Video Acceleration

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For clients running Windows NT 4.0 or later, video acceleration reduces the work that is associated with each client screen refresh during a Remote Control session, which significantly speeds up the session.

On clients running Windows 2000 or later, video acceleration is not dependent on the type of video driver on the client. Video acceleration on clients running Windows 2000 or later can activate and run with any client video driver. On clients running Windows NT 4.0, video acceleration is dependent on the type of video driver on the client. This is key difference between video acceleration on clients running Windows 2000 or later and on clients running Windows NT 4.0.

To use video acceleration, you must enable this feature on the SMS site server.

To enable video acceleration on the SMS site server

  1. In the SMS Administrator console, navigate to Client Agents.

    Where?

    Systems Management Server > Site Database (site code - site name) >Site Hierarchy>site code - site name>Site Settings>Client Agents

  2. In the details pane, right-click Remote Tools Client Agent, and then click Properties.

  3. On the Advanced tab, select Install accelerated transfer on clients.

  4. Click Apply, and then click OK.

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