Supporting Thin Clients
Public access PCs (for use by anyone off the street)
There are 3 public access thin clients in Mugar, located on the table in the BU Common closest to the reference desk. The table has yellow chairs to designate the public terminal area.
How people can access MyFiles remotely
Information on how clients can connect to their MyFile remotely is located at:
Also note:
Clients should be made aware of the following about disk storage (as posted on http://www.bu.edu/common/technology/lab/)
# Disk storage for working files and persistent personal settings
* The new platform offers 250 MBytes of transient file storage, primarily intended to preserve documents across sessions and even station, power, or software failures. In certain circumstances, you may also be able to recover files you deleted by mistake.
* Although you’ll be able to use this storage for files you’re working on currently, you shouldn’t use it as a document or email archive since you would quickly run out of space.
* Files will not be backed up, so permanently deleted files cannot be recovered. We recommend keeping your backups current and storing copies of working files on flash drives or your own PC.
Applications on Thin clients
Information on what applications are available on the thin clients is located here: