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Arts and Sciences Technical Support


A&S Information Technologist

Christopher Hinkson
Information Technologist
A&S / Media & Technology Services
MTS, University Library
Kingston RI 02881


Phone: (401) 874-7296
Fax: (401) 874-4395


Email: chinkson@uri.edu
Web: www.uri.edu/its/about_ITS/mts.html

 

URI Technical Resources

McAffee Virus protection:

security.uri.edu/virus/

Wireless Network and Internet:

security.uri.edu/wireless/

SafeConnect:

security.uri.edu/safeconnect/

Faculty & Staff Technology Toolkit:

www.uri.edu/its/about_ITS/technology.html

Software Ordering

Dell Marketing, Patrick Prerost:

Telephone: 224-543-5309

Fax: 866-549-8213

Peoplesoft Vendor ID: 0000001810

 

URI Help Desk:

Telephone: 401-874-HELP  (4357)

www.uri.edu/helpdesk/

 

Software licenses are available (but not limited to) for the following operating systems & software packages:

 

  • Microsoft Office 2010 for Win
  • Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac
  • Adobe Acrobat X for Mac/Win
  • Microsoft Windows 7 (32/64 bit)
  • Macintosh OS 10.5
  • Macintosh OS 10.6
  • Macintosh OS 10.7

 

For a full listing of software, prices and system requirements please go to:

wiki.its.uri.edu/help/index.php/Software_Licensing

 

Hardware Ordering

URI Vendor Ordering:ation:

www.uri.edu/purchasing/manual/vendor_info

Ram Computer:

www.uri.edu/ramcomputers/

Search for a Vendor on the State MPA:

www.purchasing.ri.gov/RIVIP/MPASearch

The URI Purchasing Manual:

www.uri.edu/purchasing/manual/index.html

> Suggestions <

Tiger Direct:

www.tigerdirect.com/

NewEgg:

www.newegg.com/

Amazon:

www.amazon.com/ref=gno_logo

Crucial (Memory Purchases)

www.crucial.com/

Other World Computing:

http://otherworldcomputing.com/

Dell Computer:

http://www.dell.com

Suggested Freeware Applications and Utilities

Openoffice.org's Open Office:

www.openoffice.org/

Malewarebytes Maleware cleanup & protection

www.malwarebytes.org/

Piriform's Ccleaner (for cleaning Windows of Temp files, Cache files, Installer residue etc.):

www.piriform.com/ccleaner

Apple iTunes:

www.apple.com/itunes/

Apple Quicktime:

www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

VLC media Player:

www.videolan.org/vlc/

Audacity (sound editor):

audacity.sourceforge.net/

SUPERAntispyware:

www.superantispyware.com/

Spybot (Spyware/Malware protection):

www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

Suggested Web Browsers, Email Clients and other Internet related Applications

Mozilla Firefox & Thunderbird:

www.mozilla.org/

Google Chrome:

www.google.com/chrome

Apple Safari:

www.apple.com/safari/

Opera Software's Opera:

www.opera.com/

Adobe Flash, Air, Reader & Shockwave:

www.adobe.com/

AOL Instant Messenger:

www.aim.com/

ICQ Instant Messaging:

www.icq.com/en

Filezilla FTP Client & Server:

filezilla-project.org/

Pidgin (Universal Chat Client):

www.pidgin.im/

URI Email

Webmail/Zimbra main:

www.uri.edu/its/communications/email.login.html

URI Email Help and Information:

www.uri.edu/its/communications/email.html

URI e-Campus

Peoplesoft e-Campus main:

www.uri.edu/ecampus/

e-Campus help:

www.uri.edu/ecampus/help/help_how.html

tech news & announcements

What's Happening with Technology in Arts & Sciences Right Now:

September though now:

Until further notice I've been reassigned to the Swan Hall Language Lab (LLRC) / The Hub @ The LLRC. Please contact Help Desk for technical support in the meantime (I'll update this section as soon as my status is to be changed back).

Thank you

College of Arts & Sciences Web Site cleanup in progress; Misspells, Broken Links etc.. URI now has a reporting system (off site) that presents me with a list of Misspells & Broken Links on all Arts & Sciences Web Pages which allows me to go in and fix these errors little by little. The last shows that A&S has over 2132 pages in existance (this does not count Departments Computer Science, Math, Chemistry or the Harrington School as they administaer their own Web Pages as of right now) with 541 broken links (left, that number was allot higher a few weeks ago when this whole report & repair process started) and 177 misspellings (as of the April 29, 2012 report).

 

** Attention Mac Users ***

 Flash Fake virus help:

Flashfake Removal Tool

(v 1.0 by Kapersky Lab):

(Download Here)

 

Suggested Virus Protection for URI Employees & Students:

URI Site Licensed version of McAfee Anti-Virus (For Mac & Windows):

(Click here to view URI's McAfee-

Download & Updates page)

 

 Alternative "Free" Virus/Internet Security software for Max OS X:

Avira Free Mac Security 1.0

(Download Here)

Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac

(Download Here)

 

(4/6/12): Ordering from the Apple Store:

** The "Official" process has now changed. Apparently the only way to purchase software for iPod, iPad, iTouch and iPhone systems (Apple products running iOS 5 and up) is to purchase the applications using a "Personal Credit Card".. As of right now there doesn't appear to be a process in place other than this. **

Sorry all...

 

 

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