Administrator Guide

Getting Started: Quickly Learning the Basics
Use the following information to quickly learn the basics and get started using your thin client:
• Connecting to a Remote Server
• Using Your Desktop
• Conguring Thin Client Settings and Connection Settings
• Connecting to a Printer
• Connecting to a Monitor
• Locking the Thin Client
• Signing O and Shutting Down
• Additional Getting Started Details
NOTE:
ThinOS is centrally managed and congured using INI les to automatically push updates and any desired default conguration to all
supported thin clients in your environment — see Central Conguration: Automating Updates and Congurations.
If no INI les are detected, you can use local dialog boxes on each thin client to make available congurations. ThinOS will save many of
these locally congured settings such as resolution, mouse, and keyboard to persist after reboot. However, once INI les are detected,
rebooting causes ThinOS to become stateless while ignoring locally congured settings after a reboot and then the settings contained
in the INI le will be used.
Topics:
• Connecting to a Remote Server
• Using Your Desktop
• Conguring Thin Client Settings and Connection Settings
• Connecting to a Printer
• Connecting to a Monitor
• Locking the Thin Client
• Signing O and Shutting Down
• Additional Getting Started Details
• Classic Desktop Features
• Login Dialog Box Features
• Accessing System Information
Connecting to a Remote Server
On your initial connection to central conguration, we recommended that you connect using a wired connection plug in the network-
connected Ethernet cable to your thin client before starting the thin client to obtain the congurations desired by the administrator. This
wired connection will also provide any wireless congurations provided by the administrator through INI les.
If you must initially connect to central conguration through wireless, use the Wireless tab in the Network Setup dialog box to enter the
SSID and encryption congurations required or set up by the network administrator. For more information, see Conguring the Network
Settings.
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