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Please be reminded that the multiple-choice scanning and survey data collection service of the NCS Opscan 8/50 will cease soon. Originally the service was planned to cease by the end of Semester B 2008-09, but it is now extended to December 2009 (i.e. at the end of Semester A, 2009-10) to allow more time for our users to look for other alternatives. For queries on other alternatives, please feel free to contact the CSC Help Desk. How to Go Green: Double-sided Printing Double-sided (or 2-sided or duplex) printing should be used whenever possible. Besides the benefits of saving trees, reducing carbon in the atmosphere, and holding a handier set of hardcopies, surprisingly it can save up your print quota. With immediate effect, whenever you use duplex printing to print on a piece of paper through the Quota Controlled Fast Print Queue, your print quota will be deducted by 1.5 instead of 2. This is really a big saver! To use double-sided printing, when you print:
Using double-sided printing is a small change but can have a big impact. As going green is our common goal, act NOW to show your support! |
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In addition to a collection of all the security fixes to date, Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) contains major improvements in network protection, memory protection, email security and browser security to effectively guard against hackers, viruses, and worms. Indeed, SP2 seems to provide an operating system upgrade rather than just a series of bug fixes. Due to the enormous enhanced security features and reports from some sites stating that SP2 would cause some normal applications fail to run, this service pack must therefore undergo an in-depth testing by the Computing Services Centre (CSC) and related parties before deployment. To prevent users from experiencing the undesirable situation where their applications fail for unknown reasons followed by an extra effort to remove SP2 from the affected machines, the CSC had temporarily blocked the downloading of Windows XP SP2 via Windows Update since 16 Aug., 2004. When the test is completed, the service pack will be automatically delivered and installed to those Staff LAN PCs which have joined the CITYUMD domain. As such, you are advised not to obtain SP2 from other sites or through other means. Your cooperation will be much appreciated. Should you have any queries, please feel free to contact the CSC Help Desk 2788 7658. Related Information For a
list of programs that failed to run under Windows XP Service
Pack 2, please visit Win XP
SP2 Halts 15% of Systems, Survey Says Security
Watch Special: Windows XP SP2 Has a Dangerous Hole Windows
XP SP2 is big step forward in security--but it can break things Preliminary
testing has revealed some problems with Windows XP Service
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Problems in Windows XP SP2 Holes
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