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Category Archive: Tips and Tricks
By Ross Madden
November 1, 2017 11:53 am MT
Posted in E-mail, General CNSIT, The Cloud, Tips and Tricks
November 1, 2017 11:53 am MT
Posted in E-mail, General CNSIT, The Cloud, Tips and Tricks
On occasion, CNSIT receives questions regarding the possibility of a message being caught by an incoming e-mail filter. The symptom for the end user is usually that a message they have expected hasn’t been delivered. Typically, there are 3 options for the message’s absence. Junk Folder on the Client The first place to check is […]
We have noticed a bug in the update process for Windows 7 SP1 machines. The pattern we see is when a machine hasn’t run updates since before October 2016, and when a current update is started, we sit on the “Checking for Updates” step for what could be hours and hours. One solution is to […]
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 […]
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
April 11, 2016 6:10 pm MT
Posted in Tips and Tricks, Windows
By Ross Madden
April 11, 2016 6:10 pm MT
Posted in Tips and Tricks, Windows
With Microsoft becoming increasingly more aggressive with the Windows 10 update notifications, I thought it was a good time to create an article with some tips on how to prevent an accidental upgrade. First, the easy way (and recommended way). Download the following standalone app called the GWX Control Panel here: (http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/GWX_control_panel.exe). Download it, run […]
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 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 […]
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
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
March 11, 2014 3:58 pm MT
Posted in General CNSIT, Knowledge Base, Software, Tips and Tricks, Web Development
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 CNS IT
February 6, 2013 7:04 pm MT
Posted in General CNSIT, Knowledge Base, Software, Tips and Tricks
By CNS IT
February 6, 2013 7:04 pm MT
Posted in General CNSIT, Knowledge Base, Software, Tips and Tricks
The new software for the LAS 500 is now located on pangea in the bmbequipment/IQTL folder. The department has a 5 user floating license that is installed on the BMBTYPHOON computer. This means that 5 licenses or 25 windows can be used at once. If that is exceeded the user will get an access denied […]
