- The only way to regain control of my USB devices through the remote desktop is to restart my Mac. Given the same behavior over several machines for the last year with two different operating systems (OS 10.8 and now OS 10.9 Mavericks), I firmly believe this is something inherent to VMWare's stability on the Mac when dictating.
- A RemoteFX-capable client (Remote Desktop Connection 7.1 or later) A virtual machine hosted on a RemoteFX host (Windows 7 SP1 or later) Enabling RemoteFX USB redirection on the clients In order to redirect USB devices from a given machine, the RemoteFX USB redirection feature must be enabled.
RemoteFX USB redirection complements the native Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) device redirection features in order to provide users with a complete experience when managing different types of devices in a remote session.
One of the main advantages of this feature is that no driver installation is required for USB devices on the client computers and all of them will work through a universal interface. This solution supports a large set of devices, including all-in-one printers, human interface devices, scanners or webcams.
This feature is disabled by default and can be enabled by performing these steps:
- To configure it locally in a client PC, run gpedit.msc
For a centralized configuration through Active Directory Group Policies, open the Group Policy Management Console, create a new policy and once you have configured it as shown below, link it to the Organizational Unit where target machines are located.
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Remote Desktop USB redirection lets you share physical USB ports with virtual sessions. Devices connected to a shared port are immediately available and accessible over RDP. Connections are made dynamically with new devices inserted into the port automatically redirected to the remote desktop. Watch how easy it works!
- Navigate to Computer ConfigurationAdministrative TemplatesWindows ComponentsRemote Desktop ServicesRemote Desktop Connection ClientRemoteFX USB Redirection
- Set “Allow RDP redirection of other supported RemoteFX USB devices from this computer” option to Enabled
- Set who should have RemoteFX USB redirection rights and click OK, then close the policy editor
- Update the machine’s policy by running gpupdate /force
Supported Operating Systems
Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 or later
Windows Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1 or later
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