Category Archive: Knowledge Base

By Ross Madden
February 15, 2016 2:50 pm MT
Posted in General CNSIT, Knowledge Base, Printing

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 […]

By Ross Madden
October 28, 2015 3:29 pm MT
Posted in Apple, CNS Computer Lab, Computer Labs, General CNSIT, Printing, Tips and Tricks, Windows

PDF files sometimes give us a lot of trouble when we try to print them. The causes are usually unknown, but may stem from inefficient PDF creation on the publisher side (not everyone uses Adobe Acrobat Pro to create their PDFs, unfortunately). Here are some tips to help you get that pesky PDF to print […]

By Ross Madden
October 22, 2015 10:37 am MT
Posted in Apple, General CNSIT, Software, Windows

Microsoft Office 2016 Professional Plus is now available for CNSIT South departmental computers.  This version is available for both Windows (32 bit and 64 bit) and Mac OS X operating systems. Here is a good collection from Microsoft about what is new with Office 2016: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/What-s-New-and-Improved-in-Office-2016-95c8d81d-08ba-42c1-914f-bca4603e1426 CNSIT South will be using this version as the […]

By Ross Madden
June 15, 2015 3:21 pm MT
Posted in General CNSIT, Security

Very recently, CSU has decided not to continue using Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) as its preferred anti-virus software.  Our license for this software will expire at the end of June 2015.  At some point after that date, SEP clients will stop receiving updated virus definitions.  As such, we are in the process of migrating to […]

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By Ross Madden
August 19, 2014 9:20 am MT
Posted in General CNSIT, Internet & Networking, Knowledge Base

Message below is from ACNS: Last week, two new wireless networks were sent across campus. csu-eid: This is to replace csu-net and csu-net5.   Since most all wireless problems were due to misconfiguration or confusion over usernames, we developed csu-eid to address both issues – you use your eID as the username and we provide a […]

By Ross Madden
March 11, 2014 3:58 pm MT
Posted in General CNSIT, Knowledge Base, Software, Tips and Tricks, Web Development

We are often asked about how a user can create a webpage for themselves, or for their research group.  While CNSIT will not create and manage group and personal web pages (we have enough on our plate at the department and college level) we can assist in getting you up and running.  The information in […]

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By Ross Madden
March 4, 2014 2:10 pm MT
Posted in Internet & Networking, Knowledge Base

(Information on this page has been borrowed from Indiana University’s UITS Knowledge-Base (Link is now dead): https://kb.iu.edu/data/ahic.html) About cache, cookies, and history Each time you access a file through your web browser, the browser caches (stores) it. By doing this, the browser doesn’t have to newly retrieve files (including any images) from the remote web […]

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By Ross Madden
February 19, 2014 9:20 am MT
Posted in General CNSIT, Internet & Networking, Knowledge Base

Recently, Windows computers began to automatically install the new version of Internet Explorer.  This new version, 11, has been causing all kinds of problems across campus.  Specifically users of RamCT, IS Oracle HR, and Kuali.  Our solution for this is to simply uninstall, or roll back Internet Explorer to the previously installed version, 10.  These […]

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By Ross Madden
February 19, 2014 9:07 am MT
Posted in General CNSIT, Internet & Networking, Knowledge Base

We have been seeing more and more reports of Java not working properly in web browsers.  This article should allow a user to get things back up and running.  First, here is a complete article describing what the settings are and what they do, and goes into how you can add sites to a trusted […]

By Ross Madden
January 23, 2014 1:24 pm MT
Posted in General CNSIT, Knowledge Base, Printing

The following directions will instruct you on how to connect a Windows 8 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 […]

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