Remote Desktop Services, or 'RDS', allows you to access the College Network remotely.
Save the following file StaffRDS.rdp to your desktop.
To do this, right-click the link and choose “Save Target As”, then choose the save location as your Desktop ‐ You should only need to do this once.
An icon similar to this will appear on your Desktop.
Double-click the icon. A warning box like the one below may pop up. Check the tick box that says “Don’t ask me again for connections to this computer” then click the 'Connect' button.
Depending on your version of Windows, a Windows Security box should appear with the heading “Enter your credentials”.
Type “EXSTAFF\(your College username)”
Example: If you are a member of Staff and your college username is JDOE then you would need to type EXSTAFF\JDOE
Note: You MUST type in EXSTAFF\ before your username.
Type in your normal college password then click OK.
You will then be connected to a Remote Desktop, where you can work as if you were sitting at a computer within the college.
Note: If you are using Windows XP, you may get the following error:
“Your computer cannot connect to the remote computer because an error occurred on the remote computer that you want to connect to. Contact your network administrator for assistance.”
There is an easy fix to this error, go to the following page: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951608
There is a “Fix it” button at the bottom of the page. Click on the button, select Run Now and follow the steps.
The next time you want to use Remote Desktop Services, click the icon on your desktop and log in as above.
iPad
You will need an application called " iTap RDP ". You would also need the extra TSGateway module that the iTap RDP provides. For more information on setting it up please click here.
Apple Mac
If you have an Apple Mac computer and want to access the College Network remotely, please click here.