thu)
James Neal, vice president for information technology and university librarian at Columbia University. 10:30 a.m.-noon Hemisphere Room, Hale Library

Fall 2007
Masters students will be required to submit theses and reports electronically.

Need help with K-State Online? See Creating an Advising Space (PDF format).

Turn off wireless in classrooms?

Is it possible to turn off wireless access in a classroom?

There are more than 600 wireless access points around the Manhattan campus. It is impossible to turn off wireless access for one room. Instead, faculty might consider adding a statement in their syllabus about the appropriate use of wireless devices during class.

Helpful tools: Adobe Bridge and InDesign Snippets

Adobe Creative Suite 2 and Adobe InDesign have some helpful tools that K-Staters may find useful.

Adobe Snippets lets you save content -- be it layout guides, text, images, or a whole page full of content -- and then easily import it into another document, formatting and all. In Adobe InDesign, after you select the content you want to save as a snippet, do the following:

1. Go to the File menu and click Export.
2. In the Format box, select InDesign Snippet.
3. Name the snippet and save it.

When you want to use the saved content, import it into a document by going to the File menu again and clicking Place.

Adobe Bridge is a program that comes with Adobe Creative Suite 2. It's like a fancy file manager for all CS2 projects. Adobe calls it a "creative hub". A special feature of Adobe Bridge is that it shows a thumbnail of all your Adobe projects, including your snippets.

From the Bridge Center, you can see recent files and folders being working on, get tips, access your snippets, or search for Adobe Stock Photos. For more information, see the Adobe Bridge webpage.