Windows 7 Service
Windows 7 Service
The new Windows 7 Service has been developed for use by all members of the University. It aims to provide the University with a reliable and maintainable service that delivers to all desktops and laptops.
The new Windows 7 Service offers many benefits:
Your settings and documents move around with you. Documents, Internet Explorer favourites and your theme settings move around with you which makes it a great deal easier to move between managed PCs.
64-bit. The Windows 7 build will be 64-bit, which for those who need it will give more memory capacity
Office 2010, Windows 7 will be rolled out with Office 2010. There will be departmental training available and further training courses via Staff Development in the new academic year.
For more general information about Windows 7 see the Microsoft website.
The service provides consistent and cost-effective access to the central University networked teaching and learning, corporate systems and other resources for University business. This includes:
- Remote Working Client (pre-installed on Laptops and downloadable from IT Services website).
- Internet Explorer for browsing internet, intranet and Learn Server.
- E-mail via Outlook and web access.
- Microsoft Office including Visio and Project
- Access to Corporate Information Services Portal.
- Perception C.A.A. (Computer Aided Assessment) Client.
- McAfee VirusScan, Antivirus software is automatically updated.
- CDBurner XP
- Pidgin Instant Messenger (instant messanger for msn, googletalk, skypechat, facebook chat etc.)
- Audacity sound editor (create podcasts)
- Secure Telnet (PuTTY).
- Filezilla.
- Media Player.
- Sun Java Client .
- Optional applications.
Windows 7 the platform for all new computers. Contact your Local IT Staff or IT.Services@lboro.ac.uk or telephone 01509 222333 if you require further help and support.
This service is for computers connected to the University network for work purposes; it is not for personal computers for private use. Portable Computers and Laptops must be regularly connected to the Internet to ensure that the system is kept up to date. Some critical updates require you to connect to the campus network if for any reason you are unable to connect to the network for longer than four weeks, please contact your local IT support person or IT Services on your return.
To reduce power consumption, you should also ensure that computers are switched off every night, if not every weekend. We understand that sometimes long computer simulations are run, so not all users will be able to switch off.
You must not attempt to install Antivirus software, Microsoft Office, or any of the software already included in the service.