Running programs remotely

It is possible to run some Faculty software from your own personal computer as long as this has an internet connection.

Requirements

You will need:

Remote Desktop - installed by default on Windows computers, or downloadable for Mac computers

An internet connection - wired or wireless (but not Lapwing - use eduroam instead)

The appropriate shortcut file from the list below, please save this to your computer desktop (right click and "Save Target as..." or "Save Link as ..."

EViews7
Stata11
Oxmetrics
Stat/Transfer10

Proceedure for First Login

Double click on the icon saved to your desktop

You should get a login screen asking for a password

(Click for larger version)

Enter your username in the form AD\abc12 (where abc12 is your normal Cambridge user id)

Initial passwords for all users are in the following form: ECON (in caps) followed by the first and last digits of your username in lowercase (a2 for user abc12)

Note: There is a known problem with this initial log in and mac computers. If you're using a mac and are having problems with the log in please contact econ-itsupport@lists.cam.ac.uk.

Tip: If you tick the "Remember my password" box you won't be asked for your password in future, this will make the program start faster.

Enter your password and click OK. The screen should now change:

Click on details to see the error message

Click OK to change the password

Choose a new password which must have at least one character from three of the following four types of character: upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers and special characters (~!@#$%^&*_-+=`|\(){}[]:;"'<>,.?/)

Click the arrow button to change your password

Click OK

Eviews should now start

Tip: If you can any security messages like the following, you can safely tick the box marked "Don't ask me again for connections to this computer" and click "Connect" or "Yes"

Saving your work

By default the program will try to save files on the server it is running on, however its more useful to save files on your own computer. When you save files click on "Computer" at the left hand side of the window. A list of hard drives will appear, followed by a list headed "Other", these are the drives on your own computer. (It might take a few seconds for these "Other" drives to appear, try pressing "F5" to refresh the list.)

If you want to save to your Documents/My Documents folder, you need to go to:

C:\Users\[your username on your computer]\Documents (for Windows 7 and Vista)
C:\Documents and Settings\[your username on your computer]\My Documents (for Windows XP)

If you wish to open files from your computer, you will need to do something similar.

Tip: You can make a shortcut to any folder you want to use regularly by dragging the folder from the right hand side of the screen to the list on the left called "Favorites". Drop it in the space between "Desktop" and "Favorites" to make it appear at the top of this list. In future you can then go to the folder by just clicking on it in the list of favorites.

Problems

If you have any problems using this server, or following these instructions, please email it@econ.cam.ac.uk