Interacting with Practice Lab Devices

Auto login

Note: Devices running Microsoft Windows are set up to log on with a pre-configured administrator account. Lab exercises that require alternate credentials will specify the username and password when necessary.

To use alternate credentials, please disable the “Auto login Microsoft Windows devices” setting, as described in the Settings section, before connecting to the device.

Copy and paste

Using the HTML5 client

The Practice Labs platform uses a HTML5-based connection by default. This technology does not support copying and pasting text directly between your desktop and the lab device; instead, it has a Clipboard application.

To copy and paste content to a device:

  1. Click + (located in the top middle area of the device window).
  2. Click the Clipboard button.
  3. Copy and paste the text from your local machine.
  4. Click Send to remote to transfer the text to the device’s clipboard.
  5. Position the cursor where the text needs to be pasted and use normal methods, such as using menu or keyboard commands, to paste from the device’s clipboard to the appropriate application.
Note: Currently, it is not possible to Copy/Paste text to the Lab Device when using the Java Client. This is a known issue with no current estimated fix date.

Transferring a file

To share a file between devices in a lab, upload it to the Intranet.

The Practice Labs Intranet

The Practice Labs Intranet is a basic website used for storing files used in labs, but it also has a file upload feature.

Once a file has been uploaded to the Intranet, it is stored in a private area that only you can access within the devices in our labs. You can then log on to any other device in that lab and access the file.

Upload a file

  1. Open Internet Explorer in any lab device (defaults to http://intranet/). Your user name is in the blue box, ensuring your private space is located.
  2. Screenshot of the field to upload file.
  3. Click Browse and navigate to the location where your file is stored within the device.
  4. Select the file and click Open.
  5. Confirm that your file has been uploaded and is shown in the My files view.

Access your files

To access your file from another device:

  1. Log on to the lab device.
  2. Open the Intranet page.
  3. Click the My Files tab or alternatively position the cursor in the address bar and edit the URL so that it reads http://intranet/home.aspx?myfile=1.
  4. On the My files page, click your file name to open it.

Download files to a local computer

  1. Click the Additional Features icon.
  2. Additional features tab
  3. Click Take me to my files.
  4. Click a file name to begin the download.
Note: Depending on your operating system, these steps may vary.