ITS is Information Technology Services. The website is http://its.wlu.edu

The Directory for all W&L students, staff and faculty is located at: http://managementtools.wlu.edu/Directory/

You can also type any last name in the search box for this knowledgebase and it will search against the W&L Directory and provide you with matching names and information.

Log into webadvisor.wlu.edu

Under Employee Profile click Employee Directory Information and submit changes there.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

1. Open the folder: \\maltiris2\SoftwareDelivery\Microsoft\Management Tools

2. Open the appropriate folder and install the MMC

3. Select the Windows Start button and search for "Turn Windows Features On" and open the application.

4. Expand Remote Server Administration tools

5. Open Role Administration Tools

6. Open AD DS and AD LDS Tools

7. Open AD DS Tools

8. Check Active Directory Administrative Center

9. Select OK

ITS expects most computers to last between four and five years.  It is our goal to evaluate the functionality of computers when they turn four years old.  

If your computer is no longer up to the challenge and does not meet your working needs, please contact your Client Services Support person or send an email to help@wlu.edu to seek solutions.

If your account is locked due to do many bad login attemps please contact the Information Desk in Leyburn library by calling 540-458-4357 or placing a ticket in the Web Help Desk system https://help.wlu.edu/helpdesk/WebObjects/Helpdesk/

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

You can view your phone bill detail  online using your Long Distance Authorization Code. Access to your bill by clicking on the following link:

Long Distance Account

Applies To: Students

To enable voice calling while the device is locked

1. Select Options from the main applications menu
2. Select Security Options
3. Select General Settings
4. Set Allow Outgoing Calls While Locked to Yes

Submit a Help Ticket at http://go.wlu.edu/HelpTicket and ITS staff will unlock the account for you.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff, Students

If you need access to Colleague, please go to https://managementtools.wlu.edu/AccessRequest/ and request an account. Once the proper approvals are granted, an account will be set up for you. Accounts are set up on an individual basis and they should not be shared with anyone.

1.    To begin using the Kindle, you will need to register it with your Amazon account. If you do not have an Amazon account, one can be easily created for free online. http://www.amazon.com/

2.     Use the 5-Way Control Knob to navigate the cursor to “Register” and click the control knob to select. Then type in your Amazon account email address and password to activate the device under your account and navigate down to “Select”. PLEASE BE SURE TO DEREGISTER THE DEVICE BEFORE RETURNING IT TO THE LIBRARY (see steps 6 and 7).

3.     In order to view items currently on the Kindle, hit the “Home” key and if the top of the screen does not say “Showing All ~ Items”, go to the top of the screen and navigate the cursor left to scroll between “Personal Documents” (PDFs, etc), “Subscriptions” (Newspapers, Magazines, and Blogs), “Books” (Amazon Kindle Books), and “All My Items” (All Items). Select the type of content you want, and browse.

4.     In order to put new content on the Kindle, you can either purchase and download content wirelessly from Amazon in the Kindle Store (accessed by hitting the “Menu” button and selecting “Shop in Kindle Store”), or you can add content directly by plugging it into your computer through the provided USB cable. Once you have plugged in the kindle to your computer, simply moved the desired files into the “Kindle” folder that will appear automatically under My Computer, and they will appear under “Personal Documents” on the Kindle.

5.     While viewing a document, flip between pages using the “Prev Page” and “Next Page” buttons. You can also using the “Aa” key on the keyboard to change the size of the font, screen rotation, and Text-to-Speech options.

6.     Before returning the Kindle, please check in “Personal Docs” (see step 2) to ensure that all of your documents have been deleted (navigate down to the document and press the directional knob to the left, then select delete, and confirm deletion) to ensure your items will not be left for future patrons.

7.     Before returning the Kindle, PLEASE BE SURE TO DEREGISTER THE DEVICE FROM YOUR AMAZON ACCOUNT. This is to ensure that no future patrons could accidentally access the Amazon Store through your account to purchase books or other content. Hit the “Menu” button, and scroll down to “Settings”. Once in the “Settings and Device Information” screen, navigate to and select “Deregister” and select “OK” in the following dialogue box.

Telephone numbers for students who have phone service from the University will not appear in the local Lexington telephone directory, however, it will automatically be listed in the University telephone directories.

Applies To: Students

These instructions provide a general map for configuring your account. If your Android menues offer you different choices than those decribed below try to pick the closest match.

1. Go to Settings
2. Choose "Accounts & Sync"
3. Remove any non-functioning accounts
4. Choose "Add Account"
5. Choose "Exchange and Active Sync"
6. Choose "Manual Setup"
7. Enter your email address
8. Enter "owa.wlu.edu" as your Server address
9. Enter "ad" as your Domain
10. Enter your username as "ad.wlu.edu\username" and password
11. Check the  "This server requires an encrypted SSL connection." Box.
12. Choose "Next"
13. Select the items you wish to sync. 
14. Choose "Finish Setup"
15. At this point you will be asked to accept the security policy and set a PIN if you do not have one.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

• Click on the name of the document library.
• In the ribbon at the top of the page, choose "Library" under "Library Tools"
• Select Library Settings (right side of ribbon)
• Select "Versioning Settings"
• Scroll to the bottom of the page. Under "Require Check Out", select "No"
• Click "OK"

Go to Box.com and create a personal account using a personal email address, such as a gmail or yahoo account. in your W&L Box.com account, add that account as a collaborator on the files you'd like to move. Log into the personal account and download the files that you need to that account.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

1.       Open a PowerPoint presentation

2.       Click Review in the ribbon

3.       Click spelling to open the spelling dialog box

    (it’s very similar to spell check in MS word.)

You can improve the accuracy of the University's spam-filtering tool by forwarding unwanted e-mail to spam@wlu.edu. Please forward the unwanted e-mail as an attachment, in order to provide necessary details about the e-mail. 

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

The technology equipment and be checked out by Washington and Lee Students and Employees.

Applies To: Students

The Fax number for the ITS used in the library is 4462.

You will have 30 days after your departure date to move your data out of your W&L Box.com account. At the point that your W&L network account becomes inactive, you will no longer be able to access your W&L Box.com account.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

• From the File tab, under Info, select Cleanup Tools, then Mailbox Cleanup...
• Click the View Mailbox Size... button.
• Select the Server Data tab of the Folder Size window

• Since 1,000,000 KB = 1 GB, for example if it is displaying 683,462 KB that converts to .68 GB.
  
  Note:
  
  Be sure to look at the Server tab, not the Local tab. The size of your folders listed on Local do not count towards your email storage quota, since these files are being stored on your 'local' hard drive.

Updated 01/26/2011

• Visit Facebook.com, log in to your profile and click 'Account' in the top-right corner. From there, choose 'Privacy Settings.'

• From the 'Privacy Settings' page, click on 'View Settings' to see who can search for you, send messages to your account, see your education and work settings and more. Change all of these drop-down menus to 'Friends Only.'

• Return to the 'Privacy Settings' page and choose 'Customize Settings' near the bottom of the page. This new page will load a number of different privacy options, but you'll want to click through each one and change the setting to 'Only Me' so that nobody else can see your Facebook activity.

• Stay on the 'Customize Settings' page and scroll down to 'Things Others Share.' Here, you'll want to edit and disable settings so that your friends are unable to write on your wall, comment on posts and check you in to places.

• Return to the 'Privacy Settings' page and, under 'Apps and Websites' in the bottom-left corner, select 'Edit Your Settings.' This page shows all of the third-party websites and applications that you have given access to some of your Facebook information. If you see anything on this list that you want to remove, just click to remove it from the list.

• Stay on the 'Apps and Websites' page, scroll down to 'Instant Personalization' and select 'Edit Settings.' Uncheck the box at the bottom of this page to block other websites from accessing your Facebook interests. Select 'Confirm' when a pop-up asks you if you're sure you want to disable this option.

• Return to the 'Apps and Websites' page, scroll down to 'Public Search' and select 'Edit Settings.' To keep search engines from finding your Facebook profile, uncheck the box on this new screen.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

The University provides site licensing for these products on University-owned equipment:

• Microsoft Windows Upgrades
• Microsoft Office Professional and Enterprise
• Symantec Anti-Virus, Corporate Edition

In addition, these products are licensed for all student-owned computers.

Faculty and staff may install Microsoft Office on their personally-owned computers if its use is primarily for work-related purposes. Employees may purchase installation media at the University Store provided they sign a Work-at-Home Agreement at the Store.

Please contact your ITS Client Services Support Specialist for licensing information on other software products. ITS can often provide licensed installations at no charge to the department or provide significant volume discounts for certain products.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

• H: or Home directory  - This is your private space on the server. No one else has access to this space. This directory is backed up regularly by ITS and is an appropriate place to store all of your work-related files. Quota: 1 gigabyte.
• I: directory - Employees in your department only.  Quota: 4 gigabytes.
• J: directory - All employees.  This is an appropriate location to share files with employees across departments.  Note that this drive mapping points to the same location for all faculty and staff throughout the College, Williams School and administrative offices. Quota for all departments: 30 gigabytes.

Note: Quotas can be increased, based on demonstrated need. Please enter a request in Web Help Desk  if you need additional space.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

You click on Calendar - New Appointment - Invite Attendees

You will be able to add Names in the To line, Subject in that line, Location in that line.

To the right of Location you will see Rooms which you click and search rooms by building.
*Note all rooms are in the Outlook calendaring system. 

When you see the room you want you select it.

To check availability of the room and the attendees click Scheduling Assistant.

Faculty and staff computers will be joined to the domain by ITS personnel. Personally-owned student computers cannot be joined to the domain.

If you need to access a computer that is in the domain, you can go to http://THESTABLE.wlu.edu and access a virtual image that is in the domain. (Access requires authorization; you'll have to log in with your network username and password.)

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

In Calendar click your HOME tab
Find Manage Calendars
Click Open Calendars dropdown to
Open Shared
Type the name in of the calendar

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

Request your own activation keys using the following form

Click here

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

ITS will assist staff and faculty members who have iOS, Android, and Blackberry devices set up phones to receive email on their devices.

Some faculty and staff may be eligible to receive a subsidy from the University for business use of a cell phone; please complete this form to request the subsidy.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

• H: or Home directory  - This is your private space on the server. No one else has access to this space. This directory is backed up regularly by ITS and is an appropriate place to store all of your work-related files. Quota: 1 gigabyte.
• I: directory - Employees in your department only. Quota: 4 gigabytes.
• J: directory - All employees.  This is an appropriate location to share files with employees across departments.  Note that this drive mapping points to the same location for all faculty and staff throughout the College, Williams School and administrative offies. Quota for all departments: 30 gigabytes.
• L: directory  - Course-specific directories for faculty members and students. Each course is provided a folder structure for providing handouts, sharing data, electronic turn-in of assignments, and returning student work with grades and feedback.  Quota for all courses: 500 gigabytes.

Note: Quotas can be increased, based on demonstrated need. Please enter a request in Web Help Desk if you need additional space.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

Students who have phone service on the W&L system may obtain their current long distance balance any time through our Telecom Online web page. Log on to http://sunbelt/phonebill/login.jsp/. You will need your long distance authorization code to access your personal information.

Applies To: Students

• Good Reader
• iAnnotate PDF

1. Approved media (envelopes, postcards) should be made from the following paper types (card stock, white wove, bond paper, recycled paper, manila) with no glossy surfaces.

2. Approved media should be without windows, metal clasps, and be unstuffed and unsealed.

3. Media sizes are from a minimum of 3 x 5 inches to a maximum of 11 x 13 inches.  Thickness is from 0.003 inches to 0.125 inches.

4. Envelopes should have the flap along the long edge and may have either a straight or diagonal edge along the envelope flap.

5. All media is addressed with black ink with no special fonts available.

1. One of the site owners needs to log into the SharePoint site (Members and Visitors cannot do this.)
2. Site Actions > Site Permissions
3. Select the name of the group to which you want to add the person.
4. Click New in the light gray bar above the list of current group members.
5. Type in or browse the address book for the username.
6. By default, the box is checked for the added person to receive an email with a link to the site. You can also add a personal message if you'd like.
7. Click OK.

On the Login screen:
1) Use the drop down box to change from the "AD" setting to the "this computer" setting.
2) Login name is W&LGuest
3) Password is W&Lpassword
(entries are case sensitive)

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

Open the folder in which you wish to enable file listing.  Create a file named "access.www".  Open that file in notepad or wordpad and paste in the following text and then save:

                        Options +Indexes

                        IndexIgnore *.www

                        IndexOptions FancyIndexing

                        IndexOptions FoldersFirst

                        IndexOptions IgnoreCase

                        IndexOptions NameWidth=*

                        IndexOptions ShowForbidden

A shared mailboxes can be accessed via OWA.

To open the shared mailbox, simply add the mailbox email address to the end of your normal OWA URL. Authenticate using your normal domain credentials. (https://owa.wlu.edu/owa/mailboxname@ad.wlu.edu)

Applies To: Staff

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

When you add a W&L student, faculty or staff member to a Sakai site (Site Info > Add Participants) add the USERNAME ONLY in the top box for Official Participants. If you use the entire e-mail address, Sakai creates a guest account instead of using the regular account that's already there, so the regular account won't see the website.

Please call the Information desk at extension 4357 if you still need assistance.

This occurs if you DOUBLE-click the link instead of using a single click.  The error comes from the second instance conflicting with the first instance.

Faculty and staff can purchase the current Office suite, which includes Outlook, online at wlu.onthehub.com. Once you have installed Outlook, you can configure a mail profile using "Outlook Anywhere" so that you can use Outlook from home.

Note: If you are configuring a laptop for Outlook Anywhere connectivity while on campus, make sure to disconnect any wired and/or wireless network connection. Otherwise Outlook will automatically configure the profile for you and none of the options below will be available.

1. Click the bottom left to bring up your tiles and type in Mail.
2. Select Mail in Settings
3. Click on Show Profiles
4. Click the Add button
5. Enter a profile name: (suggest something like "Off-campus username")
6. Then check the box next to: Manually configure server settings or additional server types.
7. Click Next
8. Select Microsoft Exchange
9. Click Next
10. In the field labeled "Microsoft Exchange Server" type: mexmba.ad.wlu.edu
11. In the field labeled "User Name" type: username (this is your network login ID)
12. Click the More Settings button
13. Go to the Connection tab
14. Make sure the check box labeled "Connect to Microsoft Exchange using HTTP" is checked
15. Click on the Exchange Proxy Settings button
16. Enter the following information:
17. autodiscover.wlu.edu
18. Check the box next to Connect using SSL only
19. Check the box next to Only connect to proxy servers that have this…
20. Enter the following information:
21. msstd:autodiscover.wlu.edu
22. Check the box next to On slow networks, connect using HTTP first…
23. Choose NTLM Authentication for Proxy authentication Settings
24. OK/Apply and OK/to get back to the "Add Account"
25. Click Next
26. If on campus activate your wireless.
27. Click on Outlook and sign in with your password.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

No, emeriti faculty and staff will not retain access to these resources.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

Classroom PCs and ITS laptops are referred to as "frozen" since data you save to the C:\ drive will be deleted when the computer is rebooted.  

These computers have a T:\ drive where data can be saved and not overwritten during a reboot.  The T:\ drive is limited to a maximum size of 2GB.  This drive is labeled "SAVE LOCAL DATA HERE".

You may also use a memory stick connected to the USB port on the computer to save your data.

See image below for graphic details:

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

If you need access to Colleague, please go to https://managementtools.wlu.edu/AccessRequest/ and request an account. Once the proper approvals are granted, an account will be set up for you. Accounts are set up on an individual basis and they should not be shared with anyone. In most cases, when dealing with course and student information, the Registrar’s office will provide some level of training or guidance on how to access the data you require.

If you already have access to Colleague but cannot remember your login information or have issues accessing the system, go to http://webhelpdesk.wlu.edu and create a ticket under the category of Administrative Data – Colleague Issues/Requests. Once submitted, the ticket will be automatically routed to the appropriate person who can help you resolve problems.

Send an email to help@wlu.edu providing the details--the name of the app and how you'd like to use it in your workflow. We'll review the app to see if it meets security requirements and get back to you.

From:  DigiTar Support

This is usually caused by the following situation:

1.) The user is logged in as a@b.com.
2.) In the user's inbox there are two digests, one for a@b.com and one for c@b.com.
3.) The user is clicking on a message in the c@b.com digest in their inbox which tries to link them into the Portal directly to that message.
4.) However, since they are logged in as a@b.com, they have no rights to the message.

To remedy the situation they need to examine the subject line of the digest they are clicking on, and log into the Portal as the user specified in the subject of the digest.