Maintaining Your Computer
Playing It Safe

Now in the information age, "playing it safe" with your computers and files has never been as important as it is today. Safe computing spans a variety of issues: information security, computer maintenance, and file management.  This portion of the University Computing Services web site has been created to help students, faculty, and staff maintain their computers, troubleshoot potential problems, and also be protected against any possible security threats.

Microsoft Antivirus Software
Microsoft Antivirus Software is a spyware/adware eliminating program that will help keep your computer free of malicious programs. MORE...

BSU Symantec AntiVirus
It is critical that every computer be protected from viruses. Ball State offers Symantec AntiVirus free of charge for use on computers owned by the university. Students can also download a free copy onto the computer that they use to complete course work. MORE...

Spybot and Spyware Prevention Tools
Spyware & Adware are files that are installed on your computer without your knowledge. Spybot and Ad-Aware are software tools used to detect and remove these files. MORE...

Defragment to Optimize Performance
Defragmentation is the process of moving a file's clusters on the disk to make them contiguous, which can improve performance. MORE...

User Account Levels in Mac OS X
An Administrator account in OS X has rights to: create other user accounts, install software in the Applications and Library folders and change any computer settings. MORE...

Target disk mode for Mac
Target disk mode allows you to move a large amount of files between your Mac and another Apple computer? MORE...
UCS HelpDesk
Location: RB 165
Phone: (765) 285-1517
Toll Free: (866) 771-3276
Email: helpdesk@bsu.edu


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