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A thin client is a computer that primarily operates by using the resources provided a server. Common thin client protocols include RDP, X11, VNC, and Citrix ICA,

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What is the purpose of a fast CPU in a Thin client?

I noticed that some Thin clients these days have i5's and i7's, and also have a significant amount of RAM. I haven't used them in a while, but I thought their purpose was just to render pixels that were sent over a network. Given the high specs, I…
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Rack Server Specs / Reccomendations for RDS Users

I'm writing up a cost analysis report on migrating in-house users from standalone workstations to thin-clients connected to a rack mounted server running Windows Server 2008 with RDS (formally TS). I was thinking of using HP's T5145 thin-client as…
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VMware Vsphere ESXI 6 and Horizon View 6 with PXE clients

I have used VMware vsphere ESXI server 6 trial with vcenter server and vsphere client 6 on Windows server 2012 R2 locally and I could successfully get them to work but I want to go one step further and try Horizon View 6 too for studying purposes.…
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Connecting to Server 2012 R2 using HP ThinPro (freeRDP), but smart card is not reading correctly

In preparation to deploy our new 2012R2 RD farm, we have updated our HP thin clients to ThinPro 5.0. They connect just fine using username/password, but when I try to use a smart card, I get the message: Please use external device to unlock the…
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Thin client as stand-alone Linux server?

I was wondering if someone knew of thin clients such as those from 10Zig that can be reflashed to run Linux and act as a SOHO server? Thank you.
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Flash Thin Client

I have an old thin client that was going to be discarded from a friend's company - as they are upgrading their thin clients. I was given this old one to demonstrate to the CEO the benefits of using thin clients with citrix. I need to know how to…
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Use different thinstation network configuration files for diffrent OS booting through PXE

I want to use thinstation to boot to RDP client which connects to either Ubuntu or Windows server 2008 R2. The user should be able to choose which OS they want to connect to. I've added the following to labels in default file at pxelinux.cfg…
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Wyse S50 RDP Failure

Background: I've got a LAN with about 6 Wyse S10 terminals, these terminals are serviced by a Microsoft 2008 R2 server with Remote Desktop Services enabled and 10 CALs assigned. I needed another terminal for a new station. I ordered, what appeared…
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Wyse DHCP Option Tag

I have a new Wyse R10L that I am testing, and I have found a tutorial video for configuring it on my network (a test Server 2012 environment). The instructions say to "set a DHCP option tag 161" to a certain value. When I go into my DHCP options…
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From VMWare Player to VMWare ESXi with Thin Client

currently I've a PC with a Windows Xp on it, there is the VMWare Player installed. In this VMWare Player there is one VM with a Win2000 on it. The Serial Ports (COM1-COM4) from the Host are integrated in the VM. Now I want to bring the current VM…
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Linux thin client OS supporting RDP 7.1 and PXE?

We are trying to come up with a workable solution for a number of branch offices. Thin clients (based on existing PC hardware) need to connect back to a Windows 2008 R2 RDS server farm with load balancing. The clients need to support RDP 7.1 so that…
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Thin clients over WAN - Capacity planning

Possible Duplicate: Can you help me with my capacity planning? How reliable is it to run thin clients such as Citrix XenDesktop over the WAN. I am designing an IT solution where the client will have his desktop hosted and managed remotely as a…
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Slow Starting DHCP Client Service - HP Thin Clients

We have recently began adding XPe thin clients to our domain in preperation for a new citrix environment. One thing that has been picked up on in testing is that they appear slow to boot. The issue manifest's it's self as the classic "Applying…
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ltsp-built-client error

I am facing some issues while building a thin client using the ltsp-build-client, it says an error. Error is: I: Retrieving Release E: Failed getting release file file://root/ISO/ubuntu-12.04.1-desktop-i386.iso/dists/squeeze/Release error: LTSP…
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USB Redirection to thin clients

I'm experiencing a problem with a client situation. We switched a user of theirs to a thin client (specifically, with a WYSE C10LE). The thin client connects to a Windows Server 2008 R2 virtual terminal server, running Service Pack 1. The user needs…
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