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Welcome to TARA, the Smith College Technology And Resource Adviser. TARA is an on-line collection of software instructions, user guides, and tip sheets created by the ITS staff for the Smith community.

Faculty & Staff | Getting a new Smith computer? Click here for important information.

	Got McAfee AntiSpyware? McAfee's new antispyware program runs continuously in the background, updates itself automatically, and makes your computer faster and more secure. To get it for yourself, install the McAfee VirusScan 8.5 upgrade now available on the Smith software download page.
	Fall 2008 technology workshops for Smith students, faculty, and staff are filling up fast. For class descriptions and registration information, click here.
	August 2008 SSW Graduates: See the latest issue of SSW Computing News for information about your Novell network, GroupWise, Moodle, BannerWeb, and RefWorks accounts, along with useful tips for life after GroupWise.
	June 2008 Graduates: See the first section of Summer 2008 Computing News for information about all your Smith computer accounts, along with useful tips for life after GroupWise.
	ITS blogs: Visit the MacUser and WinBlog blogs for news and alerts tailored for all Mac and Windows users at Smith.  Students, the TechNotes blog is just for you. You can create an RSS feed or sign up for email alerts for any or all of these blogs.
	Smith web servers accept only *Secure* FTP connections. If you've been using a non-secure FTP (file-transfer protocol) program to transfer files to a web server, click here for instructions on switching to Secure FTP.
	Office 2007 users: If you are sending a Word, Excel, or PowerPoint file to someone who does not have Office 2007, be sure to save your file in a format your recipient can open. Click here for instructions. Non-Office 2007 users: If you cannot open a Word, Excel, or PowerPoint file sent by an Office 2007 user, click below for instructions on installing a program that can convert the file to a format your computer can read.  Windows users  |  Mac users
	RIAA's New Strategy for Pursuing Copyright Infringers For information about the new legal strategy adopted by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for pursuing copyright infringers, click here. For information about settling lawsuits, click here. To disable illegal peer-to-peer file-sharing software on your computer, click here.
	Free software!  Don't forget that McAfee, GroupWise, and many other applications and plug-ins are available to the Smith community at no cost on the software download site: http://www.smith.edu/smithsoftware
	Students:  Be sure to save a copy of all your important files on your network (H:) drive.  That way you'll always have a backup if anything happens to your computer or storage media. Click here to learn how to transfer files to and from your network drive.
	RefWorks is online software that helps you organize and format references for research and writing; it's now available free to all Smith students, faculty, and staff. For more information, click here.
	To check your MessageScreen quarantine area, click here.
If you have any questions or comments about this web site, please send email to tara@email.smith.edu or call the User Support Center at ext. 4487. (Wondering why we chose the name "Tara"? Click here.)