Print Server Maintenance

On Tuesday, April 9th at 5:00pm the PaperCut print server will undergo maintenance lasting roughly 1 hour. During this time all printing will be disabled.

If you encounter printing issues after April 9th, please open a Web Help Desk ticket.

If you have questions, please reach out to the Help Desk

Network Maintenance 2/18/24

In partnership with our network support vendors, ITS will perform planned network maintenance on Sunday the 18th between 6am and 8am, resulting in several brief network outages across campus.

New Password Change Form Website

ITS would like to alert the community to an upcoming change to our Password Change Form. External factors have necessitated a change in the tool that we use, which results in a different looking web page, as seen below. The web address will continue to be https://accounts.allegheny.edu, but beginning on January 8th, 2024, the website will be updated and appear as below:

Please reach out to ITS if you have any questions.

Network Outage Sunday 11/19

On Sunday, November 19th at 6AM, ITS will perform firewall maintenance that will result in a campus wide internet outage lasting approximately 1 hour. Please note that this outage will also affect the VOIP phone system and off campus access to services hosted on campus, such as Self Service.

Please be reminded that ITS utilizes Sunday mornings from 6AM to 10AM as our standing maintenance window.

ITS Ticketing System Maintenance

On Monday, November 6th ITS will perform maintenance on the WebHelpDesk ticketing system, resulting in an expected downtime of up to 3 hours. During this time, tickets can not be submitted or accessed. This work is scheduled to begin at 9am and complete by 12pm.

ITS Ticketing System Maintenance

On Wednesday, October 25th ITS will perform maintenance on the WebHelpDesk ticketing system, resulting in an expected downtime of up to 4 hours. During this time, tickets can not be submitted or accessed. This work is scheduled to begin at 8am and complete by 12pm.

Network Outage 10/5

ITS is investigating a network outage affecting several buildings, including Wise Center, Campus Center, and Edwards Hall. This is the result of an accidental infrastructure event involving 3rd parties, and is unrelated to the ongoing network instability.

Print Server Maintenance

On Friday, July 14, 2023 at 4:00 pm, the PaperCut print server will undergo maintenance lasting roughly 2 hours. During this time, individuals will not be able to print to the Toshiba copiers or networked desktop printers.

If you encounter printing issues after Friday the 14th, please open a Web Help Desk ticket.

If you have questions, please reach out to the Help Desk

Windows 10 – Major version update

Beginning Monday, March 6th, ITS will roll out the 22H2 update for Windows 10. This update will apply between the hours of 6pm and 7am. Any active users during this timeframe may see a prompt to restart.

As always, please make sure to save your work and log out at the end of each day to avoid potential data loss, since Windows updates often necessitate a restart.

​Campus Wide Internet Outage

​On Wednesday the 25th at approximately 11:00am a campus wide power incident caused an equipment malfunction with our Internet Service Provider’s connection stack. ITS has implemented a temporary workaround and is working with our ISP to replace and reconfigure their equipment as needed.

Internet access was restored at approximately 11:30am. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.