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CNSIT would like to solicit feedback on how things are going in terms of IT. The Department of Psychology gracious enough to allow us to use their Qualitrics server for this purpose. The CNSIT Spring 2017 survey is now closed. Thank you very much to all who participated! Click here to view the results!
By Ross Madden
January 24, 2017 2:30 pm MT
Posted in Apple, General CNSIT, General Computing, Knowledge Base, Tips and Tricks, Windows
January 24, 2017 2:30 pm MT
Posted in Apple, General CNSIT, General Computing, Knowledge Base, Tips and Tricks, Windows
Is your hard drive in the red and you have no idea where all that space is being consumed? We often use the following free programs to interpret this mysterious phenomenon. These utilize a type of graph called a Treemap, which attempts to visualize the files in blocks. The larger the block, the more space […]
In an effort to improve the CNSIT support experience, I have put together the following reasons for using our CNSIT ticket system instead of a direct email. So, read through this article, and be sure to submit a CNSIT ticket when you next need support! It is way faster and more convenient for both CNSIT […]
By Ross Madden
August 15, 2016 1:24 pm MT
Posted in General CNSIT, Internet & Networking, Knowledge Base, Tips and Tricks
August 15, 2016 1:24 pm MT
Posted in General CNSIT, Internet & Networking, Knowledge Base, Tips and Tricks
Your CSU NetID Account Your CSU NetID is your university wide username. This, in combination with your CSU password, is what you will use to gain access to almost all resources you have access to. CSU VPN and DUO 2-Factor Authentication Access to most services will now require the use of 2-Factor authentication. Immediately after […]
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By Ross Madden
March 24, 2016 2:01 pm MT
Posted in General CNSIT, Pangea
By Ross Madden
March 24, 2016 2:01 pm MT
Posted in General CNSIT, Pangea
Pangea is evolving! We have some exciting changes to announce with relation to the Pangea file serving service available to CNSIT South affiliates. Over the past few years, we have been able to carefully watch how folks are utilizing Pangea. This usage information, along with technological advances (and some handy changes in how we can […]
NOTE: This article is many years old, and the descriptions may not work as described. “If you do not have a local email program configured on this computer, you may also save this file, and email it directly to bmb-orders@lists.colostate.edu” There is a new BMB Order Form! It looks and acts very much like the […]
By CNS IT
March 3, 2016 5:33 pm MT
Posted in General CNSIT, Internet & Networking, Knowledge Base, The Cloud
March 3, 2016 5:33 pm MT
Posted in General CNSIT, Internet & Networking, Knowledge Base, The Cloud
OneDrive is Cloud Storage available for CSU faculty, staff and students. Currently, 5 TB of personal storage is available to each individual. To login to Microsoft 365, go to https://portal.office.com Please keep in mind that for authenticating to M365 services at CSU, your Username must be in the format of NetID@colostate.edu (you will still use […]
By Ross Madden
March 3, 2016 12:08 pm MT
Posted in General CNSIT, Internet & Networking, Knowledge Base, Pangea, The Cloud, Tips and Tricks
March 3, 2016 12:08 pm MT
Posted in General CNSIT, Internet & Networking, Knowledge Base, Pangea, The Cloud, Tips and Tricks
Personal storage has been handled by many different technologies over the years. At first, the term was just used to describe data on your personal computer – stored on it’s local hard drive. We may have supplemented this storage with the use of external hard drives that we could move around from one computer to […]
The following directions will instruct you on how to connect a Windows 10 computer to a network printer. A network printer is a printer that connects directly to the Internet via an Ethernet cable; it does not connect directly to another computer. In order to set up and print to a network printer, your computer […]
We are often asked about what computer we recommend as a personal purchase by affiliates. So much of what makes a computer the right computer for you are very subjective and personalized choices. Screen size, the way a keyboard feels, and weight to name a few. There are also preferences for brand, many of which […]
