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Always on top DetermineswhethertheViewClientwindowisalways
thetopmostwindow.Enablingthissettingp reventsthe
WindowstaskbarfromobscuringafullscreenView
Clientwindow.Thissettingisenabledbydefault.
Don’t check monitor
alignment on spanning
Bydefault,theclientdesktopwillnotspanmultiple
monitorsifthescreensdonotformanexact
rectangle
whenincombination(thatis,identicalheightsif
positionedleftandrightmonitors,oridenticalwidthsif
positionedtopandbottom).
Thispropertyoverridesthisruleandisdisabledby
default.
Enable multi-media
acceleration
Specifiesifmultimediaredirection(MMR)isenabledon
theclient.MMRisaMicrosoftDirectShowfilterthat
forwards
multimediadatafromspecificcodecsonthe
remotesystemdirectlythroughaTCPsockettotheclient.
Thedataisthendecodeddirectlyontheclient,whereitis
played.
AdministratorscandisableMMRiftheclienthas
insufficientresourcestohandlelocalmultimedia
decoding.
Note:MMRwillnotworkcorrectly
iftheViewclient
videodisplayhardwaredoesnothaveoverlaysupport.
MMRpolicydoesnotapplytoOfflineDesktopsessions.
Table 8-18. View Client Configuration Properties – Scripting Definitions
Property Description
Server URL DeterminestheURLusedbyViewClientduringlogin.
Forexample:http://view1.example.com
Logon UserName DeterminestheusernameusedbyViewClientduring
login.
Logon DomainName DeterminestheNETBIOSdomainnameusedby
View Clientduringlogin.
Logon Password DeterminesthepasswordusedbyViewClientduring
login.
Caution:thispasswordisstoredinplaintextby
Active
Directory.
DesktopName to select DeterminesthedefaultdesktopusedbyViewClient
duringlogin.
Table 8-17. View Client Configuration Properties (Continued)
Property Description