Administrator Guide

g. Click Global Connection Settings tab to open and use the Global Connection Settings dialog box to congure settings

that aect all the connections in the list.

For more information on the Global Connection Settings dialog box, see Global connection settings.

While the Login dialog box allows you to log on to the server, it also allows you to:

• Obtain system information.

• Access Admin Mode to congure thin client settings.

• Change or reset your own password, and unlock your account.

• Open the Shutdown dialog box by using CTRL+ALT+DELETE.

In the Login dialog box, use the following guidelines:

• System Information—Click the Sys Info button to open the System Information dialog box. You can view the thin client system

information such as System Version, IP Address, information on devices connected to your thin client, event logs and so on. For

more information, see Accessing system information.

• Admin Mode—Click the Admin Mode button to congure various settings locally on the thin client other than broker desktop

congurations. For example, you can choose to manually congure the Citrix XenBroker Server URL or override the URL that is

centrally dened by le servers by using the Remote Connections dialog box as described in Remote Connections.

– Classic desktop—Use the Leave Administrator Mode option in the Shutdown dialog box.

– Zero desktop—Use the Leave Administrator Mode option in the Shutdown dialog box, or use the Leave Administrator

Mode icon (X) in the upper-right pane of the System Settings menu.

NOTE: By default the Admin Mode button is not displayed on the log on dialog box. You can display it by selecting the

Show local admin button check box in the Shutdown dialog box, see Signing o and shutting down.

NOTE: By default there is no password needed for the Admin Mode button use. You can password protect the Admin

Mode button (to require login credentials) by using the AdminMode parameter in a wnos.ini le, see Dell Wyse

ThinOS INI Guide.

• Shutdown—Click the Shutdown button to open and use the Shutdown dialog box to sign o, shut down, restart, reset the

system setting to factory defaults, and so on. For information, see Signing o and shutting down.

• Account Self-Service—Click the Account Self-Service icon shown when congured using the AccountSelfServiceoption

of the

PasswordServer INI parameter to open and use the Account Self-Service dialog box to change or reset your own

password and unlock your account. For information on INI parameter, see Dell Wyse ThinOS INI Guide.

This process assumes that the security questions and answers have been pre-registered by the user inside their Windows

environment. Users must use HTTPS (not HTTP) for an account self-service server address such as Https://IPAddress, in the

Broker Setup tab. For more information, see Conguring the remote connections. After the security questions are answered, your

new password will be set or your account will be unlocked.

Accessing system information

Use the System Information dialog box to view system information.

• Classic desktop—Click System Information from the desktop menu.

• Zero desktop—Click the System Information icon on the zero toolbar.

The System Information dialog box includes:

• General tab—Displays general information such as System Version, Serial Number, Memory Size (Total and Free), CPU Speed,

ROM Size, Monitor, Parallel ports, Terminal Name, Boot from, Memory speed, SSD size, Resolution, and the Serial ports.

• Copyright tab—Displays the software copyright and patent notices.

Acknowledgments button is added in the Copyright tab in System Information. This button is related to third party software.