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Table 8-19. View Client Configuration Properties – RDP Settings
Property Description
Color Depth Determinesthecolordepthoftheremotedesktop.
Whenthispropertyisenabled,theavailablesettingsare:
8
15
16
24
32
Note:For24bitWindowsXPsystems,ensurethatthe
followingComputerConfigurationGPOpropertyissetto
Enabledand24 bit:
Computer Configuration>Administrative
Templates>Windows Components>Terminal
Services>Limit Maximum Color Depth
Desktop Background Determinesifthedesktopbackgroundisdisplayedwhen
clientsconnecttotheremotedesktop.
Show contents of window
while dragging
Determinesiffoldercontentsare
displayedwhenusers
dragafoldertoanewlocation.
Menu and animation Determineshowmenusandwindowsbehavewhen
clientsconnecttotheremotecomputer.
Themes Determinesifthemesaredisplayedwhenclientsconnect
totheremotedesktop.
Cursor shadow Determinesifashadowisdisplayedunderthecursoron
theremotedesktop.
Font smoothing (Windows
Vistaorlater)Determinesifantialiasingis
appliedtothefontsontheremotedesktop.
Desktop composition (WindowsVistaorlater)Determinesifdesktop
compositionisenabledontheremotedesktop.
Whendesktopcompositionisenabled,individual
windowsnolongerdrawdirectlytothescreenorprimary
displaydeviceastheydid
inpreviousversionsof
MicrosoftWindows.Instead,theirdrawingisredirected
tooffscreensurfacesinvideomemory,whicharethen
renderedintoadesktopimageandpresentedonthe
display.