Connecting to Thin Client @CSU
Windows
(Click here for Macintosh Instructions)
Click on a link below to connect to thin client.
On Campus Access
- Staff Access Category 1 (Standard Staff Desktop)
- Special Application Access Category 2 (Includes Beims, Holos, Nvivo, Project, Trim )
Off Campus Access
- CSU Student Access Category 3 (Non-Standard Applications eg. Maple, SPSS, S-Plus)
- CSU Staff Access Category 4 (Staff Desktop)
Please note; users of Firefox must either use an extension such as IE-Tab, or right-click on the link and save the rdp file to their computer and then double-click on it at that location to run it.
For non CSU Computers - IMPORTANT NOTICE
If your operating system is older than Windows XP Service Pack 2 you will need to install the following software.
This software package will install the client portion of Remote Desktop on any of the following operating systems: Windows 95, Windows 98 and 98 Second Edition, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000. When run, this software allows older Windows platforms to remotely connect to thin client.
Click here to Download the software. (3.5M)
Do one of the following:
- To start the installation immediately, click Open or Run this program from its current location.
- To copy the download to your computer for installation at a later time, click Save or Save this program to disk and then install the program.
Off Campus Printing
You can print off campus from Thin Client (Category 3 & 4) to your default printer on your computer or send the output to themselves or any other users via email as an Adobe Acrobat PDF document. To facilitate this, a small client program must be installed on your local machine. It is a silent install which takes only seconds.
For
CSU Student Access
Category 3
printing
Click here to
Download the printing software (3.0M)
For
CSU Staff Access
Category 4
printing
Click here to
Download the printing software (3.0M)
Do one of the following:
- To start the installation immediately, click Open or Run this program from its current location.
- To copy the download to your computer for installation at a later time, click Save or Save this program to disk and then install the program.
You must restart your computer to activate the printing software.
To print:- Connect to thin client and your local default printer will be available.

