Getting Started

GENERAL INFORMATION

• About the research computing system
• Request an account

REQUIREMENTS

• System and software requirements
• System usage policies

HOW TO USE THE RESEARCH NODES

• First time user info
• Set password and account lockout policies
• Check Node usage
• Log on to the CISER research nodes
  • Connecting via Remote Desktop Client (recommended)
  • Connecting with Remote Desktop Web Connection
• Set up your working environment
  • Finding and using home directory
  • Using Your "My Documents" Folder
  • About Windows 2003 user profiles
  • Identifying drives, pathnames, and filetypes
• Manage your files
  • Storing files in home directory
  • Scratch space
  • File backup information
  • How to transfer files to and from the CISER research file server
  • File Compression
    • NTFS Compression Utility
    • GZIP / GUNZIP Compression Utility
    Control access to your files
    • About default permissions
    • Restricting access to your files
    • Giving access to selected others
    Print from a CISER research node
    • Windows 2000 and XP users
    • Other Windows users
    Manage programs and processes
    • About running programs
    • Directing program output
    • Managing processes
    • Running multiple sessions
    • Need more resources?
    End your computing sessions
    • How to disconnect a session
    • How to log off

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