Password Reset deadline extended to 11/13

For those who have been receiving the reminders but have not yet changed their password, we have extended the deadline to tomorrow, Wednesday, November 13 at 2:00 pm.  A third reminder email will arrive this afternoon.  This will be the final reminder.

CryptoLocker Warning for PC Users

CryptoLocker Trojan Virus You may hear in the news about the proliferation of this malware on Windows PCs. ITS is actively working on a sitewide solution for Wesleyan domain machines. Also, our antivirus software ESET, is well aware of it. However, because there are so many variants, protection can never be 100% assured. Please be … Read more

Nov 6 – Phishing email re suspension of account

An email is circulating today that warns of suspension of your email account.  This is particularly unfortunate as we are in the midst of our annual password reset.  However this email (and others like it) are not legitimate.  The fake email is at the bottom of this post. We do have a real deadline for … Read more

Self-Serve Password Reset

updated Oct 2017 Self-serve password reset capability allows you to reset your password should you forget your password or become locked out during the annual password reset. The link to the application is on the Single Sign On page below the box asking for username and password. Clicking on this link will bring you to … Read more

Overnight email and Pharos interruptions – Sat Oct 12

There were systems issues overnight October 12 that resulted in Exchange email and Pharos being interrupted.  These services were unavailable from 2:30-7:30 am.  Exchange email was unavailable during that window.  Mail delivered during that time was queued and delivered when services resumed at 7:30.  Senders may have received a delayed delivery notification.  This only affected … Read more

Maintenance – Oct 19, 7-11 am

Date: Saturday, October 19 Times: 7am-11am Systems Impacted and Type of Impact: There will be intermittent outages.  None of these systems will be down for the duration of the window, however they could be interrupted more than once. As such, we recommend users not connect to these services during the window: EPortfolio PeopleSoft CS PeopleSoft … Read more

VPN interruptions Oct 6 and 7

Several people had problems connecting to VPN on Sunday, 10/6 and part of today 10/7.  ITS resolved the issue this morning just prior to 11 am.  If you are still experiencing problems connecting through VPN, please contact your Desktop Support Specialist.  

Network outage in Foss buildings Oct 4

There was a network disruption for about 90 minutes this afternoon, Oct 4, from 5-6:30 that affected several dorms including all of the Foss buildings.   ITS has been tracking down a problem that has been causing intermittent disruptions in network traffic for over a week.  The issue has been particularly challenging to address, but … Read more