March 2nd 2023
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.
January 25th 2023
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.
December 9th 2022
The ITS Help Desk has been informed that several campus community members have been the target of a spear phishing attack via text message, with the threat actor posing as President Ron Cole. These messages, which appear to have been sent from a 380 area code phone number, are not legitimate; please delete them and do not reply. As always, be alert to any such messages you receive, particularly when you are not expecting the message, the message is worded oddly, or request fast action unnecessarily. These are all typical signs of phishing or scams.
November 18th 2022
Allegheny’s internet service provider, FirstLight, needs to perform emergency maintenance early Saturday morning. This will result in loss of service for up to 6 hours, starting at 12am. Services should be restored by 6am.
November 17th 2022
Allegheny’s ISP reports that all issues from Wednesday’s network event are resolved. Anyone still experiencing difficulty should contact the ITS Help Desk.
Call: 814-332-2755
Submit a ticket: webhelp.allegheny.edu
Walk-in: Murray Hall lobby, 11am to 5pm weekdays
November 16th 2022
Allegheny’s Internet Service Provider has acknowledged an outage in our area that is affecting access to some external websites. Our network support provider, Apogee, is actively working with our ISP to resolve this issue.
October 25th 2022
Apogee, the College’s network service provider, continues to investigate wireless connectivity issues across campus. In the meantime, those with trouble connecting should contact the Help Desk for a temporary workaround.
Phone: 814-332-2755
Walk-in: Murray Hall lobby, 11am to 5pm weekdays.
Submit a ticket: webhelp.allegheny.edu
September 14th 2022
As ITS finalizes the migration to a new Antivirus product, users may see the previous product (Trend Micro Apex One) display with a red icon in the taskbar (seen below). In this instance, the red icon indicates that the product has been uninstalled and will need a restart to complete the process. Users may do this at their convenience during the day, otherwise the process should complete overnight. If the icon persists, please call the Help Desk at 814-332-2755, or submit a ticket at WebHelpDesk.
May 31st 2022
From within Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides, you can now join a Google Meet call right in the same window. Students working on a group project, faculty discussing an assignment with students, or colleagues collaborating for work now have more convenient ways to work together.
Just click on the Google Meet icon next to the Share button to see your upcoming scheduled meetings, start a new meeting, or add a meeting code for an existing meeting. The meeting will open in a sidebar in the document you’re working on.
If you create a new meeting, Google Meet will provide you with a link you can share with others to join you.
The first time you use this feature in your browser, you will need to give permission for Google Docs to use your microphone and camera.
You may also see a popup alerting you that you’re not presenting the document and giving you a link to share the document in the Meet.
You will also have the option to shrink the Meet panel using the Picture-in-picture feature, or to pop the Meet panel out to a separate tab in your browser.
May 24th 2022
Have you ever had a colleague or classmate tell you they got a notification for your Google Calendar event they weren’t part of? There are a couple of possible explanations, each with its own solution.
1. If you have granted another person at Allegheny permission to change and edit events in your Google Calendar, they may receive notifications like this. You can check by going to your Google Calendar and clicking on the Options menu (the three dots next to the calendar name):