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Archive for May, 2009

New Process for Managing Operating System Updates

Posted May 25, 2009
From: Janet Scannell Shortly, Information Services will begin managing the updates that all college-owned computers receive to their Windows XP or Macintosh operating systems. Updates will be tested in advance and then distributed overnight. This process will be piloted in April and May and will begin campus-wide starting in June. Below is a summary of points of interest. If you want more detail about this change please visit: http://www.brynmawr.edu/computing/WorkstationMaintenance.shtml For Desktop Users: This will affect both Mac and Windows computers. Patching your computer software will require a reboot. If a machine is on the network it will be ... Read more»