How to handle ICT-managed Windows PCs
particularly for people "upgrading" from Maths Win7 to ICT-managed
Win11
Lately, new Dell laptops and desktop PCs come with Windows11 installed,
and are managed by ICT.
Maybe see some
older blurb
about Windows10 machines in the MCS domain.
For any issues or problems, or requests for help, please contact the
ICT HelpDesk on phone 9351-6000 (or email
ict.support@sydney.edu.au).
You may (also?) want to report issues to
support@maths.usyd.edu.au
as usual, mainly for our records.
To get started
- Connect your (laptop or desktop) PC to Uni networks: either
School wired network
or UniSydney wireless.
- Log in with your @sydney email address, and then Okta
authentication with your unikey.
From then on, the machine will remember those credentials and let you
log in, whether connected to any networks or not connected at all (e.g.
while at home).
BEWARE: anyone with a unikey could log in (though maybe not
access your "own" files), and ICT HelpDesk types have full "admin"
access.
BEWARE: it is likely that remote (unikey or ICT HelpDesk)
logins are possible, not just "locally" on the screen/keyboard.
Software
The PC comes with MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook
etc), and with Adobe Acrobat, pre-installed. You will need to
"sign in" to both, with your @sydney email address (and then Okta
authentication); the Office sign-in may be "automatic" from your Windows
login, but is not automatic for Adobe.
You will probably want Firefox (or Google Chrome?)
installed. With the default Edge browser, search for "firefox download":
download the installer, run it and follow the prompts.
You will probably want TeX installed. The default Edge browser
refuses to let you download (flags it as "dangerous"), use Firefox
instead. With Firefox, search for "texlive install": download
install-tl-windows.exe, run it and follow the prompts.
Your Maths files, when connected to Maths internal wired network
For access to your Maths files (what used to be your H: and N: drives),
on PCs connected to Maths internal wired networks (e.g. most desktops),
set up some "drive mappings".
Following the
https://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/samba.html
instructions.
We now use the M: drive instead of H:, since ICT may have used H: for
something else.
Maybe you want just the M: and N: drives. List of all you may set up:
| Share (folder) | Comment |
M: | \\enna.maths.usyd.edu.au\home | Your home directory (used to be H: on Windows7) |
N: | \\enna.maths.usyd.edu.au\nobackup | Your nobackup directory (a.k.a. /nb/MATHSNAME) |
L: | \\enna.maths.usyd.edu.au\sms | The Linux /usr/sms directory |
W: | \\enna.maths.usyd.edu.au\wwwfd | Your web directory (a.k.a. /u/MATHSNAME) when present |
T: | \\enna.maths.usyd.edu.au\teaching | The ~teaching directory |
Y: | \\enna.maths.usyd.edu.au\shared | (For admin people only) |
Do on the "command line", within a CommandPrompt window
(Start > Programs > Accessories > CommandPrompt)
or (Start > Run > cmd).
For the first drive type command:
net use M: \\enna.maths.usyd.edu.au\home /persistent:yes /savecred
That will prompt you for the username, type ennagroup\MATHSNAME, then
when prompted type the Samba password.
The Samba password may have been copied from what you had on Win7 and
ROMEGROUP; or ask Paul to set a new password for you.
For subsequent drives type command:
net use N: \\enna.maths.usyd.edu.au\nobackup /persistent:yes
and similar.
Printing, when connected to Maths internal wired network
Following the instructions in
https://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/visitors.html#printing
and see also
https://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/loc/comp/alpha/printing.html.
These Win11 PCs seem to have the Internet Printing Client already
selected in Windows Features.
Go to ControlPanel > DevicesAndPrinters, choose
Add a Printer, then click
The printer that I want isn't listed
at the bottom. Choose
Select a shared printer by name and type
name http://siv.maths.usyd.edu.au:631/printers/r5lw (or
c0lw mslw etc); choose the "right" PS (PostScript)
driver. Maybe the Microsoft PS class driver works at Win11.
Otherwise, click WindowsUpdate, and (after several minutes!)
see it populated with many drivers: choose the
Ricoh MP7500 PS or
Ricoh SP C420 PS drivers.
Your Maths files, without Maths internal wired network
For PCs not on Maths wired networks, e.g. laptops connected to UniSydney
wireless or any home networks, you will need to set up access via SSH:
please follow the instructions in
https://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/ssh-howto.html
Printing, without Maths internal wired network
Please follow the instructions in
https://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/ssh-howto.html
Access to enna, there is no xdora or xenna anymore
To run commands on enna you need to use SSH, whether connected to Maths
internal wired network or not. Please see
https://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/ssh-howto.html
for details, note how xsess is most similar to what
xenna used to be. Access is via simple "plain password" when
connected to Maths internal wired network, otherwise (from outside) you
need 2FA so probably Web-OTP or maybe skeys.
Enjoy!
Paul Szabo
psz@maths.usyd.edu.au
7 Jan 23