Category Archive: General CNSIT

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By CNS IT
July 23, 2012 3:56 pm MT
Posted in E-mail, General CNSIT, Knowledge Base, Tips and Tricks

Backing up your outlook inbox, local folders and sent folder to a .pst file on a regular basis can serve you well if your computer ever crashes. Making these backups a weekly or monthly routine is a good idea. To backup your Outlook 2010 email, please follow these instructions: 1. Bring up Outlook 2010 2. […]

By CNS IT
July 13, 2012 4:35 pm MT
Posted in E-mail, General CNSIT, Knowledge Base, Tips and Tricks

Having problems with your outlook auto-caching email addresses? It is nice to be able to type in the first few letters of an email address and have outlook give you recent cached email addresses to choose from. This is a real time saver! If suddenly your auto cache is no longer working chances are your […]

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By Ross Madden
May 8, 2012 2:13 pm MT
Posted in Apple, General CNSIT, Knowledge Base, Pangea

We have just uploaded some much needed updates to the Pangea connection application for Mac!  Technically, this is just a simple Applescript which instructs the Finder application to do a Connect To Server operation.  The issue we were seeing with the older versions is that users who had passwords that contained certain special characters were […]

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By Ross Madden
April 26, 2012 9:00 am MT
Posted in E-mail, General CNSIT, Knowledge Base

ACNS is planning a server upgrade/switch for Lamar this summer.  While they are making that switch, they are also going to tighten it down a bit more in the security department by requiring users connect via the Secure IMAP protocol.  Basically this means that IMAP clients will need to use an SSL connection to port […]

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By Ross Madden
April 25, 2012 9:16 am MT
Posted in General CNSIT, Tips and Tricks, Windows

With the Consumer Preview out for Windows 8 – it seems as though we are stuck with running the new Metro Start Menu/Screen (without 3rd Party Software that is).  So, I started to look around a bit to see what I could find on making that a little more useful for an actual business environment.  […]

By Ross Madden
April 17, 2012 9:44 am MT
Posted in General CNSIT, Internet & Networking, Knowledge Base

You have probably noticed those strange, bar code looking graphics popping up all over the place.  In Magazines, in the hallway on the bulletin boards, and even in the digital signage displays that are being added in most buildings.  QR is short for “Quick Response” and allows a smart phone to “scan” using a built […]

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By CNS IT
April 12, 2012 4:15 pm MT
Posted in General CNSIT

Tired of all the “cookies” installed on your computer to track your internet usage? The dreaded “zombie cookies” and be a real pain! If you would like to use a search engine that is completely uncensored and anonymous give Gibiru a try.

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By Ross Madden
April 9, 2012 1:10 pm MT
Posted in Apple, General CNSIT, Security News

UPDATE: Apple Software Update (top left Apple Menu -> Software Update) now has a patch for the Flashback malware – it will appear as something similar to ‘Java for OS X 2012-003’ – Be sure to run software update to protect yourself from this vulnerability! SUBNET MANAGER LIST MESSAGE FROM ACNS BELOW CSU has begun […]

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By Ross Madden
March 21, 2012 1:19 pm MT
Posted in General CNSIT

This is a quick announcement to any that are still unaware – RamCT as we know if is being upgraded and migrated for all courses and will go live for all summer 2012 courses.  Information relating to the migration, enhancements, and other instructor resources can be found at the following URL: http://help.ramct.colostate.edu/transition.aspx ACNS is currently […]

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By Ross Madden
June 9, 2011 7:01 am MT
Posted in General CNSIT

UPDATE: https://cnsit.colostate.edu/kb/new-ticketing-system-for-cnsit-south As we shift gears and expand our IT support model into other departments, we risk losing track of issues reported at an individual level.  To combat this problem we have implemented a new CNSIT Web Portal and Ticket System.  This new portal is located at the following URL: https://cnsit.colostate.edu/help This new portal  runs […]

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