Category Archive: Knowledge Base

By Ross Madden
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
May 18, 2016 3:51 pm MT
Posted in Apple, Pangea

UPDATE for Max OS X 10.12 “Sierra” and newer! Apple has removed the “Anywhere” option from the security options described below.  So, we need to open up the Terminal App (this is found in the Applications->Utilities folder) in order to re-enable this.  Once the Terminal App is opened, run the following command:  You will need […]

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By Ross Madden
March 31, 2016 9:26 am MT
Posted in Apple, Pangea

There is a default Finder setting on all new Macintosh computers, that prevent networked servers from showing up as icons on the desktop.  Since Pangea is a networked server, we often receive help requests asking why Pangea isn’t connecting when using the connection app.  It turns out, Pangea is actually connecting successfully, it is just […]

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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 […]

By CNS IT
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

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 […]

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

Anti-Virus for CSU Owned Computers All CSU owned computers are centrally managed- via Windows Defender.  No action is needed, and policy is automatically updated and enforced. Installing Anti-Virus on Personal Computers After the uninstall, new antivirus software should be installed.  The following directions should provide adequate information on what the ACNS/CNSIT recommended alternatives and how […]

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