Administrator Guide

5. Click the Logon tab, and use the following guidelines:
a) 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 —Maximum of 31 characters is allowed.
• Password—Maximum of 19 characters is allowed.
• Domain Name—Maximum of 31 characters is allowed.
b) 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.
c) Use TS Gateway—Enables the use of Terminal Services Gateway (TS Gateway) server when connecting. If required, then enter
the IP address or URL of the TS Gateway server in the Server name box. You can also enable
Use Same Info (if the server
credentials are the same credentials as your Remote Desktop Credentials (Host remote computer credentials) in the Login
Username, Password, and Domain name fields) or disable Use Same Info and enter the Server name, User name, Password, and
Domain name of the TS Gateway server if required.
NOTE: A TS Gateway server is a type of gateway that enables authorized users to connect to remote computers
on a corporate network from any computer with an Internet connection. A TS Gateway server enables Remote
Desktop connections to a corporate network from the Internet without having to set up virtual private network
(VPN) connections. Ask your network administrator whether you need to specify a TS Gateway server.
• User Name—Enter a user name for the connection.
• Password—Enter the password.
• Domain—Enter the domain name.
NOTE: The user name, password, and domain name fields are optional. If you leave any of these fields blank,
interactive login is required and users must enter the information at the login time.
6. Click Options tab, and use the following guidelines:
a) Wallpaper—When selected, disables the desktop wallpaper.
b) Menu / Window animation—When selected, disables the menu or window animation.
c) Theme—When selected, disables the desktop themes.
d) 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.
e) Font smoothing—Converts vector text to bitmap for better display.
f) Auto-connect to local devices—Select any options (Printers, Serials, USB, Smart Cards, and Disks) to have the thin client
automatically connect to the devices.
NOTE:
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.
g) RDP Audio Playback—Select the audio playback options such as Play Locally, Do not play, and Play on remote computer.
h) RDP Audio Recording—Select the audio recording options such as Do not record, and Record from local.
i) Turn compression off—When selected, turns compression off (intended for high-speed connections).
j) 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.
k) Auto detect network—When selected, turns on the auto detect network feature. This feature is enabled by default. It also
disables the Optimize for low speed link option and the Desktop Experience options by default.
l) 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.
7. Click OK to save the settings.
Switch between RDP session and ThinOS client desktop
After you start RDP sessions with the Default on screen x option, and you want to switch back to the ThinOS client desktop using Ctrl +
Alt + Down key combinations, the design is as follows:
• Scenario 1: When the mouse cursor is located in an RDP session—In this scenario, if you press Ctrl + Alt + Down and select the
user to log in to ThinOS, only the session with the mouse cursor is minimized and ThinOS desktop is displayed on the screen. Other
RDP sessions remain unchanged.
• Scenario 2: When you start an RDP session on the primary display with Default on screen x—In this scenario, ensure that
the RDP session on primary display has the mouse cursor. To switch back to the ThinOS desktop screen, press Ctrl + Alt +Down and
select the user to log in to ThinOS.
• Scenario 3: When you press Ctrl + Alt + Down and select the System Information window—In the scenario, the window is
displayed on the screen irrespective of the cursor position.
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