Important News for All Computer Team Users

In our continuing efforts to provide better service to our customers, we are making some changes to our network that will make remote access to our servers (Citrix, Web and Mail) faster and more reliable.

We are switching our Internet connection from the current T1 connection to a fiber optic connection. Since we are changing our type of connection to the Internet, the IP addresses we use for our servers will change. This change will take place this coming Friday, August 25th after 6:00pm. Our servers will be unavailable during this transition. We hope to have all of our servers back up and available by 6:00am this coming Saturday, August 26th. We need to make this change as early in the weekend as possible to give appropriate time for these changes to propagate across the Internet. Hopefully, by Monday morning the changes will have taken effect across the Internet and everything will be running smoothly.

How does all of this affect you?

• Web sites hosted on our servers may be unavailable to some people for part or all of the weekend.
• Email delivery could be delayed.
• Mail servers may be inaccessible to email clients like Outlook and Outlook Express for part or all of the weekend. The World Client Web based mail client should be accessible at all times. Provided below are instructions for accessing your email using this method.
• Citrix connections will work but you will have to change the IP address you connect to. Provided below are instructions on how to change this. You only do this if you access Computer Team’s Citrix servers.

We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you. Please feel free to call us at any time if you have any questions or need assistance making the necessary configuration changes to your system. Please be sure to print a copy of these instructions in case you cannot access it after 6:00pm on Friday, August 25th.

Thank you,

Computer Team Staff

Computer Team, Inc.

Main: 563-355-0426
Toll-Free: 800-355-0450
Hours:
M-F: 9:00am to 6:00pm
Sat: 9:00am to 12:00pm

Mobile numbers:

Dave Smith 563-340-9221
Dave Belville 563-340-5621
Mike Belville 563-343-0862
Mike Larson 563-340-5620

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Instructions for Changing Your Citrix Connection Configuration:

1. Open Citrix Program Neighborhood icon shown below.

   
    

2. Locate the icon that represents your connection to the Computer Team Citrix servers.
    
3. Right-click on that icon. This will pop up a menu (below). Left click on “Properties”.

   
    

4. The Properties window will open as shown below.

   

   Please note that this image shows “CTICS01 Wide Properties” at the top of the window. Yours may have a different title at the top, but should match the name you have given to your Computer Team Citrix connection. Be sure the “Connection” tab is selected at the top of the properties window that opens.
   
   

5. Next to the Address List Window click "delete" to remove the old IP address. Then click on the "Add" button to type the new IP address showing the new window that appears (below).

   
   
   

6. The new address is 67.55.206.113 (Make sure that you include the periods between sets of numbers). It should look like this when you are finished.

   
   
   

7. Once complete, click OK to close that window. Click OK to close the properties window as well.
   
   
8. Close the Program Neighborhood and test your Citrix connection.

Should you have any problems please call one of our staff members for assistance.

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Instructions for Accessing the Email System Using the Web-Based Interface (World Client)

1. Open Internet Explorer or Firefox from your desktop.
   Web-mail is not compatible with AOL's built in browser.
   If you are an AOL user, you must use Internet Explorer launched from your desktop once you are connected to the Internet.
   
   
2. Enter the following address in the address field exactly as you see it here, then hit enter.
   (You can copy and paste this to be sure that you have it right.)
   http://67.55.206.115:2000

   

   NOTE: Be sure to notice that there is a colon before the 2000 at the end.
   
   

3. After the World Client for MDaemon page opens, enter your full email address in the “Email Address” line and your email password in the “Password” line.
   
   If you do not know your email password, please call Cory at Computer Team before 6:00 pm on Friday.
   
   
4. Click “Sign In” and you will be taken to the web-based email client. You can send and receive emails from this site. We suggest that you do not delete any emails from here unless you are sure you do not want them.

When your regular mail client starts to work again (Outlook, Outlook Express etc.) all of the emails that are available in the web based client will download to your computer as usual. At that time, they will be removed from the web-based mail client.
 

Are you having a problem with Symantec's Norton Antivirus prompting you to activate each time you restart, even though it's been successfully activated? This is a known problem affecting some NAV users. To resolve this problem, please visit Symantec's Support Document #2004122212322013 at their website.

You can learn more about Norton Antivirus and other Symantec products by visiting:
www.symantec.com

"The Itronix Hummer Laptop IX600 ($3,368) came out poorly when compared to the Ferrari 4000 in the March 21 issue of PC Magazine. "The system is ideal if you're out in the field all day (think construction workers, architects, park rangers, field scientists, and so on), but for the average Joe who wants a cool car-theme laptop, the $2,000 Acer Ferrari 4000 is a much better deal.""

Read the entire article at:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1915788,00.asp

Both the Aspire 9500 and Aspire 5670 notebooks have earned Editors’ Choice awards from Laptop magazine.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.laptopmag.com/review/acer-aspire-9500.htm

http://www.laptopmag.com/review/acer-aspire-5670.htm

Forbes: "Acer is beating Dell at its own game—price."  
In an article titled "Acer Who?," Forbes magazine says, "Acer is beating Dell at its own game– price."

"Dell has bested many competitors with its PC price wars and made-to-order machines since Michael Dell started selling computers from his college dorm room 21 years ago," the article states. "But now the Round Rock, Tex. firm, which issued a sales and profit warning in October, has a name from the past nipping at its heels: Acer . . . ."

Acer is "on course to double its computer sales in the U.S. this year to better than $1 billion. Dell's shipments are growing roughly in line with the market (up 17.6% in the September quarter from a year ago). Acer's shares have jumped 51% so far this year. Dell's are down 30%."

Read the entire article at:
http://www.forbes.com/home/free_forbes/2005/1128/050.html

Ferrari 4000 Notebook Earns Laptop Magazine Award

Laptop magazine in its December 2005 issue features a "Best of the Best" article highlighting the top-ten notebooks released during the past year. The Ferrari 4000, having been chosen the most stylish notebook of 2005, received the award for best "Style and Substance." For more information click here!

Computer Team continues to improve our unsolicited bulk e-mail (UBE or "SPAM") blocking technology and virus filtering for our hosted e-mail users. We are currently blocking over thee million unsolicited e-mail messages before they get to our clients - every single week - and that number is growing. We are also terminating hundreds of e-mail worms and viruses every day - before they ever reach any of our users. We're a long way from winning the war against those who choose to abuse e-mail, but we're making progress every day!

For more information of e-mail hosting with SPAM filtering and virus-control, contact us!

BOISE, ID -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 04/20/2005 -- When Iowa State University Extension decided to upgrade the accounting software for their offices in Iowa's 99 counties, they needed a product that was not just for accountants. Because many of the employees at extension offices are not CPAs, the software had to be easy to learn and use. The software also needed a great deal of flexibility, including the ability to account for multiple grants with different calendar years, and a centralized function to consolidate data from 100 outlying offices.

Laurie Gustafson, CPA, Director of Budget and Finance for Iowa State University Extension, and a financial team conducted an extensive search for the software, which ended with a demonstration that "proved the superior user-friendliness of Cougar Mountain Fund Accounting."

Gustafson was also impressed by the presentation from Computer Team, Inc., a Bettendorf, Iowa firm that specializes in custom designed and built computers and small business systems. Computer Team worked with Gustafson and the financial team to develop an architecture that allows regional offices to input data and meet their unique requirements while allowing central consolidation of information from the divergent extension service offices.

About Cougar Mountain Software (www.cougarmtn.com): Founded in 1982, Boise-based Cougar Mountain Software publishes accounting software, software for nonprofit organizations, and point of sale software and hardware. Cougar Mountain has provided the software answer for more than 20,000 national clients across a variety of industries. Cougar Mountain is ranked among the industry's top PC software developers in the nation.

About Computer Team, Inc. (www.computerteam.com): Since 1987, Computer Team has provided complete, customized solutions for small businesses and nonprofit organizations. They consult closely with the client to develop appropriate solutions and then help the client implement these solutions with hardware, software, installation, training, continuing support, and repair. Computer Team is located in Bettendorf, IA

We've made it easier to decide which new Nobilis system is right for you! We've added product comparison charts for most of our computer lines ( Desktops, Notebooks, Tower Servers, & Rack Servers) and also have complete manufacturer specification sheets for each model we carry. The spec sheets and comparison charts can be found in the left-hand menu on the product pages. You'll need the Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free download available at Adobe's site (www.adobe.com) in order to view the pages. We hope you'll find this information helpful as you decide which system is best for you.