How to use public access PCs

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Main applications such as a web browser, email software and Office Suite are installed on Windows 7 which is available on the PCs in the Library and teaching labs
Under Windows your area is My Documents which is located on the H: drive
Under Unix your H: drive is your home drive
Specialist applications and Sun Ray terminals are run directly from network servers. On these, you do not have access to any local drives such as hard drive, CD-R etc. If you need to access a file that is on a CD or memory stick, copy the file to My Documents

Windows 7: login to the CAMPUS domain. This is set as the default
"Other Applications": There is a link to this on the Start menu once you have logged into Windows. You need to log in again. Once logged into the server you must locate the software in the appropriate Departments menu
"Unix Applications": these icons allow you to run Unix applications

Certain applications can be remotely accessed by running in a Terminal Server session. To switch back to Windows 7 click on the minimize icon on the yellow Connection bar at the top of the screen
You can return to the Terminal Server session by clicking on the link in the task bar at the bottom of the screen
You can cut and paste between Windows 7 and Terminal server sessions. Just switch between the sessions as described above

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