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Chapter 4
Use the following guidelines on the
Logon
tab:
•
Logging on
area - Enter login username, password, and domain name. If these boxes
are not populated, you can enter the information manually in the RDP server login
screen when the connection is made. Use the following guidelines:
•
Login Username
- 31 characters maximum.
•
Password
- 19 characters maximum.
•
Domain Name
- 31 characters maximum.
•
Application
(127 characters maximum) and
Working Directory
(63 characters
maximum) - Enter an initialization string and arguments, including an associated
working directory, that you want to start automatically on the server when the
connection is made.
Use the following guidelines on the
Options
tab:
•
Wallpaper
- When selected, disables the desktop wallpaper.
•
Menu / Window animation
- When selected, disables the menu or window animation.
•
Theme
- When selected, disables the desktop themes.
•
Show content when dragging
- By default, when you “grab” a Window by the title bar
and move it around, the contents of the window will move with it. Select this to disable
this content view so that only the outline of the window moves when dragging it, until
you drop the window. This option can be beneficial, as it uses less processing power.
•
Font smoothing
- Converts vector text to bitmap for better display.
•
Auto-connect to local devices
- Select any options (
Printers
,
Serials
,
USB
,
Smart
Cards
,
Sound
, and
Disks
) to have the thin client automatically connect to the devices
(
USB
- Redirects locally attached USB devices on the thin client to a Microsoft
Windows terminal server. When the user connects to the terminal server, locally
attached USB devices on the thin client are accessible).
•
RDP Audio Playback
and
RDP Audio Recording
- Select the audio options you
want.
•
Turn compression off
- When selected, turns compression off (intended for
high-speed connections).
•
Optimize for low speed link
- When selected, allows optimization for low-speed
connections, such as reducing audio quality and/or decreasing protocol-specific cache
size. Intended for a connection spanning a WAN link or using dialup.
•
Mouse queue timer
- Specifies the default queue timer of a mouse event in an ICA or
RDP session (in 1/100 of a second). It can be used to adjust the bandwidth of a
network.