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Archive News:

  • 2019.1.25: Okta MFA quick activation instructions available from https://www.stat.iastate.edu/okta.
  • 2019.1.14: Box Drive 2.2.167 is available from Self Service.
  • 2019.1.10: Box Drive 2.2.167 is available from Software Center.
  • 2019.1.7: Okta MFA (MultiFactor Authentication) enrollment instructions: https://www.workcyte.iastate.edu/ready--set--learn-/employee/okta.  More information about Okta can be found from https://www.workcyte.iastate.edu/about/about-workcyte/okta.
  • 2019.1.4:
    • R-3.5.2 is available on Software Center and Self Service.
    • WinSCP 5.13.6 is available on Software Center.
  • 2018.12.11: Box Drive 2.1.106 is available on Self Service.
  • 2018.12.7: Box Drive 2.1.106 is available on Software Center and will begin to update all Windows computers with previous version installed starting 6:00pm, 12/7/18.
  • 2018.11.21: Mathematica 11.3.0 is available on Self Service.  This will be installed as network installation which connects to the license server on campus.
  • 2018.11.15: ActiveTcl 8.6.8.0 and Inkscape 0.92.2 are available on Self Service.
  • 2018.11.13: TeXShop 4.15 is available from Self Service and is compatible with macOS 10.14.
  • 2018.11.09: RStudio 1.1.463 is available on Software Center and Self Service.
  • 2018.11.07: The JSS server upgrade is now completed.  The Self Service is available now.
  • 2018.11.06: The Self Service will not be available on 11/7/18 (Wednesday) from 9am to 5pm due to JSS server will be upgraded to 10.7.1.
  • 2018.11.02: Box Drive 2.0.70 is available on Self Service.
  • 2018.10.31:
  • 2018.10.22:
    • Box Drive 2.0.70 is available from Software Center.  This version will have Mark for Offline feature available after October 31.
    • Box for Office 4.6.1246 is available from Software Center.
  • 2018.10.15: The following packages are updated in Self Service
    • VMware Fusion 11.0.0
    • Cisco Jabber 12.1.1
    • Adobe Acrobat Pro DU Update 2019.008.20074
    • Box Drive 1.19.166
    • Microsoft Teams 1.1.00.25655
    • Dropbox 59.4.93
    • Papercut Client 18.2.6
    • Adobe Flash Player 31.0.0.122
    • Firefox 62.0.3
  • 2018.10.02: "Box Tools 4.3.6.482" and "Git for Windows 2.19.0" are available from Software Center.
  • 2018.10.01: Box Drive 1.18.104 is available from Software Center.
  • 2018.09.28: MatLab R2018b is available from Self Service.
  • 2018.09.26: MatLab R2018b is available from Software Center.
  • 2018.08.30:
    • Airtame 3.3.0 is available from both Software Center and Self Service.
    • Box Drive 1.17.120 is available from Software Center and will automatically deploy to computers with previous version installed after 5:59pm Friday (8/31) .
  • 2018.08.21: The issue of VDI cursor disappeared while editing in some software like Word, JMP is now fixed.
  • 2018.08.07: JMP Pro 14.1 Update is available from Self Service.
  • 2018.08.01: Adobe Creative Cloud license has changed from serialized to naming license.  Faculty and Staff will need to use "Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application" to install any Adobe Creative Cloud products including Adobe Acrobat DC.  Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application can be found from both Software Center and Self Service.
  • 2018.08.01: The following software is available from Software Center.
    • Box Tools 4.3.2.468
    • JMP Pro 14.1 Update
    • Box Drive 1.16.88
    • VLC Media Player 3.0.3
    • Google Chrome Enterprise 68.0.3440.75
    • Java JRE 8 Update 181
    • VcXsrv Windows X Server 1.20.0.0
    • uBlock Origin 1.16.14 for Firefox
    • Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2018.011.20055
    • Notepad++ 7.5.8
    • Mendeley Desktop 1.19.1
    • Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application 4.6.0.384
    • FileZilla 3.35.1
    • DYMO Label v8 - 8.7.2
    • KeePass 2.39.1
  • 2018.07.16: JAGS-4.3.0 is available from Software Center.
  • 2018.07.09: R-3.5.1 is available from Software Center and Self Service.
  • 2018.06.26: JMP 13/14 licenses are renewed to 6/30/19.  It will automatically apply to existing computers (ISU owned) from Software Center and Self Service.  For personal computer, the license # can be downloaded from https://jmp.stat.iastate.edu.
  • 2018.06.14: PaperCut MF Client will be automatically updated to 18.1.3 to all computers.
  • 2018.06.08: RStudio 1.1.453 is available from Self Service.
  • 2018.06.07:
    • RStudio 1.1.453 is available from Software Center.
    • Box Drive 1.13.83 is available both from Software Center and Self Service.
  • 2018.05.23: Bitvise 7.42 is available from Software Center.  Machines with previous Bitvise installed will automatically upgrade to this new version.
  • 2018.05.18:
    • MiKTeX 2.9.6643 is available from Software Center
    • MacTeX 20180417 is available from Self Service.  MacTeX also includes TeXShop 4.01.
  • 2018.05.16: PaperCut MF Client 18.1.3 is available from Software Center.  The Jamf Pro server upgrade is completed and the Self Service is available now.
  • 2018.05.10: The Self Service will not be available on 5/16 Wednesday (9am-5pm) due to server upgrade.  A further notice will be announced after the server upgrade is completed.
  • 2018.05.04: Box Drive 1.12.88 is available from Software Center.
  • 2018.05.03: 7-Zip 18.05 is available from Software Center.
  • 2018.05.02: Box for Office 4.3.1217.0 is available from Software Center.
  • 2018.04.25: RStudio 1.1.447 is available from Self Service.
  • 2018.04.24:
    • R for Windows 3.5.0, RTools 3.5, and RStudio 1.1.447 are available from Software Center.
    • Chrome Browser Extension - Windows Defender Browser Protection is enabled on all Windows machines.  The Windows Defender Browser Protection extension helps protect you against online threats, such as links in phishing emails and websites designed to trick you into downloading and installing malicious software.
  • 2018.04.20: Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application 4.4.0294 is available from Software Center.  The Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop (CCDA) enables faculty and staffs to install/update Adobe Creative Cloud products to their computers (up to 2 devices) directly from Adobe.  The Adobe CCDA can also be downloaded and installed from Okta.
  • 2018.04.16: Box Drive 1.11.98 is available from Software Center and Self Service.
  • 2018.04.05: FileZilla 3.32.0 is available from Software Center and Self Service.
  • 2018.04.03: Mathematica 11.3.0 is available from Software Center.
  • 2018.03.29:
    • Box Drive 1.10.77 is available both from Software Center and Self Service.
    • Notepad++ 7.5.6 is available from Software Center.
  • 2018.03.26: JMP 14.0 is available from Software Center and Self Service.
  • 2018.03.21: Box Drive 1.10.71 is available both from Software Center and Self Service.
  • 2018.03.20: A browser plugin "Bitdefender TrafficLight" is now installed to Firefox and Chrome browsers on ISU owned computers (Windows).  This plugin will show a green checkbox in front of the web search results to let you recognize the site you are going to visit is a safe site or not.  The plugin will be automatically enabled in Chrome browser.  For Firefox browser, you will need to manually enable it.
  • 2018.03.19:
    • R - 3.4.4 for Mac is available from Self Service.
    • R for Windows - 3.4.4, Git for Windows - 2.16.2, Git Extensions - 2.51, and KDiff3 - 0.9.98 are available from Software Center.
  • 2018.03.06:
    • Skype 8.16.0.4 (Windows 7/8) and Skype 12.1807.264.0 (Windows 10) are available from Software Center.
    • Box Drive 1.8.57 are available from Software Center and Self Service.
  • 2018.03.05:
    • Skype 7.40.0.151 (Skype Classic) and RStudio 1.1.423 are available from Software Center (Windows).
    • RStudio 1.1.423 is available from Self Service (Mac).
  • 2018.02.22: Starting March 1, 2018, All ISU users are required to use Okta to access most ISU applications.  Learn more! Join Darin Dugan, ITS Manager/Okta Lead, and me on Thursday at 3:10 – 4:00 PM in Curtiss 127 (Main Lecture Hall). Or participate via Zoom. To join, click this URL to start or join. https://iastate.zoom.us/j/858905126 or https://iastate.zoom.us/join and enter meeting ID: 858 905 126.  More information can be found in OKTA link.
  • 2018.02.21: Research Server Updates/Maintenance - 2018.02.21 9AM - Duration 4 hours - This includes Smaster and Condo Cluster/Servers
  • 2018.02.07: Research IT changes RISA to Spack.  Check here for more information.
  • 2018.02.02:
    • Bitvise SSH Client 7.39 can be installed from Software Center (Windows).
    • VcXsrv 1.9.5.2 (X-Windows) can be installed from Software Center (Windows).
    • Box Drive 1.5.233 is available to install from Software Center (Windows) and Self Service (Mac).
  • 2018.01.25:
    • Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities updates: For Mac users, please apply macOS Updates ASAP either from “App Store -> Updates” or through “Self Service -> Run macOS Software Updates”.  Your computer will require to restart in order to apply these updates.  For more detail information about Meltdown and Spectre, please visit here or here.  Since the security patch is only for macOS 10.11-10.13 now, it is a good time to upgrade your old system if you are still running old OSX 10.10 or below.
    • Okta: ISU new single sign-on web portal.  From Okta, you will be able to access multiple web-based programs and applications, such as Outlook 365 and Cybox.  Check "Get a feel for Okta as an early adopter".
    • Mac users (ISU owned computers): If your computer uptime is more than 14 days, you will begin to receive a popup message to encourage you to restart your computer for smoothing your system and/or applying pending macOS System Updates.
  • 2018.01.16: Mathematica 11.2.0 Network installation is available on Software Center.
  • 2018.01.12: A general security reminder page was created.
  • 2018.01.05: Steps to enroll students in a canvas course and publish the course to students by click here.
  • 2018.01.03: If the TeXnicCenter output profile is not working after upgrading to new Adobe Acrobat Pro DC, please follow this link, https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/250472/texniccenter-adobe-reader-dc, to resolve the issue.  You may also require to install Adobe Acrobat Reader DC from Software Center.
  • 2017.12.20: Adobe Acrobat DC 2015 - 15.6.30394 update is available from Software Center (Windows).  Current Adobe Acrobat DC users will automatically receive this update.
  • 2017.12.14: CyBox vs LSS comparison.
  • 2017.12.13: If you need data storage space for your research data, the Research IT provides LSS service for faculty and staff.  Detail information can be found from https://researchit.las.iastate.edu/large-scale-storage-lss.
  • 2017.12.08: R-3.4.3 is available from Self Service (Mac) or can be downloaded from https://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/.
  • 2017.12.06: R-3.4.3 is available from Software Center (Windows) or can be downloaded from https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/.
  • 2017.12.02 (revised on 2018.1.2): Adobe Acrobat Pro license update: (for ISU owned computers)
    • For Windows users: (if you already use Adobe Acrobat DC, please skip step #2 and proceed to step #3.)

      1. Open “Software Center” from “Start->All Programs->Microsoft System Center” (Windows 7) or “Start->Microsoft System Center” (Windows 10)
      2. In the “Applications” tab, select “Adobe Acrobat DC 2015 Classic – 15.6.30394” and then click “Install”.  This will upgrade your current Adobe Acrobat XI Pro to Adobe Acrobat DC.  Wait until the installation is finished then following the #3 instruction below.
      3. In the “Applications” tab, select “Adobe Creative Cloud Serialization Tool – Reserialize Creative Cloud” and the click “Install”.
      4. Your Adobe Acrobat Pro is now upgraded to Adobe Acrobat DC Pro with newer license #.
    • For Mac uses: (if you already use Adobe Acrobat DC, please skip step #2 & #3 and then proceed to step #4.)

      1. Open “Self Service” from “/Applications” or “Launchpad”
      2. Search “Acrobat Pro DC” and you will see “Adobe ETLA – Acrobat Pro DC 17.012.20093_Install for 10.9+”
      3. Click “INSTALL” to install the newer version of Acrobat Pro DC
      4. After the installation, click the “Featured” category from Self Service and then click “UPDATE” on “Reserialize Adobe Creative Cloud”.
      5. This will apply the new license to the Adobe Acrobat Pro DC.
  • 2017.11.30: (Critical) For macOS 10.13/10.13.1 users only, there is a large security flaw on macOS 10.13.x which will allow to login with "root" without password.  (see https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/28/astonishing-os-x-bug-lets-anyone-log-… for detail).  Please apply the Apple Security Update 2017-001 ASAP.  (see https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208315 for detail).  If file sharing is not working after applying Security Update 2017-001, please see support.apple.com/en-us/HT208317 on how to fix it.  For macOS 10.13 user, please upgrade to 10.13.1 first before applying the security update.
  • 2017.11.22: Bitvise SSH Client 7.35 is available from Software Center (Win).  For current users, the 7.35 update version will be automatically applied.
  • 2017.11.15: Canvas Update:
    • Blackboard access ends on January 5, 2018.
    • Equations created by Blackboard's built-in equation editor may not have imported properly into Canvas.
    • Options to transfer equations appropriately to Canvas:
    • Training and Tutorials: visit the MyCanvas Teacher at ISU website.
    • 24/7 Canvas Support: Canvas offers 24/7 support options listed in the ? Help  icon on the Global Navigation to the far left or call the Canvas Support Line (which includes how-to assistance) call 515-294-4000 then press 2, press 1.
  •  2017.11.10: If you received "Adobe Creative Cloud license will be expired on Nov. 30", please run Adobe Serialization Tool from
    • Windows: "Adobe Creative Cloud Serialization Tool - Reserialize Creative Cloud" from "Software Center"
    • Mac: "Reserialize Adobe Creative Cloud" from "Self Service".
  • 2017.11.09: JMP 13.2.1 is available from "Software Center" (Windows).  JMP 13.2 is available from "Self Service" (Mac).
  • 2017.11.07: SAS 9.4 TS1M5 and JMP 12.2 are available from "Software Center" (Windows).
  • 2017.10.31: R-3.4.2, MacTeX 2017, and TeXShop 3.88 are available from "Self Service" (Mac).
  • 2017.10.12: MatLab R2017b, R-3.4.2, and RStudio-1.1.383 are available from "Software Center" (Windows).
  • 2017.07.24: Due to security concern, Mac computers running macOS Sierra 10.12.x (not 10.12.6) is scheduled to be upgraded to 10.12.6 on July 28th at 5:00pm for all Mac computers owned by ISU on the STAT department.  The upgrade can be performed manually from the Self Service under "Operating System" category too.
  • New setup instructions for GGobi for Mac.
  • Map CyBox folder can be done by installing Box Drive app.  Details can be found in CyBox.