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The following article illustrates how to apply certain policies (eg: disable access to local drive, printers, clipboard etc..) for users connecting from home (through Citrix Netscaler / Access Gateway) Step 1 Ensure xendesktop controllers configured to trust requests sent to the Citrix XML service. This can be done by executing the following powershell command on …
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HDX Aero Redirection in XenDesktop 5.5 HDX RichGraphics Aero Redirection is a new feature in XenDesktop 5.5 that delivers the signature Aero experience in Windows 7 within a XenDesktop virtual desktop. HDX Aero Redirection leverages the client graphics card (GPU) to display Aero features such as Glass, Peek, Windows Preview, Shake, and Flip 3D seamlessly …
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This post provides a way to filter out USB video devices to allow only the standard one chosen by your organization, in this case QuickCam Communicate Deluxe. === Start of device information ======================= Device name: QuickCam Communicate Deluxe USB Vendor ID (VID): 0x046D USB Product ID (PID): 0x0992 USB Revision (BCD): 0x0005 Firmware Version: 2.70.7037 …
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Problem With XenDesktop USB Passthrough, when a webcamera (ordinary/HD) is used, a huge load is put on the network as raw image data is transferred between thinclient and the VM. for example idle traffic on a VDI machine can be viewed in the following screenshot.(Agent registration, edgesight monitoring etc..) When a web camera is turned …
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