Administrator Guide

Getting started

Use the following information to quickly learn the basics and get started using your thin client:

• Conguring ThinOS using the rst boot wizard

• Connecting to a remote server

• Using your desktop

• Conguring thin client settings and connection settings

• Connecting to a printer

• Connecting to a monitor

• Locking the thin client

• Signing o and shutting down

• Additional getting started details

ThinOS supports the headless mode that enables you to boot the operating system without a monitor.

ThinOS is centrally managed and congured using INI les to automatically push updates and any desired default conguration to thin

clients in your environment—see Central conguration: Automating updates and congurations.

If no INI les are detected, you can use local dialog boxes on each thin client to congure the settings. Many of these locally congured

settings such as resolution, mouse, and keyboard are saved on ThinOS to persist after reboot. However, once INI les are detected,

rebooting the client causes ThinOS to become stateless, and ignores the locally congured settings after a reboot. The settings contained

in the INI le are used.

Conguring ThinOS using the First Boot Wizard

The First Boot Wizard runs the rst time you start a new thin client with ThinOS. The thin client starts the First Boot Wizard application

before you enter the ThinOS system desktop, and allows you to perform a set of tasks, such as, conguring system preferences, setting up

the internet connectivity, loading USB congurations, conguring management software, and conguring broker connections.

If you are an existing thin client user, and you have upgraded to the ThinOS version 8.5 or later, then you can reset your thin client to

factory default settings to enter the First Boot Wizard.

The First Boot Wizard runs the rst time you start a new thin client with ThinOS. The thin client starts the First Boot Wizard application

before you enter the ThinOS system desktop, and allows you to perform a set of tasks, such as, conguring system preferences, setting up

the internet connectivity, loading USB congurations, conguring management software, and conguring broker connections.

You can also reset your thin client to factory default settings to enter the First Boot Wizard.

The following owcharts depict the workow of First Boot Wizard:

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