Remote Access to Computing Science Labs

Please follow these instructions for remote desktop access to our Computing Science Labs.

• Always connect via this page. Do not connect using a previous RDP file, as that PC may no longer be available.
• You will need "Remote Desktop Connection" installed on your Windows PC, "Microsoft Remote Desktop" for macOS, a remote desktop client such as "Remmina" for Linux, or "RD Client" for Chrome OS.
• If you are off campus, you must connect to the Stirling University VPN using FortiClient.
  See Installing FortiClient and connecting to the VPN for detailed instructions.
• Make sure that this page has been refreshed to ensure the most up to date list of available PCs.
• Click "Connect" for a PC from the list below.
• In the window that opens, click on "Download".
• Open the downloaded RDP file to connect to the PC.
• Enter your username in the format cs\xyz, substituting xyz with your username.
• Enter your password and then click "Continue" or "Connect".
• If you receive a warning during the above that the publisher of the remote connection can't be identified, or that the certificate could not be verified, please ignore this warning and Continue/Connect.
• You should now be logged in to the PC.
• Once you have finished with your session, please remember to sign out.
  • On Windows enter "Control-Alt-End" and select "Sign out".
  • On macOS enter "Control-Alt-Backspace" and select "Sign out".
• Disconnect FortiClient if you no longer need it.

If you have any problems connecting, please contact the .