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Table 3‑6. Horizon Client Configuration Administrative Template: RDP Settings
Setting Description
Audio redirection
Determines whether audio information played on the remote desktop is redirected.
Select one of the following settings:
n
Disable Audio: Audio is disabled.
n
Play in VM (needed for VoIP USB Support): Audio plays within the remote
desktop. This setting requires a shared USB audio device to provide sound on
the client.
n
Redirect to client: Audio is redirected to the client. This is the default mode.
This setting applies only to RDP audio. Audio that is redirected through MMR
plays in the client.
Enable audio capture
redirection
Determines whether the default audio input device is redirected from the client to
the remote session. When this setting is enabled, the audio recording device on the
client appears in the remote desktop and can record audio input.
The default setting is disabled.
Bitmap cache file size in
unit for number bpp bitmaps
Specifies the size of the bitmap cache, in kilobytes or megabytes, to use for specific
bits per pixel (bpp) bitmap color settings.
Separate versions of this setting are provided for the following unit and bpp
combinations:
n
KB/8bpp
n
MB/8bpp
n
MB/16bpp
n
MB/24bpp
n
MB/32bpp
Bitmap caching/cache
persistence active
Determines whether persistent bitmap caching is used (active). Persistent bitmap
caching can improve performance, but it requires additional disk space.
Color depth
Specifies the color depth of the remote desktop. Select one of the available settings:
n
8 bit
n
15 bit
n
16 bit
n
24 bit
n
32 bit
For 24-bit Windows XP systems, you must enable the Limit Maximum Color Depth
policy in Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows
Components > Terminal Services and set it to 24 bits.
Cursor shadow
Determines whether a shadow appears under the cursor on the remote desktop.
Desktop background
Determines whether the desktop background appears when clients connect to a
remote desktop.
Desktop composition
(Windows Vista or later) Determines whether desktop composition is enabled on
the remote desktop.
When desktop composition is enabled, individual windows no longer draw
directly to the screen or primary display device as they did in previous versions of
Microsoft Windows. Instead, drawing is redirected to off-screen surfaces in video
memory, which are then rendered into a desktop image and presented on the
display.
Enable compression
Determines whether RDP data is compressed. This setting is enabled by default.
Enable RDP Auto-Reconnect
Determines whether the RDP client component attempts to reconnect to a remote
desktop after an RDP protocol connection failure. This setting has no effect if the
Use secure tunnel connection to desktop option is enabled in View Administrator.
This setting is disabled by default.
Font smoothing
(Windows Vista or later) Determines whether anti-aliasing is applied to the fonts
on the remote desktop.
Menu and window animation
Determines whether animation for menus and windows is enabled when clients
connect to a remote desktop.
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