Tech Tip: ITS Summer Hours
Summer is right around the corner. No matter where you are, we are here if you have any questions about your device or using an E-town product off campus, ITS will be there to help you all summer long. ITS …
Tech Tip: Out of Office Replies and Phone Messages
Leaving your office or campus for the summer requires some planning. Here are a few things that you should keep in mind before heading out for a well-deserved break: Out of Office Email Response Setting your email to automatically reply …
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Tech Tip: VPN Over the Summer
VPN or Virtual Private Network allows a user to access network resources (including private and public folders) and software while off campus. The VPN system sends all traffic from your remote computer to the college’s network through an encrypted channel …
Tech Tip: Set Alternate Contact Information
Summer is a busy time, and sometimes we miss that notification from ITS that our password is expiring until it’s too late. As a precaution against this, be sure to set up alternative contact information so that you will be …
Spring Cleaning Your Devices for Faculty/Staff
The close of the semester is a great time to spring clean your devices. You should always back up your files, but sometimes that falls to the wayside in the busyness at the end of the semester. Now is a …
Spring Cleaning Your Devices for Students
The close of the semester is a great time to spring clean your devices. You should always back up your files, but sometimes that falls to the wayside in the busyness at the end of the semester. Now is a …
Tech Tip: How to Schedule a Meeting in Zoom
Meetings can be scheduled via Zoom through two different ways. The traditional way has been to click the My Meetings tab and select Schedule a New Meeting. Now, you can also click the Host a Meeting menu on the …
What’s an ITS Ticket?
If you have contacted ITS for assistance with an issue, you may see an email that looks something like this: The upper box will contain details on what the ITS team has done to fix your problem. The lower box …
Tech Tip: Outlook Not Working?
If you have just changed your network password, you may find that Outlook no longer works. To fix this, you will have to enter and save the new password in Outlook when you’re prompted. You will need to do this …
Cisco AMP for Endpoints and Mojave
There’s a new version of Cisco AMP for Endpoints (our antivirus software). If you’ve updated your Mac to Mojave, when AMP for Endpoints upgrades to version 1.9.0, your Mac may require a system setting change for AMP to continue functioning. …
Tech Tip: How to Use the Ticket System
Enter a Ticket You can enter your own tickets for support from the ITS Help Desk. Just navigate to http://helpdesk.etown.edu/helpdesk/WebObjects/Helpdesk.woa or click the button on the ITS webpage (http://www.etown.edu/offices/its/). After you sign in using your E-town username (without the @etown.edu) …
Tech Tip: Microsoft Office and Mojave
Mac users who wish to update their computer to Mojave must be sure that all Microsoft Office software is updated. Some older versions of the software will not work on Mojave. More information can be found here. To avoid issues …
Tech Tip: Introducing the Myer Gaming Room!
If you live in Myer, you’ve probably noticed that ITS has been hard at work doing something involving a wall of TVs. Now, that project is finally complete – and it’s a gaming room! There are four Xboxes for students …
Tech Tip: Reset Your Password Through Office365
The days of trouble resetting a forgotten password are over. You can now reset your password through Office365, using an alternate email or phone number. You should enter a backup email or phone here to ensure continued access to your …
Tech Tip: Password Rules Update
With the transition to Office365 as our mail server, the rules for password complexity have changed slightly. In addition to the previous rules, your new password cannot contain any of Microsoft’s banned words (common words like Fall, Password, or Office) or …