March 29, 2006

HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING DAY SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 21*
MAIL QUOTA INCREASED FOR STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF*
LIBRARY ELECTRONIC RESOURCES - NO ROBOTS, PLEASE*
WHAT'S ON THE HORIZON? WINDOWS VISTA*
CAMPUS EVENT PLANNING: EMAIL FOR VISITORS*
WINDOWS TIP: ALPHABETIZE THE START MENU FOR EASE OF USE*
LIBRARY HOURS*

HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING DAY SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 21*
On Friday, April 21st the university community can learn how High Performance Computing (HPC) at Lehigh can accelerate scientific and engineering computations. World-renowned computer expert, Professor Miron Livny, from the University ofWisconsin Madison, will speak on how access to worldwide computing resources will change the world of research in his talk, "The Democratization of Computing". In addition, Lehigh University faculty members will describe some of their research
activities that make use of campus computing clusters and grids. All events will take place at the Rauch Business Center. To find out more about the day, with a link for registration for HPC Day, go to: http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/hpc/hpcday.html



MAIL QUOTA INCREASED FOR STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF
Recently, the mail quotas for many accounts were substantially increased. Quotas are the limits on how much disk space users have at Lehigh. The space for Inboxes has not changed, but the space for creating folders and managing mail has now doubled, for those whose quotas were at the old minimums. The increases mean that the new minimum
quotas for mail folder space are now 40 megabytes for undergraduates and 80 megabytes for faculty, staff, and graduate students. This does not mean that users can turn off spam filters and skip basic housekeeping activities, like deleting old messages and emptying trash; however, it will make daily mail management easier. Users whopreviously had their Inbox moved from the mail spool to the mail folder space will still maintain the higher net quota of the two areas. See the next issue of LTS Connection for more detail or contact the LTS Help Desk at 610-758-4357.



LIBRARY ELECTRONIC RESOURCES - NO ROBOTS, PLEASE
Lehigh faculty, staff, and students enjoy convenient online access to an extensive collection of library electronic resources. While LTS encourages and actively promotes the use of these electronic journals and databases, there are limits in our licensing agreements. Systematic downloading of large portions of a database or journal is prohibited, as is commercial use. The use of harvesting software, such as scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and can result in the loss of
access to these resources for the entire Lehigh University community.



WHAT'S ON THE HORIZON? WINDOWS VISTA
Windows VISTA, Microsoft's new operating system (slated to replace Windows XP) is reportedly going to be released in early 2007. LTS staff have obtained a beta version of Vista and are currently testing it. Windows VISTA has many new features such as an updated graphical user interface called Aero, improved searching, a number of new security features, and completely new networking, audio, print, and display engines.

How can we plan for Vista at Lehigh? According to LTS Scientific and Desktop Computing Team Leader Gale Fritsche, departments contemplating new computer purchases should look for machines with at least one gigabyte of memory. As the year progresses LTS will continue to inform staff of the timeline for review and implementation of Vista.**



CAMPUS EVENT PLANNING: EMAIL FOR VISITORS
Lehigh visitors often want to check their email or do basic computing while on campus. LTS has secured its wireless and wired network to limit access to those with a Lehigh username and password. The library research stations can be used only for database searching -- they do not permit email access or Internet searching. If you want visitors to have temporary access to the Lehigh network to check email or perform other basic computing tasks, it must be arranged in advance. Contact Margaret
at 8-3830 or Kelly at 8-3990.



*WINDOWS TIP: ALPHABETIZE THE START MENU FOR EASE OF USE*
With a fresh installation of Windows XP, all of your programs appear in the Start Menu alphabetically. But as you install new programs, they are added at the bottom of the list. To reorganize the list alphabetically, click Start > All Programs (or Start > Programs, if you use the Classic menu view). Right-click any program in the list, then click "Sort by Name." This will sort your program groups first, then singular programs at the bottom, in alphabetical order.



*LIBRARY HOURS*
Regular Semester Hours:
Monday - Thursday open 7:30 am - 2:00am
Friday open 7:30 am-10:00 pm
Saturday open 10:00 am - 10:00 pm
Sunday open 10:00am - 2:00 am

Four o'clock quizzes - Extended Hours:
Open 24 Hours
Tuesday, 3/28 open 7:30am to Thursday, 3/30 2:00 am
Monday, 4/3 open 7:30 am to Wednesday, 4/5 2:00 am