Category Archive: Knowledge Base

By Ross Madden
January 1, 2012 9:03 am MT
Posted in Knowledge Base, Printing

First, let me first explain that both of these Operating Systems are no longer supported, and should not be plugged in to the Internet.  They are no longer receiving patches and for the good of the data contained on these machines, you should be upgrading.  Please review the following information (https://cnsit.colostate.edu/kb/windows-xp-office-2003-end-of-microsoft-support) and get in touch […]

By Ross Madden
January 1, 2012 9:02 am MT
Posted in Knowledge Base, Printing

First, let me first explain that both of these Operating Systems are no longer supported, and should not be plugged in to the Internet.  They are no longer receiving patches and for the good of the data contained on these machines, you should be upgrading. The following directions will instruct you on how to connect […]

By Ross Madden
January 1, 2012 9:02 am MT
Posted in Knowledge Base, Printing

The following directions will instruct you on how to connect a Mac OS X computer to a network printer. While these directions were developed using Mac OS X.7 (10.7 – Lion) older versions of OS X will be similar but not exact. A network printer is a printer that connects directly to the Internet via […]

By Ross Madden
October 21, 2011 1:11 pm MT
Posted in Knowledge Base, Printing

General Information Model: HP Designjet T1700Location: Chemistry Building Room B204Paper: Roll of 42″ HP Heavyweight Coated Paper Printing Directions Sign into the computer with your CSU NetID by choosing “Other user” from the login screen. Open the “HP Click” folder on the desktop and double click the “HP Click” application. HP Click will begin to […]

By Ross Madden
September 26, 2011 1:06 pm MT
Posted in General Computing, Knowledge Base

First, a few notes on using the BMB PDF Order form. Adobe PDF Reader or Professional is the required PDF software for this order form. You can download Adobe Acrobat Reader for free at the following URL: http://get.adobe.com/reader An order template is simply a saved copy of the BMB Order form that contains pre-populated data. […]

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By Ross Madden
August 22, 2011 1:29 pm MT
Posted in Knowledge Base, Software

THIS POST IS DEPRECATED!  New instructions are on the following post: https://cnsit.colostate.edu/kb/bc401-chime-installation-instructions Insert BC401 CD into your CD drive. Copy the BC401_2009 folder from the CD onto your computer hard drive. Copy it to a place where you will remember where it is. Go to the BC401_2009 folder on your hard drive and open the […]

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By Ross Madden
July 26, 2011 1:31 pm MT
Posted in Knowledge Base, Pangea

When logged in you will navigate to the ‘Places’ menu, and find the ‘Connect to Server’ option. This will bring up the following dialog window. Set the values to mimic those shown in the screenshot below. ‘CSU eName’ is your CSU eName.  Please note that the Server below is for the CNSIT Pangea installation. Server: […]

By Ross Madden
May 4, 2011 1:05 pm MT
Posted in Internet & Networking, Knowledge Base

Here’s a cheat sheet for Samba syntax – used to mount SMB/Linux/Windows shares on Windows, OSX, and Linux systems: Basic form: smb://[[[authdomain;]user@]host[:port][/share[/dirpath][/name]]][?context] UNC FORM  URL FORM \\host\share  smb://host/share \\host\share\dirpath smb://host/share/dirpath \\host\share\dirpath\filename  smb://host/share/dirpath/filename Examples: smb://host/share/ smb://host/share/dirpath smb://host/share/name smb://host/share/dirpath/name smb://WORKGROUP@host/share smb://WORKGROUP;User@host/share Usually the name of the share must be specified. Shared disks are specified with a trailing […]

By Ross Madden
October 7, 2009 8:44 am MT
Posted in Internet & Networking, Knowledge Base

Windows 7 (please tell me you are not running this any more …) – Click the Start icon – Click Control Panel – Select Large icons for the View – Click Network and Sharing Center – Select Change Adapter Settings from the list on the left hand side – Right click on the connection you […]

By Ross Madden
September 17, 2009 8:50 am MT
Posted in General Computing, Knowledge Base, Software

The official Microsoft explanation states that “The terms 32-bit and 64-bit refer to the way a computer’s processor (also called a CPU), handles information. The 64-bit version of Windows handles large amounts of random access memory (RAM) more effectively than a 32-bit system.” (http://windowshelp.microsoft.com) Essentially, what this means is that a 32 bit operating system […]

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