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Category: Technology Tips

ITS News for the NYU Community

NYUHome v. 6 Coming Soon!

By Robert Brill & Amit Snyderman

screenshot of NYUHome

A redesigned version of NYUHome will be released early in the Spring 2007 semester. Exciting new features will include:

  • A redesigned login screen and seven deluxe new style themes (see screenshot at right for one example), offering amazing colors, beautiful photos, and useful icons, will be available in your Preferences section under "Your Style Theme."
  • The Library channel in the Research tab will offer a vastly improved interface for searching references, databases, and ejournals. In addition, look for the new Library Info quick reference, and Liblink blog.
    • screenshot of NYUHome
  • A new Student Health & Wellness channel on the NYU Life Tab will provide quick access to information about the Student Health Center, Student Health Insurance, the NYU Wellness Exchange, and much more.
  • Expanded content will be available in the Computer Security Alerts and ITS News & Alerts channels on the Home and News tabs.
  • All ITS-licensed software and accompanying instructions are now available for download from the ITS Software website: http://software.nyu.edu.
  • And, thanks to a Summer 2006 hardware upgrade, NYUHome now offers significant improvements in response time!

Internet Explorer 7 – Tips & Troubleshooting

By Keith Allison

Starting in early November, Microsoft began distributing the latest version of its browser, Internet Explorer 7 (IE7), as a Critical Update via Windows Automatic Update. ITS began updating and testing NYU tools and applications as soon as IE7 was made available. Although current evaluations have not revealed any compatibility problems between IE7 and NYU services such as NYUHome, the Albert Student Information System, administrative applications, and other critical tools, please be aware that testing is still underway, and issues may be discovered as the evaluation progresses.

If you use Internet Explorer and have not updated your browser to the new version, ITS recommends that you continue to use IE6 for the time being. Once testing has been completed and ITS is confident that there are no outstanding complications with using IE7, alerts will be posted to the ITS News blog: www.nyu.edu/its/news/.

If you have already installed IE7, it is unlikely you will encounter any problems. However, if you do, you can remedy the situation by uninstalling IE7, reverting to IE6, and contacting the ITS Client Services Center (see below). To uninstall IE7:

  1. Open the Start menu and select Control Panel.
  2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
  3. Look for "Windows Internet Explorer 7" in the list of programs, and click the Remove button next to it.
  4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
  5. Restart your computer.

If you need assistance or more information, please contact the ITS Client Services Center at 212-998-3333 or via the Ask ITS support area of NYUHome (available from the Home tab within NYUHome (http://home.nyu.edu).