2.4 Configuring and Launching Remote Management

Use the Scale - by option to reduce or enlarge the local copy of the remote desktop.

Select Full-screen mode if you want the Viewer to show only the remote desktop and not the local desktop, toolbar, and window decorations.

Select View only (input ignored) to view the remote desktop but not control it remotely with your mouse and keyboard.

Select Disable clipboard transfer, if you do not want the Viewer to propagate local clipboard changes to the server and vice-versa.

Select Block mouse move events to avoid sending information about local mouse movements to the managed device. This can improve session performance.

Select Emulate 3 buttons [with 2-button click], if you have two- button mouse but you want to emulate using the third button. If this option is enabled, pressing the left and right buttons at the same time is equivalent to pressing the middle button.

Select Swap mouse buttons 2 and 3 to swap the events generated by the second and third mouse buttons.The right mouse button usually generates button 2 events, and the middle mouse button is usually treated as button 3.

Select Show toolbars by default to show toolbars in desktop windows.

Select Warn before switching to full-screen mode, if you want the Remote Management Viewer to display a warning before switching to the full-screen mode. The warning tells users how to exit full-screen mode.

Use the Connections to remember field to specify the number of connections for the Viewer to remember.

Click Clear all to remove the list of past connections from the system registry. This also removes all corresponding connection settings.

Select Dot cursor to show the local cursor position as a dot.

Select Small dot cursor to show the local cursor position as a smaller dot.

Select Normal arrow to show the local cursor position as an arrow cursor.

Select No local cursor if you do not want to show the local cursor position.

Select Write log to a file to enable logging.

Select Browse to choose a location for the log file.

Use the Verbosity level list to specify how many details to write into the log file.

The Level 0 causes the Viewer to log only the most important events. Level 12 produces the maximum debugging output.

Select the appropriate graphics encoding from the Use encoding list.

Encoding refers to how graphics are sent over the network. Encodings can differ depending on bandwidth and CPU usage. Use Hextile encoding on fast networks, and use Tight encoding over slow connections. Raw encoding means no compression at all.

Select Use 256 colors to minimize the amount of pixel data sent over the network.

Select Allow CopyRect encoding if you want to save bandwidth when a screen area on the server changes its position.

CopyRect sends coordinates instead of pixel arrays. You should usually select this option.

Select Enable caching to cache remote desktop screen data on the local device. This improves session performance because repetitive screen information is not resent. The Viewer uses disk space on the local device to save screen information.

Select Update screen incrementally to control how information is displayed when the screen is refreshed.

When the remote desktop is rendered locally at the start of the session or when a full screen refresh is requested, this setting determines whether the screen is shown gradually or all at once.This setting is especially useful on slow links as an indication that the connection is alive.

Select Custom compression level to specify a particular compression level instead of using server's default.

The compression level ranges from level 1(Fast) to 9 (best). Higher compression levels result in greater compression ratios, but require more time to encode data. Use lower values on fast networks, and higher levels for slow connections.

Select Allow JPEG compression if you want the JPEG scheme to allow more compression for Tight encoding of full-color data. However the image quality might degrade in particular screen areas.

The JPEG compression level ranges from poor to best. Higher JPEG quality levels result in less compression but better image quality. The Tight encoder usually tries to use JPEG only where it does not cause major quality losses, so you can safely choose low quality levels.

Select Enable if you want the Viewer to enable dynamic bandwidth detection and optimize the session parameters accordingly.

Select Automatic to opt for pre configured settings for the bandwidth that is detected.

Select Manual to manually select the settings to be used for different bandwidth spectrums.