Why?

To prepare for the upcoming academic year, Information Technology Services (ITS) needs to wipe computer hard drives, install the Windows 11 operating system, and install the latest versions of academic software to be used in courses.

Impact

The lab computers will be unavailable for up to 12 hours after the upgrade begins. Once back online, software updates will begin so some titles may be intermittently unavailable during installation. All public computers, including computer labs and classroom podiums, will have their hard drives cleared. All data stored locally on the machines will be deleted and unrecoverable. Any software or software configuration installed on the machine will be removed.

Benefits

The public computers will be optimally configured for the beginning of A term!

Action Needed

If you have saved any files directly to a user folder on any of the public computers, please contact IT prior to the upgrade to assist you in recovering those files. If you need A Term software deployed, please request as soon as possible using the link in Actions.

Details

The public computer lab upgrade enables ITS to prepare for the upcoming academic year. Once the re-imaging of the computers has completed, software will begin to install on the machines and will be available for A Term. For a full list of software, and its availability, review our Software Library.