‘Technology Issues’ Category
Slow e-mail delivery
Currently, some users are experiencing slow delivery of e-mail. Please be assured that no e-mail is lost. We hope to be back up to full speed later today. If you have questions or concerns, please contact the Technology Helpline at x6111. Thank you for your patience.
Adding Other Calendars to Your Google Calendar
One of the fun features of Google Calendar is the ability to add other calendars to your calendar. There are a number of Gustavus calendars that can be added to your calendar. If you want to add all the Fine Arts Events, or the Swimming and Diving Calendar, you can. To add the Swimming Calendar (or other [...]
SPACE / LOCKER down 11/10/2009
Due to heating and cooling problems SPACE / LOCKER has been having intermittent problems. This server has been shutdown to preserve its data. This will affect classes and departments using this server for storage. If you have questions, please call the Technology Helpline x6111.
Don’t Know Your WebAdvisor Password?
Passwords for WebAdvisor and email are not synchronized. This makes it sometimes difficult to remember your WebAdvisor password. If you don’t know your WebAdvisor password, you can have it reset and emailed to your Gustavus email account. Just click the “I forgot my PIN and need to reset it” link on the lower left side on [...]
Phishing email this weekend…
Gustavus Technology Services will never ask for your password. Be aware that this weekend an email, NOT FROM GUSTAVUS, was sent out regarding your email password. Please be aware that this is a scam/phishing attempt. Thank you to those that brought it to our attention. Please delete the message immediately. Always remember, if you are [...]
E-mail Quotas
Most users at Gustavus have an e-mail quota of 250 MB. A quota limits the amount of disk space that each user can use. If you are close to your e-mail quota, you will receive an e-mail notification. To check your e-mail quota and usage, please visit the GTS Tools Page. [...]
A Work in Progress: Dual-Boot Classroom
Today, we have put the finishing touches on our first dual-boot computer lab. However, this indeed is a work in progress. Our dual-boot classroom is located in the Olin Technology Center’s teaching computer lab. The lab consists of 9 Mac Mini’s that are running both Mac OSX Tiger and Windows XP. When you sit down at [...]
Empty Your E-mail Trash Mailbox
Be a good steward of your e-mail space and regularly empty your trash. The messages in your Trash mailbox take up space on the mailserver, and count towards your e-mail quota. Make sure you empty your Trash mailbox regularly. To empty your Trash mailbox in Webmail click the Empty Trash icon [...]
Daylight Savings Time Changes
Not only is Daylight Savings Time changing our clocks, this year it is changing when we change our clocks. This means that our computers have to change too. All major software vendors have released patches and updates to ensure that the changes in Daylight Savings Time don’t cause us to be late for [...]
GAC Squad – Tonight!
Need help registering your computer on the Gustavus (wired or wireless) network? Do you have virus-related computer problems? Today, March 5th, the Gustavus Technology Helpline will be running its GAC Squad from 5:00-9:00pm in the Olin Computer Lab. During this time, the Technology Helpline will be helping students register their computers on the wired and wireless networks [...]