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11-24-2006 - Dell Requests Customers Apply Urgent Fix for Dell Wireless Wi-Fi Cards to Address Security Vulnerability

A security vulnerability affecting some Dell customers was announced over the weekend. Dell was not previously aware of this issue. Since hearing of the issue Dell has put all available resources on it to understand the scope of affected systems and make an updated software driver available that fixes the problem. More Information

 

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02-02-2007

ITS Offers Password Assistance Hotline Weekend of Feb. 3-4

To assist the University community with any questions or issues that may arise with Access Account password changes, ITS will provide a Password Assistance Hotline during the weekend of Feb. 3-4, 2007. <more>

01-26-2007

The College's IT department will be performing network maintenance at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 27.

This may cause network outages in all the buildings, which could last up to 12 hours. If you have any questions regarding this outage, please contact the helpdesk at 865-3412.

01-10-2007

Password Change Deadlines Feb 1, March 5, and April 2 Quickly Approaching

Three critical deadlines (Feb 1, March 5, and April 2) are approaching in Penn State's Password Change initiative. To avoid Internet and e-mail interruptions associated with these upcoming deadlines, all students, faculty and staff should go to http://its.psu.edu/password/ and change their Access Account passwords now, if they haven't already done so. As an added incentive, those who make their password change before February 1 will be eligible to win a $99 Computer Store gift certificate or a "clip and go" iPod Shuffle <more>

12-12-2006

Penn State Access Account Passwords Set to Expire Annually

Time is running out....have you changed your password yet? DON'T WAIT. Go to http://its.psu.edu/password/ and change your Access Account password NOW. More