Technology Services

Author: tami

  • The Technology Helpline is Hiring

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    tami

    Looking for an on-campus job?  Gustavus Technology Services is currently seeking student employees to work on campus at the Technology Helpline. Do you … enjoy computers? … have excellent communication skills? … want to learn more about technology? Available positions will begin with training sessions during January Term. Please apply at http://gustavus.edu/helplineapp before November 24th. Please contact Tami…

  • Adding Other Calendars to Your Google Calendar

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    tami

    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…

  • Don’t Know Your WebAdvisor Password?

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    tami

    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…

  • Office 2007 Ultimate Steal Deal

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    tami

    Microsoft Corporation is currently offering their Office Ultimate 2007 bundle to college students for only $59.95. This is a huge savings over retail, or even most academic prices. Hurry, pricing is available to college students only for a limited time (expires on May 16th, 2008). The product is in a downloadable format and windows only.…

  • E-mail Quotas

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    tami

    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. Click on the “Check…

  • Empty Your E-mail Trash Mailbox

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    tami

    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 on the top toolbar.

  • WebAdvisor Problems

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    tami

    The WebAdvisor server is experiencing some technical problems. Users may be unable to log in or search for classes. Members of the Technology Services Staff are currently working on resolving the problems.

  • Email Outage

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    tami

    The Gustavus email server experienced an unplanned outage during early morning hours of Friday, April 20th. The software problem which caused the outage has been repaired. If you continue to have problems accessing email, please contact the Technology Helpline at x6111 or helpline@gustavus.edu.

  • Specialized Software for Labs/Classrooms

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    tami

    The end of another school year is just around the corner, and soon-to-follow will be the busy summer months for Gustavus Technology Services. During the spring and summer, the Technology Services staff puts together a master set of software to be installed on the campus computer labs, faculty and staff desktops and teaching classrooms. This…

  • Daylight Savings Time Changes

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    tami

    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 appointments. Please…