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Procedure
1 In vSphere Client, select the parent virtual machine and select Open Console.
2 Log in to the Windows 7 or Windows 8 guest operating system as an administrator.
3 Click Start > Control Panel > Network and Internet > Internet Options.
4 Click the Content tab.
5 Under Feeds and Web Slices, click Settings.
6 Deselect Automatically check feeds and Web Slices for updates and click OK.
7 In the Internet Properties dialog, click OK.
Preparing Virtual Machines for View Composer
To deploy a linked-clone desktop pool, you must prepare a parent virtual machine that meets the
requirements of the View Composer service.
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Prepare a Parent Virtual Machine on page 43
The View Composer service requires a parent virtual machine from which you generate a base image
for creating and managing a linked-clone desktop pool.
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Activating Windows on Linked-Clone Virtual Machines on page 46
To make sure that View Composer properly activates Windows 8, Windows 7, and Windows Vista
operating systems on linked-clone machines, you must use Microsoft volume activation on the parent
virtual machine. The volume-activation technology requires a volume license key.
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Disable Windows Hibernation in the Parent Virtual Machine on page 46
The Windows hibernation option creates a large system file that can increase the size of the linked-
clone OS disks that are created from the parent virtual machine. Disabling the hibernation option
reduces the size of linked-clones.
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Configure a Parent Virtual Machine to Use Local Storage on page 47
When you prepare a parent virtual machine for View Composer, you can configure the parent virtual
machine and linked clones to store virtual-machine swap files on the local datastore. This optional
strategy lets you take advantage of local storage.
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Keep a Record of the Parent Virtual Machine's Paging-File Size on page 48
When you create a linked-clone pool, you can redirect the linked clones' guest OS paging and temp
files to a separate disk. You must configure this disk to be larger than the paging file in the guest OS.
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Increase the Timeout Limit of QuickPrep Customization Scripts on page 48
View Composer terminates a QuickPrep post-synchronization or power-off script that takes longer
than 20 seconds. You can increase the timeout limit for these scripts by changing the
ExecScriptTimeout Windows registry value on the parent virtual machine.
Prepare a Parent Virtual Machine
The View Composer service requires a parent virtual machine from which you generate a base image for
creating and managing a linked-clone desktop pool.
Prerequisites
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Verify that you prepared a virtual machine to use for deploying remote desktops. See “Creating Virtual
Machines for Remote Desktop Deployment,” on page 19.
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