Computer Server Information
Lab Computer Specifications
- Windows Vista on a 64 bit Intel core 2 duo platform.
- Microsoft Office 2007
- Profiles are not saved, save your work to your own media or home drive which is located under "Documents" or H: drive. The desktops have CD recorders and USB ports so you may bring in your own media to write on.
- Anti-Virus
- Students will be charged a flat rate of $10 per semester for printing.
Terminal Server Specifications:
- Remote Desktop is used to run Statistical software.
- Profiles are not saved, save your work to your own media or home drive which is located under "Documents" or the "H:" drive located under "My Computer".
- Anti-Virus
- Gams 2.5
- Gauss 7
- Limdep 8
- SAS 9.1.3
- Stata 9
- TSP 5 with Through the Looking Glass
- Any networked printer in the department or your own local printer by using the instructions below.
Drive mapping information
If you are a member of FRE you will have three or four drive mappings after you login.
- H: drive H: drive, this contains your documents or backups that only you want to read and write.
\\ad.ufl.edu\ifas\fre\Users\%username% - P: drive, this is a public share that anyone from FRE may read and write and anyone logged into a UFAD computer may read files from.
\\ad.ufl.edu\ifas\fre\Users\Public - U: drive, this is a FRE public share. Anyone from FRE may read and write to it but no one outside of FRE can.
\\ad.ufl.edu\ifas\fre\Users\Unit - X: drive, if you have a share that is accessed from multiple users it will appear under this drive letter. \\ad.ufl.edu\ifas\fre\Users\Unit
If you do not have a share setup and would like one then please contact us at fre-support-l@ifas.ufl.edu
To map the drives above from a computer not on the domain but connected to the VPN then run this script: \\ad.ufl.edu\NETLOGON\IFAS\FRE\_IFAS-FRE-Users_autogs.vbs
To download files from one of the three shares from a web browser (anywhere) go here: https://files.ifas.ufl.edu/FRE
Backup Documents
This script will backup files located in your Documents, Pictures, and Favorites folders.
There is a version for Windows XP \\ad.ufl.edu\NETLOGON\IFAS\FRE\backupXPdocuments.vbs
and another for Windows Vista \\ad.ufl.edu\NETLOGON\IFAS\FRE\backupVistadocuments.vbs
The script will run in the background until it has completed. You may verify completion but checking your H: drive.
Remote desktop to Terminal Server
Instructions for configuring Remote Desktop from a lab, office or home (home first requires UF or IFAS VPN connectivity) computer in order to connect to the server and run statistical software. Please make sure you have the latest version of Remote Desktop so that you have all of the enhancements.
- Click on the Start button and select the Run command. In the Run dialog box, type mstsc and click the OK button. You may instead go to Start button then All Programs, Accessories, and click Remote Desktop Connection. The Remote Desktop Connection dialog should appear on your screen (Figure 1).
Figure 1: Remote Desktop Connection Window - Click on the Options button so that a new window will appear. When the window appears, click the Display tab. If using a lab computer then change the resolution to 1024 by 768 pixels otherwise adjust to less then or equal to your screens resolution. (Figure 2).
Figure 2: Remote Desktop Connection General Settings - Click on the Local Resources Tab. On this page you can choose whether or not to bring the remote sound and drives to your local desktop. A useful setting is to bring a flash drive to the remote desktop session. I have a flash drive plugged into my USB port and I have files I want available to my Remote Desktop session so I click More under Local devices and resources. A sample screen is shown in Figure 4.
Figure3: Remote Desktop Connection Local Resources Settings - After clicking More under the Local Resources tab you will be presented with a new window and you may select a drive. I have already looked in My Computer and know my flash drive is labeled as the H: drive. Check this and it will show up under My Computer in the Remote Desktop session.
Figure4: Remote Desktop Connection Local Resources Settings - You may now click Connect and you will be prompt with a login dialog box similar to the following. Enter your username in the ufad\glusername and password and you will be logged in.
Figure5: Login Prompt
