August 2003 Archive   W32.Welchia Worm (Monday 25th August 2003) URGENT!! Access to the Internet through the DET WAN has ground almost to a halt, due to the W32.Welchia worm. This worm affects Windows 2000 and XP computers and servers. It does not affect Mac, Win 95/98, or Win Me. It makes most infected PCs generate enormous amounts of network traffic ("ping requests") in an attempt to discover other PCs to infect. It is vital that all Windows NT4, 2000 and XP workstations and servers are patched and checked for the presence of this worm. This procedure is ADDITIONAL to those steps detailed for the W32.Blaster.Worm and should be run after those steps have been completed on each PC. Full details at Symantec. Other information for DET schools, including a scanning tool, is available from the DET Antivirus page (DET Intranet access required). Another useful scanning tool is Retina Scan. More Worms! (Friday 22nd August 2003) A second worm, the w32.Welchia worm, is causing havoc on the DET network. It is vital that all schools eradicate the worm and patch their school's NT, 2000, and XP PCs. Adobe Photoshop - Classroom in a Book (Thursday 21st August 2003) An entire Photoshop training manual in PDF format, chapter by chapter. Try the downloads over a broadband link, as some files are quite large! ITSC 2004 (Wednesday 20th August 2003) The Innovative Technology Schools Conference is without doubt Australia’s premiere ‘hands-on’ education and technology conference. It is held right here in Wollongong from 24th - 27th November 2003. 4 Day and 1 Day options. This conference fills very quickly, so book early to avoid disappointment! ASTD 2003 (pdf - 250k) (Monday 18th August 2003) Its on again! The Apple School Technology Day at Port Kembla Golf Club will be providing a sneak preview of Panther (OSX 10.3), the new G5, iChatAV, SoundTrack & Keynote, as well as sessions on managing OSX in a school, advanced OSX server, video editing and digital photography. Tuesday 16th September - RSVP 29th August. W32.Blaster Worm (Tuesday 12th August 2003) URGENT!! This virus has swept the world today, and began shutting down Windows XP and 2000 workstations in Wollongong schools this afternoon. This site (from Stu Hasic) describes the process of downloading the fix and manually applying it to each Windows XP/2000 computer in your school. More details at Symantec. Mac Office X Update 10.1.4 (Tuesday 12th August 2003) A variety of updates for the various Office X components, most notably including an Entourage fix for those accessing MS Exchange servers. (28 Mb) HP Switches and Macintosh Network Connections (Tuesday 12th August 2003) Some schools using Mac OS9 are reporting that AppleTalk services for network printers and servers are lost after installing HP 2525 switches. This quick fix should help! Newsday (Wednesday 6th August 2003) Newsday is a classroom simulation where students produce their own newspaper, to real deadlines, using live news and writing for a real audience. Primary and Secondary school students (Stages 2–5) can participate in Newsday. Year 10 CSA Information (Wednesday 6th August 2003) Teacher support materials, an online trial test, ICT syllabus mapping, etc. from the Board of Studies, to support the introduction of the Year 10 Computer Skills Assessment. Setting Mac OS X Default Paper Size to A4 (Monday 4th August 2003) Although the Mac OS X Print Center provides a system-wide preferences option for the default Paper Size, you may need to set MS Word preferences independently, or Word will continue to format documents for printing at US Letter paper size. WDO SASSI (Monday 4th August 2003) Useful links for SASS staff in Wollongong District schools.   Back to headlines