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Network Connectivity

The Service Providers Group Picks are found here!  Please e-mail suggestions to the Service Providers Group chair (wwwsp@montana.edu).  This is a work in progress!

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Policies

bullet University System IT User Policies http://mus.edu/borpol/bor1300/bor1300.asp
bullet State of Montana IT Policies http://itsd.mt.gov/policy/itpolicy.asp

 

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Network Connection Troubleshooting

bulletOn a separate page here.

 

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Operating Systems

bulletLinux
bulletRedHat mirror site locally is ftp://redhat.montana.edu
bulletAdditional site at ftp://redhat.cutthroatcom.net
bulletThe Bozeman Users Group at http://www.bozemanlug.org
bulletMSU Users Group http://gemini.oscs.montana.edu/~unixuser/
bulletMicrosoft
bulletTechnet at http://www.microsoft.com/technet
bulletDeveloper's Network at http://msdn.microsoft.com
bulletLocal installation (requires License) \\topaz\technet
bulletmicrosoft.public.* newsgroups
bulletResource Kits (purchase from ITC Store)
bullethttp://www.annoyances.org
bulletApple (including hardware)
bullethttp://www.info.apple.com for support
bulletLocal hardware support by Gordon Stevens, Stevens Computer Service
bullethttp://www.macosx.com/forums
bullethttp://www.macfixit.com
bullet http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx/index.shtml
bullethttp://www.xlr8yourmac.com/
bullethttp://www.macupdate.com/
bullethttp://www.macgurus.com
bullet http://www.applerockies.com/index.html and choose MSU-Bozeman

 

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Hardware

bulletDell
bullethttp://premiersupport.dell.com for a customizable support area
bulletITC Maintenance (994-5105) for warranty issues
bulletMicrosoft HCL http://www.microsoft.com/hwdq/hcl
bulletRedhat Linux HCL http://hardware.redhat.com/hcl
bulletHard Drive Failures
bullethttp://www.drivesavers.com
bullethttp://www.ontrack.com
bullet http://www.intellirecovery.com

 

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Software

bulletMicrosoft Office
bullethttp://office.microsoft.com
bulletincludes product updates engine
bulletBanner at MSU
bullethttp://sais.montana.edu
bulletWebCT at MSU
bulletStaff and Faculty should contact the Burns Telecommunications Center
bulletStudents should contact the HelpDesk at ITC (994-7177)
bulletStatistics packages at MSU and the Student Labs
bulletCarol Shannon at 994-5087
bulletXML at MSU!  http://www.montana.edu/readme/xml/
bulletTHE driver site http://www.driverguide.com

 

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General

bullethttp://www.google.com - find darn near anything
bullethttp://www.dogpile.com
bullethttp://www2.montana.edu/desktop for Dan Marsh's very thorough support page
bulletThe ITC Newsletter at http://www.montana.edu/wwwitc/itcnews/
bulletThe MSU ITC Helpdesk http://ruby.msu.montana.edu/helpdesk
bulletHuge list of file format extensions http://www.ace.net.nz/tech/TechFileFormat.html

 

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Security

bulletThe ITC McAfee page http://www2.montana.edu/mcafee
bullethttp://www.cert.org
bullethttp://www.sans.org
bullet http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
bullethttp://itsecurity.montana.edu
bullet http://www.symantec.com/avcenter for a fairly user-friendly (meaning average user) virus information area.
bullethttp://www.ciac.org/ciac
bullethttp://www.securityfocus.com (includes BugTraq)

 

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Reviews

bullethttp://www.infoworld.com
bullethttp://www.zdnet.com
bullethttp://www.cnet.com
bullethttp://www.tomshardware.com
bullethttp://www.motherboards.org

 

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Miscellaneous Tools

bulletNorton Utilities http://www.symantec.com
bulletSysInternals - lots of great tools, some free http://www.sysinternals.com



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