Depending on what your administrator has allowed, you can log on to NFuse Classic:
Using a username and password. How?
As a guest user. How?
Using a smart card. How?
Using Desktop Credential Pass-Through. How?
You can change your password, if your administrator has enabled this feature. How?
After logging on to NFuse Classic, you can access your applications from the Applications page. How?
Depending on what features your administrator has enabled, you can:
Return to the folder location that you last visited. How?
Display the path of your folder location. How?
Bypass the Login page and log on to NFuse Classic automatically. How?
Change the level of detail displayed for applications. How?
Change the window size in which applications are launched. How?
Change the window color used to display applications. How?
Specify the level of sound quality required. How?
Change the client used to run your applications. How?
Select the components included in the ICA Java Client. How?
Click Logout to log off from NFuse Classic.
How you log on to NFuse Classic depends on what your administrator has configured. For example, you may need to type a username and password in the Login page, or you may be logged on automatically using the credentials you used to access your desktop computer.
When you log on successfully to NFuse Classic your application set is displayed. If log on is not successful, check the Message Center for information.
Users who log on to NFuse Classic with a username and password are known as “explicit users”.
From the Login page, select Explicit User. Note that this option may not be displayed, depending on what your system administrator has configured.
Type your:
Username
Password. Asterisks(*), or dots (.) rather than your password, are displayed on-screen as you type.
Domain. This is the computer network area you use to access NFuse Classic. This option may not appear, depending on what your administrator has configured.
Click Log In.
Guest access to NFuse Classic is available only if your administrator has enabled this feature. Guest users do not need to provide a username and password to log on to NFuse Classic.
From the Login page, select Guest User.
Click Login. Applications available only to guest users are displayed in the Applications page.
If your administrator has enabled this feature, you can log on to NFuse Classic using a smart card.
Insert your smart card into the smart card reader attached to your computer, if you have not done so already. Leave the smart card in the reader – do not remove it.
From the Login page, select Smart Card. Note that you will see this option only if silent authentication is disabled in the Settings page.
At the prompt for a certificate or PIN, type your personal identification number (PIN).
Depending on what your administrator has configured, you may be able to log on to NFuse Classic using Desktop Credential Pass-Through. This feature allows you to log on using the credentials you provided to access your Windows desktop. Your application set is automatically displayed.
However, if silent authentication is disabled in the Settings page, the Login page is displayed and you must log on as follows:
From the Login page, select Desktop Credential Pass-Through.
Depending on your configuration, you may be prompted for your username, password and domain.
Depending on what your administrator has configured, you can:
Change your password in an NFuse Classic session, at any time. Click the Change Password icon to display the Change Password page.
Change your password when it expires. The Change Password page is displayed automatically when your password expires.
In the Change Password page, type your old password.
Type your new password.
Retype your new password to confirm it.
Click Submit.
Tip! Make sure CAPSLOCK is not on before you change your password.
After you log on to NFuse Classic, your application set is displayed in the Applications page. Individual links to applications may be displayed or folders containing groups of applications. For example, the “Office” folder may contain Microsoft Word and Excel.
You can configure the level of detail shown for applications; for example, you can display application icons, names and descriptions. How?
If the Up button is active, click this to navigate up a folder directory tree. The button is grayed out when you are at the top-level folder.
If the Top button is active, click this to navigate directly to the top of a folder directory tree. The button will be grayed out when you are at the top-level folder.
To open a folder, click on it.
To close a folder, click the Up button.
Tip! Click the Refresh icon to update your display. When you refresh your display, any updates your system administrator has made, such as adding new applications, are displayed.
From the Applications page, click the application’s name or icon. The application is launched in a Web browser window or a separate window on your desktop.
You may be able to configure how your applications are launched, depending on what your administrator has configured. How?
From the Settings page, you can customize the look and feel of your NFuse Classic session. Click the Settings icon to display the Settings page, if your administrator has made this option available. The settings you configure are remembered for all future applications launched with NFuse Classic from the same computer.
The settings you can configure include:
Remember folder location. Select this option to start future NFuse Classic sessions at the same folder as in your last session. For example, if you last worked in the “entertainment\games” folder, your new session will start in this folder.
Show current folder location. Select this option to show the current folder path; for example: “\entertainment\games”.
Use silent authentication. Select this option to bypass the Login page, depending on what your administrator has configured.
Application detail display. Select the level of detail you want displayed for applications. Applications can be represented using icons or names, or both. You can choose from:
Icon: displays icons to represent your applications
Name: displays the names of your applications
Description: displays descriptions of your applications, if your administrator has made these available.
Window Size. Specify the size of the window in which applications are launched. You can choose from:
Standard: Select from the list of predefined window sizes; for example, 800x600.
Custom size: Select this option to specify the size of the window in pixels.
Percent of screen: Select this option to specify the window size as a percentage.
Window Color. Specify the number of colors used in the window in which applications are launched. You can choose from:
No preference. Uses the default settings your administrator has configured.
16 colors
256 colors
High color (16 bit)
True color (24 bit)
Maximum Audio Quality. Specify the level of sound quality required. Note that you can only play sound if the published application and client computer support this. You can choose from:
No preference. Uses the default settings your administrator has configured.
Off. Select this to turn sound off.
Low quality. This provides sound with the minimum impact on system performance.
Medium quality. This option optimizes sound quality and system performance.
High quality. This provides high sound quality but may impact system performance.
Embedded Client. Specify the Citrix ICA Client you want to use to launch your applications. You can choose from:
No preference. Uses the default settings your administrator has configured.
Local client. Uses the ICA Client currently installed on your computer.
Auto. NFuse Classic decides which ICA Client to use. You do not need an ICA Client installed on your computer.
Java Client. Use the ICA Java Client to launch applications. Citrix recommends you use the ICA Java Client if you do not have a local client installed, if you are unsure about which client to use, if you are using a modem, or if you do not have permissions to install software on your computer.
Tip! If you use an ICA Client that is not suitable, NFuse Classic prompts you to save a .ica file. If this occurs, cancel the prompt and contact your system administrator or helpdesk.
Java Client modules. Select the components included in the ICA Java Client. For more information about these components, see the Citrix ICA Java Client Administrator’s Guide on the Citrix Web site at: http://www.citrix.com. Your system administrator should also be able to advise you on which components to select.
When you have finished, click Submit to apply your changes.