Connect to an IST Desktop

1. Open a browser and go to https://desktop.ist.psu.edu.

2. Enter your Penn State username and password

Additional Information

Working within an IST system from a web browser is different than a direct connection the way you normally work by double-clicking the icon on your laptop. Please keep the following points in mind as you're working:

• The IST machine is in a web browser window. It can get confusing when you have "computers within computers". You might to consider having as few of browser windows open as possible to keep your experience streamlined.

• Copy/paste of text between your local machine and the IST machine is possible, but you must use your keyboard shortcuts (Control+C to copy and Control+V to paste) on your local computer's keyboard. Right clicking and choosing "copy" within the IST machine browser window will not let you copy text out. The same goes for pasting -- you cannot right click in the IST machine browser window and paste text.

• If you get disconnected for any reason, just run through the connection steps again and you should be able to rejoin the IST machine as you left it.