Can I disable mouse animations when connecting via RDP?
My users connect remotely to their Win7Pro/WinXPPro desktops via a Linux based RDP gateway (Sun SGD) This uses the linux rdesktop app to give them an rdp session on their windows 7 PC. This all worked fine for Windows XP but windows 7 uses 'windows aero ' mouse scheme with animations as the default pointer. With this enabled the mouse is very slow when connecting via linux & rdesktop. So - is there a way of setting the default mouse scheme for all users to 'none' in Windows ? or is there a way or setting windows 7 RDP server to disable animations on RDP connections? Thanks.
July 23rd, 2010 5:34pm

Hi, You can disable Aero by right clicking on the desktop->personalization->set one of the Basic and High Contract Themes after connecting via RDP. Regards, Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. ”
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July 26th, 2010 12:51pm

...you can, but aero is a nice feature and disabling it is a bit heavy handed. A.
July 26th, 2010 2:39pm

Hi, The Windows Aero Glass interface for Windows 7 or Vista requires a decent video card, you won’t be able to use it on an old clunker computer. For those worried about performance, sometimes squeezing every last drop requires disabling Aero. As this is not under consideration, disabling certain windows animations can be another option: Right click My computer->Properties, click Advanced system settings on the left panel to open System Properties, under Advanced tab, click Settings...in Performance section, uncheck the boxes under Visual Effects according to the situation. Regards,Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.
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July 27th, 2010 11:31am

Thanks, I tried the only mouse related option there but it did not fix my problem.
July 27th, 2010 4:08pm

Try more than the mouse related options or count on a more powerful video card. Regards,Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.
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July 28th, 2010 6:11am

I don't think the graphics card affects the RDP session - Maybe I am wrong but I think the RDP session is unaffected by the RDP servers graphics card?
July 28th, 2010 11:41am

Another aspect is your network environment. Windows 7's Receive Window Auto-Tuning feature could have issues on some networks. Follow the steps below to disable it and check the result: 1. Click Start, type cmd, 2. Right-click cmd.exe, and then click Run as Administrator. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password, or click Continue. 3. At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER: netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled 4.Close the Command Prompt window. 5. Restart the computer. (Note: Normally, the command "netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel=highlyrestricted" will introduce more benefit on the network performance than the one mentioned above.) If you want to to re-enable it: Type: netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel=normal In some cases you may need to use this command in addition to the above, but I didn't have to: Type: netsh interface tcp set global rss=disabled Good Luck. Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. ”
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July 29th, 2010 5:27am

Yes I saw that on the web and tried it but it had no effect for my problem. It seems I will have to live with telling my users to set their mouse pointer scheme to 'none'. Thanks
July 30th, 2010 4:28pm

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