services:remote-access:rdesktop
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You will now see the following login window where you should be able to login with your normal login credentials from the Physics department. Don't forget to provide the domain name which is " | You will now see the following login window where you should be able to login with your normal login credentials from the Physics department. Don't forget to provide the domain name which is " | ||
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+ | ===== Connecting from a Linux computer | ||
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+ | //Remote Desktop Viewer// is a graphical tool provided by the GNOME Desktop (runs on KDE, MATE, XFCE and so on as well) to allow easy access and management of Remote Desktop connections to a Windows computer. | ||
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+ | From your applications menu (here shown on the //MATE Desktop//), navigate to // | ||
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+ | The following window should pop up. This is the main screen of //Remote Desktop Viewer// (here shown is version 3.8.2 as part of GNOME 3.8). | ||
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+ | Click //Connect// and in the following dialog, enter the name of the Windows computer to be connected and your username. If you would to connect in fullscreen mode, tick the checkbox // | ||
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+ | Again, click // | ||
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+ | ===== Connecting from a Linux computer using the command line ===== | ||
To connect to a Windows computer through //Remote Desktop// (rdesktop) from Linux computer, you can use the command // | To connect to a Windows computer through //Remote Desktop// (rdesktop) from Linux computer, you can use the command // | ||
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+ | ===== Connecting from a MacOS X computer ===== | ||
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+ | In order to connect to a Windows terminal server from a computer MacOS X, a free application from Microsoft called //Remote Desktop Client// is required. It can directly be downloaded from Microsofts' | ||
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services/remote-access/rdesktop.txt · Last modified: 2016/10/28 11:38 by tomannecke