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Table 3‑9. Horizon Client Configuration Template: USB Filtering Settings
Setting Properties
Allow Audio Input
Devices
Allows audio input devices to be redirected.
The default value is undened, which equates to true.
This seing is in the VMware Horizon Client  > View USB 
folder in the Group Policy Management Editor.
Allow Audio Output
Devices
Allows audio output devices to be redirected.
The default value is undened, which equates to false.
This seing is in the VMware Horizon Client  > View USB 
folder in the Group Policy Management Editor.
Allow HID-Bootable
Allows input devices other than keyboards or mice that are available at boot time (also
known as hid-bootable devices) to be redirected.
The default value is undened, which equates to true.
This seing is in the VMware Horizon Client  > View USB 
folder in the Group Policy Management Editor.
Allow Device
Descriptor Failsafe
Behavior
Allows devices to be redirected even if the Horizon Client fails to get the cong/device
descriptors.
To allow a device even if it fails the cong/desc, include it in the Include lters, such
IncludeVidPid or IncludePath.
The default value is undened, which equates to false.
This seing is in the VMware Horizon Client  > View USB  >
 not  by Agent folder in the Group Policy Management Editor.
Allow Other Input
Devices
Allows input devices other than hid-bootable devices or keyboards with integrated
pointing devices to be redirected.
The default value is undened, which equates to true.
This seing is in the VMware Horizon Client  > View USB 
folder in the Group Policy Management Editor.
Allow Keyboard and
Mouse Devices
Allows keyboards with integrated pointing devices (such as a mouse, trackball, or touch
pad) to be redirected.
The default value is undened, which equates to false.
This seing is in the VMware Horizon Client  > View USB 
folder in the Group Policy Management Editor.
Allow Smart Cards
Allows smart-card devices to be redirected.
The default value is undened, which equates to false.
This seing is in the VMware Horizon Client  > View USB 
folder in the Group Policy Management Editor.
Allow Video Devices
Allows video devices to be redirected.
The default value is undened, which equates to true.
This seing is in the VMware Horizon Client  > View USB 
folder in the Group Policy Management Editor.
Disable Remote
Configuration
Disables the use of agent seings when performing USB device ltering.
The default value is undened, which equates to false.
This seing is in the VMware Horizon Client  > View USB  >
 not  by Agent folder in the Group Policy Management Editor.
Exclude All Devices Excludes all USB devices from being redirected. If set to true, you can use other policy
seings to allow specic devices or families of devices to be redirected. If set to false, you
can use other policy seings to prevent specic devices or families of devices from being
redirected.
If you set the value of Exclude All Devices to true on the agent, and this seing is
passed to Horizon Client, the agent seing overrides the Horizon Client seing.
The default value is undened, which equates to false.
This seing is in the VMware Horizon Client  > View USB 
folder in the Group Policy Management Editor.
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