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Table Of Contents
- View Manager Administration Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction
- Installation
- View Administrator
- Virtual Desktop Deployment
- Client Management
- Installing and Running View Client and View Portal
- Client Connections from the Internet
- Creating SSL Server Certificates
- Using Existing SSL Certificates
- Smart Card Authentication
- RSA SecurID Authentication
- View Client Command Line Options
- Virtual Printing
- Adobe Flash Bandwidth Reduction
- Client Computer Information
- Using PCoIP Display Protocol
- Using HP RGS Display Protocol
- View Composer
- Overview of View Composer
- Preparing vCenter Server for View Composer
- Preparing a Parent VM
- Deploying Linked Clone Desktops from View Manager
- Refreshing, Recomposing, and Rebalancing Linked Clone Desktops
- Using an Existing View Composer Database
- Using the SviConfig Tool for View Composer
- Offline Desktop
- Component Policies
- Unified Access
- Troubleshooting
- Appendix: The locked.properties File
- Glossary
- Index
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Chapter 5 Client Management
Overriding Bandwidth Reduction Settings in the Desktop
Byusingthemousecursorinthedesktop,userscanoverrideAdobeFlashcontent
displaysettings.
To override Adobe Flash settings in the desktop
1InInternetExplorer,browsetotherelevantAdobeFlashcontentandstartitif
necessary.
DependingonhowAdobeFlashsettingsareconfigured,youmightnotice
droppedframesorlowplaybackquality.
2Movethemousecursor
intotheAdobeFlashcontentwhileitisplaying.
DisplayqualityisimprovedaslongasthecursorremainsinsidetheAdobeFlash
content.
3Toretaintheincreaseinquality,double‐clickinsidetheAdobeFlashcontent.
Client Computer Information
YoucanconfiguretheViewAgentCommandsToRunOnConnectand
CommandsToRunOnReconnectgrouppolicysettingstopassclientcomputer
informationtoViewAgentwhenusersconnectandreconnecttoViewdesktops.View
AgentwritesthisinformationtotheregistryintheViewdesktop.Withthird‐party
tools,youcanwritecustomscriptsthatuse
thisinformationtomaplocalprintersto
clientcomputers.
Forexample,topasstheIPaddressoftheclientcomputertoViewAgentwhenauser
connectstoaViewdesktop,enabletheCommandsToRunOnConnectgrouppolicy
settingandaddthecommandViewClient_IP_Addresstothesettingʹslistof
commands.See“Group
PolicyObjects”onpage 186formoreinformation.
Table 5‐2liststheinformationsenttotheguestmachineagentforeachclienttype.
Third‐partycertifiedclientscanalsoprovideclientinformation.
Table 5-2. Client Information Available in the Desktop
Client Information Windows
Wyse
Thin OS Linux Description
ViewClient_IP_Address XXXTheIPaddressoftheclientdevice.
ViewClient_MAC_Address XXXTheMACaddressoftheclientdevice.
ViewClient_Machine_Name XXXThemachinenameoftheclient
device.