As well as having the ability to set up and run online meetings, Teams can be used for online events without a pre-determined guest list. Uses for this could include a virtual cafe event, a drop in training session that you want to advertise to students and so on. The good news is that this is […]
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Remote access to lab PCs now available
Need to access a particular piece of software that you don’t have on your home PC? Tried to download some software but failed? Hopefully this solution will work for you. We have made >300 lab PCs available for remote connection. The labs concerned are: 1a11 (60 PCs), 1a13 (34 PCs), 2a15 (57), 2a17 (43), 2b41 […]
Auto start up of staff campus PCs (Hewlett Packard devices only)
On Friday 27th March, we deployed a daily auto start up command to all on-campus Hewlett Packard PCs. This means that if your PC was switched on today, it will now receive an auto start up command every morning at 8:30am. This should safeguard against accidental shut downs (we have seen a number of these […]
Covid19 – work from home FAQs
This last fortnight has been unprecedented in terms of the impact on IT services and infrastructure as staff have rushed to start working remotely. For some, this is the first time they have worked from home. This post reflects on the most frequently asked questions we have been experiencing at the Information Centre. Don’t forget […]