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1. Your ACE account is your login for everything. Use the ACE ID as the username, not your full email address, for lab computers, the Cyrus Server and virtual desktops. Forgot your password?
2. Save your work to the Y: drive. It's the same storage in the labs, on virtual desktops and on Cyrus. Work saved anywhere else may be erased. File storage guide
3. Use the Cyrus Server for terminal work. The department's Linux login server, reached with SSH. How to connect
   ssh your-ace-id@cyrus.cs.unlv.eduCopy
4. Off campus? Connect to the UNLV VPN first. Cyrus and the virtual desktops aren't reachable from the open internet. VPN setup
5. Something broken? Check system status, then submit a ticket or email csadmin@unlv.edu.

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