By Tammera E Campbell on 2019-03-04T21:31:49Z Microsoft ceased mainstream updates for Windows 7 on January 13, 2015. Since then, Windows 7 continues to receive extended security updates; however Microsoft will cease all updates to Windows 7 on January 14, 2020. This is detailed in the Windows … [Read more...] about End of Support for Windows 7
Laboratory Computing: How Molecular Foundry Scientists Model at the Nanoscale
By Gary M Jung on 2019-02-05T17:36:08Z In six of the seven facilities of the Molecular Foundry, scientists at benches or instruments, in lab coats or clean room suits, are hard at work creating and characterizing nanoscale materials. Sandwiched in between those laboratories, however, is a … [Read more...] about Laboratory Computing: How Molecular Foundry Scientists Model at the Nanoscale
To Clear or Not to Clear Browser Cache
By Jennifer Brown on 2019-01-09T02:00:07Z What is a browser cache? A browser uses a local cache (pronounced “cash”) to store copies of recently accessed website information to quickly display data to a user at a later time. Having pages and images cached prevents the browser from having to … [Read more...] about To Clear or Not to Clear Browser Cache
[Completed] CIFS (Grouper/Bass) Shared Directories Migration – December 21, 2018 5:30 PM
By Luis Enrique Corrales on 2018-12-24T07:11:48Z December 23, 2018: The work for this migration has completed. If you have any questions please contact us at help@lbl.gov. The CIFS server has reached end-of-life and to reduce the high costs associated with … [Read more...] about [Completed] CIFS (Grouper/Bass) Shared Directories Migration – December 21, 2018 5:30 PM
Google’s “Critical security alert” email
Created by Michael Narong Smitasin, last modified by Jay Krous on Dec 14, 2018 Overview You may receive an email like the below stating a "Sign-in attempt was blocked" for an email address in the @gtempaccount.com domain. This is not an attack or concerning; it's just benign leftovers from … [Read more...] about Google’s “Critical security alert” email
Nov. 30, 2018 – Vulnerability to Zoom Meeting Client
By Luis Enrique Corrales on 2018-12-11T17:32:44Z Zoom has identified a vulnerability in its Zoom Meeting Client for Mac, Windows and Linux. This vulnerability is pretty bad, we believe it’s worth you taking the time to upgrade. The vulnerability could enable execution of unauthorized Zoom … [Read more...] about Nov. 30, 2018 – Vulnerability to Zoom Meeting Client
IT Survey Begins
By Kryshna Avina on 2018-12-10T17:42:23Z IT Division's user survey kicks off this morning. A statistically valid sample of the laboratory population has been selected by the survey firm retained by IT Division (MOR Associates) and those users received email this morning asking for them to … [Read more...] about IT Survey Begins
Apple 13-inch MacBook Pro Solid-State Drive Recall
By Tammera E Campbell on 2018-12-04T20:44:11Z Apple recently announced that there are a limited number of 13-inch MacBook Pro (non-Touch Bar) laptops from 2017 and 2018 that have defective 128GB or 256GB solid-state drives. Apple suggests that to avoid data loss, these drives be replaced as … [Read more...] about Apple 13-inch MacBook Pro Solid-State Drive Recall
macOS Mojave Currently Blocked
By Tammera E Campbell on 2018-12-01T01:27:05Z Operations computers are managed by the IT Workstation Support Group under the Operations Desktop Support (ODS) program. At this time Operations Mac users cannot install the latest macOS, Mojave. We are currently blocking this macOS until we can … [Read more...] about macOS Mojave Currently Blocked
PC Gamers Use 75 Billion Kilowatt Hours
By Tammera E Campbell on 2018-11-30T19:44:43Z Why would this article be featured in IT Spotlight? The Green Gaming Project was a collaboration between Science and IT. Evan Mills and Norm Bourassa, senior scientists from the Building Technology and Urban Systems Division, worked together with a … [Read more...] about PC Gamers Use 75 Billion Kilowatt Hours
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