Year: 2024

How To Check for Files in Creative Cloud Synced Files and Save Them Elsewhere

Adobe will be discontinuing Creative Cloud Synced files starting October 1, 2024. This document will discuss how to check if you have files in the Creative Cloud Synced Files service and how to get the latest copy to save in a new location….Continue Reading How To Check for Files in Creative Cloud Synced Files and Save Them Elsewhere

Why Is MATLAB Asking Me to Sign In?

Beginning with MATLAB R2024a, deployed versions of MATLAB on the Missouri S&T campus utilize the UM System site license of MATLAB. This site license allows all students, faculty and staff to access every toolbox produced by MathWorks for both teaching and research purposes and many other resources provided by MathWorks. To learn more, you can…Continue Reading Why Is MATLAB Asking Me to Sign In?

Why Does the Adobe PDF Print Option Not Make a PDF?

This document will discuss two possible solutions to printing your documents as PDFs if they contain the Aptos font, or if you are getting an Adobe PDF Distiller error. If you are attempting to print a document from any application on your Windows computer using the Adobe PDF option and get an error message in…Continue Reading Why Does the Adobe PDF Print Option Not Make a PDF?

Where Did ModelSim Go?

ModelSim 12.0 by Mentor Graphics, a verification and simulation tool for multiple programming languages, has been replaced with QuestaSim by Intel and Siemens. S&T Information Technology can no longer obtain licensing for ModelSim 12.0 and has made QuestaSim available in AppsAnywhere as a replacement. The application listing for ModelSim 12.0 will be removed at the…Continue Reading Where Did ModelSim Go?

Netgroup Management

Netgroups are named collections of accounts that are used for a variety of purposes, such as granting of permissions. The membership of those netgroups is managed by the netgroup management tool. A list of all netgroups that can be managed are shown. To facilitate finding a group there is a “Filter” field. Typing in the…Continue Reading Netgroup Management

How to use the AppsAnywhere Canvas Integration

AppsAnywhere includes an integration with Canvas that allows an instructor to select specific applications that students may need for their class and display them inside of Canvas. To use this integration, first make sure the AppsAnywhere page is enabled in your Canvas course. To do this, go to your course Settings then open the Navigation…Continue Reading How to use the AppsAnywhere Canvas Integration

Everything you Need to Know About GoFetch: A Hardware Security Flaw in Modern Macs

What is GoFetch? GoFetch is a newly found security flaw affecting Mac computers released after 2020. Because the bug is found in the hardware and not any part of the computer’s firmware or BIOS, it looks very unlikely that Apple will be able to patch the issue with a software update. All of the affected…Continue Reading Everything you Need to Know About GoFetch: A Hardware Security Flaw in Modern Macs

New Teams migration, What’s new?

Microsoft Teams has been the primary tool used for chat communication at S&T for a while now. To keep Teams up-to-date and effective, big changes need to happen periodically. With this new update, there are multiple functionalities that have been relocated within the app as well as important behind the scenes upgrades. Here are some…Continue Reading New Teams migration, What’s new?

Firewall Exceptions

By default, the S&T border firewall blocks all inbound connections. Only approved services are granted an exception to this default deny. All exceptions are subject to auditing, verification and revocation. Auditing The most basic audit performed is with a vulnerability scanner. Any critical vulnerabilities will preclude an exception and all important vulnerabilities must be remediated…Continue Reading Firewall Exceptions

Why is Zotero Being Removed From the S&T Campus?

Please see the July 24, 2024 update regarding Zotero on IT Answers for more information. Due to concerns that have arisen with Zotero, Missouri S&T IT has been instructed to retire the use of Zotero on university computer systems. To allow individuals who use Zotero time to transition, the software will remain available until August…Continue Reading Why is Zotero Being Removed From the S&T Campus?

Git, git, GitLab, GitHub, git.mst.edu, git-classes.mst.edu … Help!?

Git (with a capital G) is an ecosystem centered around a particular form of version control repository. Version control repositories are used to store tracked history/changes of files, usually textual such as source code, html, javascript, and similar — although it does support storing non-textual files. Git repositories can be stored locally on your own…Continue Reading Git, git, GitLab, GitHub, git.mst.edu, git-classes.mst.edu … Help!?

Isora GRC Assessments

The University is using SaltyCloud’s Isora product to handle Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) assessments. Notifications about these assessments come from admin@mst.isora.saltycloud.com and the assessments can be accessed at https://mst.isora.saltycloud.com. The login uses your University account through a Microsoft login page (currently login.microsoftonline.com). In order to be able to login to the system your account…Continue Reading Isora GRC Assessments

Non-LAPS Workstation Administrator Privileges

This process is intended for one or two individuals who will (co-manage) a group of systems. It is restricted to situations where the co-manager will provide unique expertise that Information Technology does not have, such as familiarity with installing, configuring and updating specialized software. Each group of systems should be closely aligned in how they…Continue Reading Non-LAPS Workstation Administrator Privileges

Is The Foundry going away?

The Foundry, our campus HPC resource provided by an NSF MRI grant award in October of 2019 is being decommissioned in June of 2024. The OS which the Foundry is running is nearing end of life and thus will not be receiving patches to the operating system. As a result we need to decommission the…Continue Reading Is The Foundry going away?

How do I get access to the Mill?

Any student, faculty, or staff can request access to the Mill for free by filling out our account request form at https://missouri.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e5n4I8cvzo77jr8. This free level of access to hardware is provided for by grant funding from several different PIs. Faculty using the Mill are highly encouraged to join the High Performance Computing Center to connect…Continue Reading How do I get access to the Mill?