• What is it?
• How do I connect?
  • UNIX
  • Windows
• What software is available?
• How do I disconnect?

Windows Terminal Server allows various clients to connect to a centralized Windows computer remotely and use it as if you were sitting in front of it.

What all this means is that you can use common Windows programs such as Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat Professional from your office computer without having them installed on it. You don't even need to have Windows installed as you can run rdesktop from either a Solaris or a Linux computer.

Simply type rdesktop -g 1024x768 -a 16 aoctsa in a UNIX shell to open a 1024x768 pixels sized window where you can log into the centralized Windows computer.

Windows

The program is normally located in one of two areas:

Start -> Accessories -> Remote Desktop Connection

or

Start -> Accessories -> Communications -> Remote Desktop Connection

A Remote Desktop Connection box will popup. Type in aoctsa for the computer name and click Connect. Login with your usual Windows AD login and password.

Disk space on aoctsa is limited so please save your data on in your filehost area. We suggest mapping your filehost area the first time you connect. You can do this via Start -> Run then type net use z: \\filehost\<username>.

• Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional
• Adobe Illustrator 10
• Mainsaver 10.1
• MATLAB 7.4
• Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003
• Microsoft Office Project Standard 2003
• Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2003
• Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.11
• WinZip 10.0

Whether you connected from a UNIX or a Windows computer the method to disconnect is to logout of the remote Windows computer via Start -> Log off...

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