HP Easy Shell - Administrator Guide

Table of contents
1 Getting started ............................................................................................................................................. 1
Supported operating systems, connection types, and applications .................................................................... 1
Obtaining and opening HP Easy Shell .................................................................................................................... 2
Using HP Easy Shell ................................................................................................................................................ 2
2 Conguration ................................................................................................................................................ 4
Creating an HP Easy Shell conguration ............................................................................................................... 4
Customizing the user interface ............................................................................................................................. 5
Display settings ..................................................................................................................................................... 7
Adding an application ............................................................................................................................................ 7
Adding a Citrix ICA, RDP, or VMware connection .................................................................................................... 8
Common connection settings ............................................................................................................. 8
RDP le customization ........................................................................................................................ 9
Adding custom values ....................................................................................................... 9
Using a custom RDP le .................................................................................................... 9
Adding a Citrix StoreFront connection ................................................................................................................... 9
Adding an Internet, network, or Citrix Web Interface site .................................................................................. 11
Adding a custom Easy Shell prole ..................................................................................................................... 12
3 Deployment ................................................................................................................................................ 13
Deploying a precongured thin client image ...................................................................................................... 13
Deploying HP Easy Shell to existing thin client images ...................................................................................... 13
Exporting and deploying an HP Easy Shell conguration ................................................................................... 13
4 Tips and best practices ................................................................................................................................. 15
Appendix A Customizing through the registry ................................................................................................... 16
Display user name ............................................................................................................................................... 16
Customizing title category names ....................................................................................................................... 16
Delay Easy Shell start up ..................................................................................................................................... 16
Virtual keyboard style ......................................................................................................................................... 16
Delay browser embed .......................................................................................................................................... 17
Creating custom connection error messages ..................................................................................................... 17
Internet Explorer registry restrictions ................................................................................................................ 17
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