Specifications

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Redirect clipboard Thissettingdeterminesiflocalclipboardinformationwill
beautomaticallyredirectedwhenclientsconnecttothe
remotedesktop.
Redirect supported plug and
play devices
Determinesiflocalplugandplayandpointofsale
devicesareautomaticallyredirectedwhenclientsconnect
totheremotedesktop.Thisisnotthesameasthe
redirectionmanagedbythe
USBRedirectioncomponent
ofViewAgent.
Bitmap caching Determinesifremotebitmapsarecachedonthelocal
computer.
Shadow bitmaps Determinesifshadowbitmapsshouldbeused.
Shadowbitmapsarealwaysdisabledinfullscreenmode,
thereforethispropertyhasnoeffectwheninfullscreen
mode.
Cache persistence active Determinesifpersistentbitmapcachingshouldbe
used.
Persistentcachingcanimproveperformancebutrequires
additionaldiskspace.
Enable compression DeterminesifthecompressionofRDPdataisused,andis
enabledbydefault.
Windows key combination
redirection
DetermineswhereWindowskeycombinationsare
applied.
Whenthispropertyisenabled,theavailablesettingsare:
Apply key combinations locally
Send key combinations to VM
Enable Credential Security
Service
SpecifieswhethertheViewdesktopconnectionuses
NetworkLevelAuthentication(NLA).InWindowsVista,
remotedesktopconnectionsrequireNLAbydefault.
IftheguestoperatingsystemrequiresNLAforremote
desktopconnections,youmustenablethissettingorView
ClientwillnotbeabletoconnecttotheViewdesktop.
Inadditiontoenablingthissetting,youmustalsoverify
thatthefollowingconditionsaremet:
Boththeclientandguestoperatingsystemssupport
NLA.
DirectclientconnectionsareenabledfortheView
ConnectionServerinstance.Tunneledconnections
arenotsupportedwithNLA.
TheViewSecureAuthenticationcomponentisnot
installedinViewAgentontheguestoperating
system.SinglesignonisnotsupportedwithNLA.
Table 8-19. View Client Configuration Properties – RDP Settings (Continued)
Property Description