February

SITS unavailable - Tuesday 9 February 9am

Next Tuesday, IT Services will be performing an upgrade to the Student Records Service (SITS). This will start at 9am and take most of the day. Whilst this work takes place, SITS and related applications (e-Vision, online registration and applications) will be unavailable.

Old version of 'NX' being withdrawn - 8 February

An older version of the 'NX' application (3.3.0-6), used to connect to ULTRA and similar services, is being withdrawn. A newer replacement version (3.4.0-5) is already available for use.

Brief disruption to email services - 23 and 25 February

There will be two further brief interruptions to the email service next Tuesday and Thursday (at 11am and 1pm), whilst we carry out important maintenance work.

Brief disruption to email services - 18 February

There will be two brief interruptions to the email service for approximately one third of users next Thursday (at 11am and 1pm), whilst we carry out important maintenance work.

Work affecting the email service during February 2010

We need to apply an important update to the University email (Microsoft Exchange) service during February. Disruption is being kept to a minimum but there will be a limited number of short (few minutes) disruptions on the 18, 23 and 25 of February.

Many central IT services unavailable, 6:30pm 25 February

Every month Microsoft release important security updates and we now need to apply these patches to our services. Whilst we carry out this work, many central IT services will not be available for use.

Programs opened using 'CFS Software 2' unavailable - 16 February

Between 7:30am and 8:30am on Tuesday 16 February, programs opened from 'CFS Software 2' on the Start Menu will be unavailable while we carry out essential maintenance work.

Update of Acrobat Reader - Tuesday 2 February

An updated version of Adobe Acrobat Reader (9.3) will be released to both staff and student PCs on campus, replacing the current version (9.2).

Problem affecting University Website / Plone - RESOLVED

We have now resolved the issue affecting access to parts of the University website, effective 2:30pm 26 February.

Windows XP update that will affect you

IT Services need to install an update to Windows XP, called Service Pack 3, onto all staff PCs.