Computing Resources Committee Announcements

Click here for information on setting up your DNS numbers on CS department machines. Everyone should be using the university's name servers.
CRC is soliciting ideas for the computing infrastructure portion of the department's strategic plan. Contact Roger Ehrich with any ideas or suggestions.

All accounts on espresso.cs.vt.edu have been reenabled and new applications have been installed. Contact Vince Rivellino for more information.

A new printer has been installed in the mailroom. Click here for more information on printing from Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX platforms.
Brian Maloney may be contacted after hours (in an emergency) at (540) 230-8340.

CRC is soliciting equipment requests for the Equipment Trust Fund list for 2001-2002. Please email any requests to ehrich@cs.vt.edu. CRC will prioritize the requests and submit this list to the department.
The technical staff is addressing the problem of failed mice on machines in the graduate lab and in room 133. All machines will receive new mice as a first step in this process.
Vince Rivellino is officially joining the technical staff beginning May 18. His duties involve support for UNIX machines in the department. Welcome, Vince!
CRC is investigating the need for increased education for faculty, students, and staff on the topic of repetitive stress injuries.
The departmental news server will be officially taken offline very soon. Those desiring to read news should use the university news server at news.vt.edu.
Brian Maloney is beginning a pilot program for the backup of faculty office machines running Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.0.
The online problem reporting system will no longer be used. Instead, simply send an email to techstaff@cs.vt.edu describing your problem. Everyone on the technical support staff will receive a copy of the message, and the appropriate person will initiate a response to the problem.
A matrix showing current technical staff duties is online. Use this to contact someone directly about a computing problem.
The undergraduate computer requirements have been updated for 2001-2002.
Our new webmaster is Matthew Clement. He can be reached at webmaster@cs.vt.edu.