Administrator Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Wyse ThinOS Version 8.5 Hotfix Administrator’s Guide
- Introduction
- Getting started
- Configuring ThinOS using the First Boot Wizard
- Connecting to a remote server
- Using your desktop
- Configuring thin client settings and connection settings
- Connecting to a printer
- Connecting to a monitor
- Locking the thin client
- Signing off and shutting down
- Additional getting started details
- Classic desktop features
- Login dialog box features
- Accessing system information
- Global Connection settings
- Configuring the connectivity
- Configuring the network settings
- Configuring the remote connections
- Configuring the central configurations
- Configuring the VPN Manager
- Configuring the connection brokers
- Configuring Citrix
- Configuring the Citrix broker connection
- Citrix HDX RealTime Multimedia Engine or RealTime Optimization Pack
- Citrix Cloud services
- Citrix icon refresh
- Using multiple audio in Citrix session
- Using Citrix NetScaler with CensorNet MFA authentication
- Configuring ICA connections
- ICA Self Service Password Reset
- QUMU or ICA Multimedia URL Redirection
- HTML5 Video Redirection
- ICA SuperCodec
- Anonymous logon
- Configuring the Citrix UPD printer
- Introduction to Flash Redirection
- Configuring VMware
- Configuring Microsoft Remote Desktop
- Configuring Dell vWorkspace
- Configuring Amazon Web Services or WorkSpaces
- Configuring Citrix
- Configuring thin client settings
- TCX Suite
- Performing diagnostics
- BIOS management on ThinOS
- Security
- Automating updates and settings using central configuration
- Examples of common printing configurations
- Important notes
- Troubleshooting
- Firmware upgrade
- Frequently asked questions
1. From the desktop menu, click the System Setup, and then click System Preferences.
The System Preference dialog box is displayed.
2. Click the Time/Date tab, and use the following guidelines:
a. Time Zone— Select a time zone where the thin client operates from the drop-down list. Default value is Unspecified.
b. Enable Daylight Saving— Allows you to enable the daylight saving settings. When selected, the Start Date and End
Date boxes must be properly configured to define the daylight saving starting (month/week/day) and ending (month/
week/day) periods.
Use the following guidelines to enter the Start date and End date:
● Month— Specifies the month in the year from January through December.
● Week— Select 1 through 4 for the week in the month. Week last denotes the last week in the month.
● Day — Specifies the day of the week from Monday through Sunday.
c. Time Format — Allows you to select the 12 or 24-hour time format. default is 24-hour format.
d. Date Format — Allows you to select the yyyy/mm/dd (year/month/day) or dd/mm/yyyy (day/month/year) date
format. Default is yyyy/mm/dd.
e. Time Servers — List of IP addresses or host names with optional TCP port number of Time Servers.
Each entry with optional port number is specified as Name-or-IP: port, where: port is optional. If not specified, port 80 is
used. Locations can be supplied through user profiles if user profiles are used. The Time Servers provide the thin client
time based on the settings of time zone and daylight saving information. If DHCP is used, locations can be supplied
through DHCP.
f. Change Date and Time — Allows you to change date and time for secure environments requiring a solution to outside
server access. When connecting to a file server over HTTPS, the proper time must be defined on the thin client for SSL/
certification validation.
3. Click OK to save the settings.
Setting the custom information
Use the Custom Info tab to enter configuration strings for use by WDM software. The configuration strings can contain
information about the location, user, administrator, and so on.
To set the custom information:
1. From the desktop menu, click System Setup, and then click System preferences.
The System preference dialog box is displayed.
Configuring thin client settings
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