The Easter weekend is knocking at our door, but before you tackle the long road - take a few minutes to reactivate your username for 2013? Then at least you can put all your energy into hunting the Easter bunny and his eggs.

Did you miss a previous newsletter or are you looking for specific information? All the previous Bits & Bytes are available on a web page and ourblog and wiki are both packed with handy info for you.

If you can't find something, send us an e-mail and we'll add it.

Tech greetings, The IT crowd

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WINDOWS 8 - REALLY A BETTER OPTION?

Launched in October of 2012, the latest version of Windows showcases what seems to be a full re-design of what we have come accustomed to. However, upon closer inspection one could easily find a fair amount of resemblance to Windows 7.

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FREE UPGRADE TO WINDOWS 7

Are you still stuck with an outdated pc running Windows XP? We have some good news for you! From now until the end of May 2013 upgrades from Windows XP to Windows 7 will be done for free!

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INTERNATIONAL EXPERT CALLED IN FOR SAFECOM PRINTER PROBLEMS

We've been experiencing critical errors with the Safecom printing system on campus due to abnormally high printing loads.

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TIME'S RUNNING OUT FOR REACTIVATION

Earlier this year we reminded you of the annual reactivation process (read the article here) and if you haven't done your reactivation, please do so now otherwise you will have no network access from the 3rd of April.

This includes email, internet and access to your network drives, WebCT and many more network applications.

To reactivate, go to http://www.sun.ac.za/useradm and select Reactivate username for 2013.

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