Have been stuck on this one now for quite a while and thought I would ask if
anyone knows if there is a way of disabling the visual effects when users log
on to a Windows 2003 terminal server by means of RDP, I have been through the
group policies and short of importing registry entries to do this (which seem
overly complicated and dangerous) I can find no way of doing this.
I have disabled the Windows themes and enforced the Windows Classic desktop
which appears to have worked but can't seem to do anything else as this seems
to be a per user setting rather than a group setting.
Just to clarify the setting can be found in system
properties/Advanced/performance/settings/visual effects - adjust for best
performance.
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"GCB" <GCB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Folks!
>
> Have been stuck on this one now for quite a while and thought I would ask
> if
> anyone knows if there is a way of disabling the visual effects when users
> log
> on to a Windows 2003 terminal server by means of RDP, I have been through
> the
> group policies and short of importing registry entries to do this (which
> seem
> overly complicated and dangerous) I can find no way of doing this.
>
> I have disabled the Windows themes and enforced the Windows Classic
> desktop
> which appears to have worked but can't seem to do anything else as this
> seems
> to be a per user setting rather than a group setting.
>
> Just to clarify the setting can be found in system
> properties/Advanced/performance/settings/visual effects - adjust for best
> performance.
>
> Regards
> GCB
"GCB" wrote:
> Hi Folks!
>
> Have been stuck on this one now for quite a while and thought I would ask if
> anyone knows if there is a way of disabling the visual effects when users log
> on to a Windows 2003 terminal server by means of RDP, I have been through the
> group policies and short of importing registry entries to do this (which seem
> overly complicated and dangerous) I can find no way of doing this.
>
> I have disabled the Windows themes and enforced the Windows Classic desktop
> which appears to have worked but can't seem to do anything else as this seems
> to be a per user setting rather than a group setting.
>
> Just to clarify the setting can be found in system
> properties/Advanced/performance/settings/visual effects - adjust for best
> performance.
>
> Regards
> GCB
Hi Alice
Where might I find this file to add this line to ?
"Alice Kupcik [MSFT]" wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Have you tried adding the following to your rdp file?
>
> disable themes:i:1
>
> Thx. Alice
>
> --
> Alice Kupcik
> Program Manager - Microsoft
> http://blogs.msdn.com/ts
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> "GCB" <GCB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FEED1A2C-0BC2-4117-99FA-4BFDA946F064@microsoft.com...
> > Hi Folks!
> >
> > Have been stuck on this one now for quite a while and thought I would ask
> > if
> > anyone knows if there is a way of disabling the visual effects when users
> > log
> > on to a Windows 2003 terminal server by means of RDP, I have been through
> > the
> > group policies and short of importing registry entries to do this (which
> > seem
> > overly complicated and dangerous) I can find no way of doing this.
> >
> > I have disabled the Windows themes and enforced the Windows Classic
> > desktop
> > which appears to have worked but can't seem to do anything else as this
> > seems
> > to be a per user setting rather than a group setting.
> >
> > Just to clarify the setting can be found in system
> > properties/Advanced/performance/settings/visual effects - adjust for best
> > performance.
> >
> > Regards
> > GCB
>
Hi Alice
I have just had a look at where this file is but I don't think this would
necessarily achieve what I am looking for and it would be very clumsy to roll
out to over 60 machines and different users. What I am looking for I suppose
would be imported registry entries or something within the group policy that
I could roll out.
Regards
GCB
BTW Themes have already been disabled via a group policy.
You can create one rdp file using the rdc client (Options -> General ->
Connection Settings -> Save As) with the settings you prefer, save it and
share it across users. Does that help?
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"GCB" <GCB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Alice Kupcik [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Have you tried adding the following to your rdp file?
>>
>> disable themes:i:1
>>
>> Thx. Alice
>>
>> --
>> Alice Kupcik
>> Program Manager - Microsoft
>> http://blogs.msdn.com/ts
>>
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>> "GCB" <GCB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:FEED1A2C-0BC2-4117-99FA-4BFDA946F064@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi Folks!
>> >
>> > Have been stuck on this one now for quite a while and thought I would
>> > ask
>> > if
>> > anyone knows if there is a way of disabling the visual effects when
>> > users
>> > log
>> > on to a Windows 2003 terminal server by means of RDP, I have been
>> > through
>> > the
>> > group policies and short of importing registry entries to do this
>> > (which
>> > seem
>> > overly complicated and dangerous) I can find no way of doing this.
>> >
>> > I have disabled the Windows themes and enforced the Windows Classic
>> > desktop
>> > which appears to have worked but can't seem to do anything else as this
>> > seems
>> > to be a per user setting rather than a group setting.
>> >
>> > Just to clarify the setting can be found in system
>> > properties/Advanced/performance/settings/visual effects - adjust for
>> > best
>> > performance.
>> >
>> > Regards
>> > GCB
>>
> Hi Alice
>
> I have just had a look at where this file is but I don't think this would
> necessarily achieve what I am looking for and it would be very clumsy to
> roll
> out to over 60 machines and different users. What I am looking for I
> suppose
> would be imported registry entries or something within the group policy
> that
> I could roll out.
>
> Regards
> GCB
>
> BTW Themes have already been disabled via a group policy.
You would create that file yourself: Use the rdc client mstsc.exe
(Options -> General ->
Connection Settings -> Save As) with the settings you prefer, save it and
share it across users.
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"GCB" <GCB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:94EE7A5C-EC60-4FD6-BAFC-49F1C0448BC7@microsoft.com...
>
>
> "GCB" wrote:
>
>> Hi Folks!
>>
>> Have been stuck on this one now for quite a while and thought I would ask
>> if
>> anyone knows if there is a way of disabling the visual effects when users
>> log
>> on to a Windows 2003 terminal server by means of RDP, I have been through
>> the
>> group policies and short of importing registry entries to do this (which
>> seem
>> overly complicated and dangerous) I can find no way of doing this.
>>
>> I have disabled the Windows themes and enforced the Windows Classic
>> desktop
>> which appears to have worked but can't seem to do anything else as this
>> seems
>> to be a per user setting rather than a group setting.
>>
>> Just to clarify the setting can be found in system
>> properties/Advanced/performance/settings/visual effects - adjust for best
>> performance.
>>
>> Regards
>> GCB
>
> Hi Alice
>
> Where might I find this file to add this line to ?
>
> Regards
> GCD
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