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Chapter 1 Introduction
Volume Licensing and Windows Vista Ultimate
WindowsVistaUltimateisnotdesignedforbroadenterprisedeploymentandtherefore
doesnotsupportvolumelicensing—inordertodeploydesktopclonesthatuse
WindowsVistaUltimate,youmustfirstcontactMicrosoftinordertodetermineyour
licensingobligations.
View Client / View Client with Offline Desktop
YoumusthaveadministrativeprivilegestoinstallViewClientorViewClientwith
OfflineDesktopontheclientdesktop.InordertoredirecttheUSBdevicesattachedto
theclientsystemforuseontheViewManagerdesktop,youmustenabletheUSB
redirectionfeaturewhenyouinstalleitherclientapplication.
Remote Desktop Connection
MicrosoftRemoteDesktopConnection(RDC)6.1isrecommended,RDC5.0and
RDC 6.0aresupported—youmusthaveatleastRDC6.0installedinordertohave
multimonitorsupport.RDC6.1canbedownloadedfromthefollowinglocation:
http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6E1EC93DBDBD498392F74
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View Client with Offline Desktop: Product Compatibility
YoucannotinstallViewClientwithOfflineDesktoponanysystemthathasthe
followingapplicationsinstalled:
VMwareACE
VMwarePlayer
VMwareServer
VMwareWorkstation
TheaboveapplicationsmustbeuninstalledpriortoinstallingViewClientwithOffline
Desktop.
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OTEOfflineDesktopisanexperimentalfeature.Pleasereferto“System
Requirements”onpage 14formoreinformationaboutexperimentalfeatures.