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Information about Windows on student computers

Location and equipment of student computers

naiada01-naiada24, room C118

  • HW: Intel Core i5-8400 @ 2.8 GHz (quad-core, integrated graphics card), 16 GB RAM, 500 GB SSD, 24" LCD
  • SW: basic software suite and Processing

dryada01-dryada12, room C117

  • HW: Intel Core i5-8400 @ 2.8 GHz (quad-core, integrated graphics card), 16 GB RAM, 500 GB SSD, LCD 24"
  • SW: basic software suite

nereis01-nereis22, room A215

  • HW: Intel Core i5-8400 @ 2.8 GHz (quad-core, integrated graphics card), 16 GB RAM, 500 GB SSD, LCD 24"
  • SW: basic software suite and Hades, Inkscape, Intalio Designer

sirene01-sirene28, room C119

  • HW: Intel Core i7-8700 @ 3.20 GHz, 32 GB RAM, 500 GB SSD, GeForce GTX 1070 graphics card, LG 4K 32" LCD
  • SW: basic software set and Lingea Lexicon EN-CZ, Avid Codecs LEhide, GUI Design Studio Pro, Inkscape

faiax01-faiax12, room C403

  • HW: Intel Core i7-8700 @ 3.20 GHz, 32 GB RAM, 500 GB SSD, GeForce GTX 1070 graphics card, LG 4K 32" LCD
  • SW: basic software suite and Blender

titan01-titan20, PC hall

  • HW: Intel Core i5-8400 @ 2.8 GHz (quad-core, integrated graphics card), 16 GB RAM, 500 GB SSD, 24" LCD
  • SW: basic software set and Lingea Lexicon EN-CZ, Tinn-R, TortoiseHG

Basic software set

  • Operating system: Windows 10 Education x64 EN
  • Programs: 7zip, Altap Salamander, Adobe Reader DC, BlueJ, Doxygen, Firefox, Flash Player, GhostScript & GhostView, Gimp, Git, Google Chrome, Irfan View, Java, K-lite codec, PotPlayer, Matlab, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visual Studio 2019, Media Player Classic, NetBeans, Notepad++, Libre Office, Opera, PsPad, Putty, Python, R, SlikSVN, Texlive, TeXnicCenter, TeXworks, TortoiseSVN, Virtualbox, VMware Workstation Player, VLC, Winamp, WinShell, XnView, Xming
  • and more

Access to installed software

Because searching for applications in the Start menu in Windows 10 may not be to everyone's taste, a Programs shortcut is placed on the desktop to access shortcuts for all installed programs, categorized into sections.

Available drives

  • C:\ - Local hard drive. On all machines there are available directories C:\TEMP, which are shared between student computers
  • G:\ - \\ad.fi.muni.cz\DFS\bin, programs not installed locally but accessible over the network
  • H:\ - \\ad.fi.muni.cz\DFS\home\login, the user's home directory
  • I:\ - \\ad.fi.muni.cz\DFS\temp, a shared drive accessible for writing. If necessary, it will be deleted first; for larger data volumes, use the shared local TEMP directories instead
  • J:\ - \\home.fi.muni.cz\login, the user's Unix home directory (see also here)
  • K:\ - \\home.fi.muni.cz\data-login, the user's /data/login Unix directory (see also here)
Note: on the C:\ disk, users can read and write their so-called profile C:\Users\login (corresponding to \\ad.fi.muni.cz\DFS\profiles\login.v6, from where and where it is copied when the user logs in and logs out) - but we recommend leaving this directory for the operating system and programs to use and storing user data on the H:\, respectively J:\ or K:\ disk, see also below exceeding the quota on the profile.

Shared TEMP directories between student stations

Student stations running Windows OS share directories with each other C:\TEMP. This means that if you store some data in the C:\TEMP directory on the dryada12 machine, for example, you can access it later from another station, either directly via the \\dryada12\temp path or by mapping this directory to a free letter, where the procedure can be, for example, as follows:

  • Press Win + E to open the File Explorer window.
  • Select This PC from the menu on the left
  • Click on the Computer tab in the top bar and then on Map Network Drive
  • Change the Drive if you want to map under a different letter (or leave the default)
  • In the Folder box, type \\computer_name\temp
  • Click Finish

Shared TEMP directories are also accessible by smbclient from the aisa server, or generally from faculty Unix machines, e.g., with the command
smbclient //jméno_stroje/temp -U NTFI\\váš_login

Note that data in TEMP directories are not backed up and can be deleted by the administrator if necessary. This does not happen often, but can occur at any time: between semesters as part of a reinstallation, during the semester typically when disk space needs to be freed up (in which case, if possible, directories named with the user's login will be retained rather than deleted). Normally, however, it can be assumed that the data in TEMP directories will last at least until the end of the semester. It is also worth bearing in mind that unless you change the permissions on your data, by default anyone can not only read it, but also delete it.

Logging out and exceeding the quota on the user profile when logging out

You can log out by clicking on the dummy icon in the Start menu and then selecting Sign out. Start menu tile settings are not preserved after logging out.

When logging out, the size of your profile is checked and will be stored back on the server (so that you have the same settings the next time you log in on another machine in the classrooms/halls). If your profile is found to be taking up more space than allowed, a dialog box is displayed with a message alerting you that an overage has occurred. In this case, the system will not allow you to log out until you have cleared your profile files. The allowed profile size is 24MB.

Since most of the profile is redirected to the user's home directory H:\_profile, normally over quota should not occur at all. This happens mostly in cases where an application (or the user, which is not recommended) stores data in some non-standard part of the profile that is not redirected. If the quota is exceeded, a list of files taking up the most space is displayed when logging out. When deleting, it may be useful to turn on the display of hidden and system files.

Password settings

In case you forget your password or feel that your password for FI systems (both Windows and Unix OSes) does not work, set a new one with the IS application. This password will be valid on all FI systems.

Access from FI student Unix stations

The home directory on faculty Windows or other drives (see above) can be accessed from student Unix stations ( nymfe and musa). Instructions are available here.

FTP access

You can also remotely access your home directory on faculty Windows using a traditional FTP client. The name of the server is akademos.fi.muni.cz, port 21, and the login and password are the same as for the Windows stations in the classrooms or hall.

Access is only allowed from the MU network, machines outside this network can use the VPN FI or VPN MU. SSL is required for name and password transmission (explicit if the client allows the explicit/implicit option), other communications may or may not use SSL. Seamless functionality is verified, for example, with the opensource client FileZilla.

If someone uses the Altap file manager Salamander, it may be necessary to add the libraries libeay32.dll and libssl32.dll, for example from here (unzip and copy to %systemroot%\system32 or to salamand.exe, for example). But even then it will not be possible to use both active mode and data connection encryption, probably a bug in the FTP plugin (but an active connection is not necessary, so this bug should not be too much of a hindrance).

Remote access to machines using Remote Desktop

During non-classroom hours, i.e. weekends and weekdays from the end of class to one hour before class starts in a given classroom, it is possible to remotely connect to the sirene01-sirene05 (C119) and faiax01-faiax05 (C403) machines via Remote Desktop. These machines are running permanently; other machines in these classrooms can be connected under the same conditions, provided they are running. Connection is allowed from the machines in CPS, from other machines it is necessary to use VPN FI or VPN MU. Connection options from different OSes are described here, only instead of ate.fi.muni.cz you need to enter the machine name in the form sirene01.fi.muni.cz.

Remote users are required to check the current occupancy of the machines ( C119 and C403) and select an unoccupied machine to connect to before connecting. The classroom schedule is available, among others, via a link from the room maps provided. The administrators also reserve the right to disable remote access (e.g. in case of weekend use of the classroom for other purposes). Maintenance or rebooting of computers may also take place during the times indicated.

Students are required to log off the computers within one hour before the start of class on weekdays. Logging out works in the same way as a local login, i.e. by clicking on the pan icon in the Start menu and then selecting Sign out (see here for any problems with exceeding the logout quota). Simply quitting the client by clicking the cross (either by default in the top right corner of the client window, or in the connection/connection bar if the client is full screen) will not log the user out.

In this way, it is also possible to connect without time limitation to the LEMMA hypnos2, hypnos3 and hypnos5 machines, on which, among other things, the video, image and electronic document editing programs Adobe Creative Suite 6 Production Premium can be used. The machines are equipped with NVidia GeForce GTX 1070 GPUs, six Intel Core i7 processor cores and 32 GiB of RAM. Although the machines are currently available without restriction, it is to be expected that they may be physically occupied by lab members during off-peak hours.