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Author: David Olds

Eduroam for Kindle Fire HD

October 7, 2014 David Olds

The Kindle Fire (released October 2012) supports the security protocols required to connect to Eduroam. Unfortunately previous versions of the Kindle are…

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Posted in: IT Filed under: Eduroam, kindle, wireless

Got Junk?

David Olds

Are you getting emails messages that you don’t want? You can block unwanted sender so that all their messages go to the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Email, Filtering, junk, Junk Email, Nexus

Microsoft Office 365 for Students

October 1, 2014 David Olds

Academic Discounts Students can now get Microsoft Office 365 for FREE http://ox.ac.onthehub.com Sign in with your OXFORD SSO credentials and…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: free, microsoft, office 365, software

Nexus Mailbox getting full? Got Microsoft Outlook?

July 17, 2014 David Olds

If you are running out of space in your Nexus mailbox (basic capacity is 2GB) then you can request an…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: attachments, Email, full, Inbox, outlook, quota, remove, save

TT2014 : Friday 6th Week : Finalists and Leavers

June 6, 2014 David Olds

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Here is some information about what happens to your email and SSO account once you have finished your…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Email, Finalists, Finishing, Leavers, SSO, TT2014

Nexus Email on Windows Phone

June 3, 2014 David Olds

Windows 8 Phone Email Setup On Start, flick left to the App list, tap Settings , then tap Email + accounts Add Account Outlook Give it…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Email, Nexus, Setup, Windows Phone

Microsoft Word RTF vulnerability

March 26, 2014 David Olds

IMPORTANT SECURITY NOTICE RTF (Rich Text Format) documents can now been crafted in such a way that they can open…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: exploit, Mac OS X, microsoft, RTF, security, vulnerability, Windows, word

Mac OS X Mavericks and Sophos Anti-Virus

March 13, 2014 David Olds

Sophos Anti-Virus is available to all University members Sophos for Windows (version 10.2) is available for: Windows 8 / 8.1…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anti-Virus, Mac OS X, mavericks, Sophos

How to remove / forget a Wireless network on Windows using the Command Line

March 5, 2014 David Olds

Sometimes Windows refuses to connect to a wireless network (eg Eduroam) and no matter what you do it just will…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: cli, command line, Eduroam, networking, Windows, windows 8, wireless

Eduroam connection issues – new certificates

February 28, 2014 David Olds

IT Services updated the Eduroam / radius certificates on Tuesday (25 February 2014) which appears to be causing issues for…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Eduroam, networking, wireless

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