CNF Computing runs Windows10 computers. As of 2021, Windows 10 v1909 (19H2) is the deployed version of Windows10.
As a user at CNF, in addition to your AFS fileserver and CNF Thin login accounts, you have a Windows login account – either a Cornell NetID or a Cornell GuestID. With your Window login, you have access to CNF printers, your AFS filespace, programs installed on the CNF Windows computers, and a roaming Windows profile.
Please see the (Virtual) CAD Rm page for changes to the CAD Rm Windows workstations and data storage.
Logins have changed for the CAD Rm Windows PCs.
Files are no longer automatically stored in AFS.
Roaming Profiles and Folder Redirection to AFS - Cleanroom Only
Because Windows downloads and then saves the whole Windows profile at logon and logoff time, large profiles can take a long time to transfer over the network. Hence, CNF has limited the size of the Windows profile to 200MB. If you exceed this profile size, Windows will notify you that you will be unable to logoff until you either delete some data or move some data out of your Windows profile to another location. Other locations include burning a CD/DVD, using a USB flash drive, or someplace in AFS.
Your profile can be larger than 200MB while logged in (in case you need to work with large files). It just must be smaller than 200MB before you logoff.
Fortunately, not much is stored in the Roaming Profile due to the Folder Redirection talked about in the next paragraph. The most important thing stored in your Roaming Profile will be the local copy of your Windows Registry file, which is where Windows itself and some applications store their settings. Each version of Windows has a separate Roaming Profile, so any settings/files/etc stored in your Roaming Profile will not automatically transfer between versions of Windows (eg Windows 7 to Windows 10, Windows 10 RTM to Windows 10 Anniversary Update). CNF Computing can help you to migrate settings/files if needed.
Special Windows folders, such as "My Documents" and your Desktop, are now redirected to AFS under the hood. So, when working on your Desktop, for example, you are actually working straight out of AFS. You can find these folders in W:\win_folders
Before you logoff, make sure you still have AFS Tokens (check for the absence of the red X over the lock icon in the system tray). Without AFS Tokens, Windows will be unable to write your profile back to the windows_profile folder in your AFS directory.
To keep your private data private, logout of Windows by choosing "Log Off" from the Start menu.
AFS Folders
The toplevel of the CNF AFS cell is mapped to the X: drive.
Your AFS home folder is mapped to the W: drive.