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On the Connect! page, the following connection information will be displayed:

  • The remote VCL computer's IP address
  • The user ID you will use: Administrator
    Note: the user ID is always Administrator for Windows imaging reservations
  • A one-time password for the Administrator account

Log in using Remote Desktop Connection. You can either enter the connection information manually after launching the Remote Desktop Connection program or you can use a pre-configured RDP file:

  • Click the Get RDP File button
  • Save the RDP file to your computer
  • Double-click the RDP file to launch the Remote Desktop Connection program with the VCL connection information pre-configured

You have up to 8 hours to configure and save your image before the reservation expires and the node is wiped clean.

The following steps form a good guideline of what to do while creating your image:

  1. Run Windows Update - Reboots are OK. It can take 4-6 minutes for the computer to reboot before you can connect via RDP again
  2. Install your applications. Here are some suggestions/tips on loading software to the remote machine:
    • If you have access to enough network storage, it may be easiest to copy the software installation files in network filespace and access them from the remote machine.
    • Install from media on your local computer by sharing your drives through Remote Desktop Connection. However, installing with this method frequently does not work (network protocol latencies can cause the installer to timeout).
    • Copy the media from your local computer (by sharing your drives through Remote Desktop Connection) to the remote machine and then run the installer from the copied files.
    • Copy the media contents through SCP. If you have a personal machine running an ssh server you can use this method. You could also do the same thing using FTP.
  3. Post install of software:
    • remove any copies of software media (needlessly takes up space in the image which increases the loading time for new reservations of the image)
    • make sure all wanted desktop icons are in "All users" desktop.
    • Configure any application customizations
    • perform customizations to the default user profile
  4. Save the Image
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