Multipoint 2012, 8.1 Desktop experience

About to upgrade my school's computers from Windows 8 to 8.1 however I don't see any update for Multipoint 2012 to provide the 8.1 experience which I believe will conflict with my users profiles. Is there an update / service pack / 2012 R2 deployment I
do not know about or in the pipeline?

no, there is no update to get windows 8.1 desktop experience and there probably will not be.

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Can't Install Desktop Experience on Server 2012 - Sources problem

Hi Guys,
I have been struggling to install the Desktop Experience (Which includes Ink and Handwriting Services) feature on a new Server 2012 VM, and I haven't been able to. It always says it can't find the sources ("Do you need to specify an alternate source
path?"), even though the DVD image is readily accessible to the server I try yo deploy this to (the same server where I tried to add the feature from).
I think I have tried pretty much everything (From UI through Server Manager, to PowerShell and DISM), and I get "The source files could not be found".
My preferred method would be the UI one, but I still can't figure out what I am missing. The Server 2012 image is available on the server directly (through Hyper-V CD mount).
I know that by default, Windows will try to use Windows Update to get the feature files from (if no offline location is specified), but for some reason that one fails too.
I tried using as a source location (My understanding is that the files are inside the WIM):
- WIM:E:\Sources\Install.wim:2
- E:\Sources\SxS\
- Mounting the WIM in a folder on the C drive through DISM, and reference that path in the "Add Roles and Features screen"
And of the countless times I've tried, I always get "The source files could not be found. Try installing roles, role services, or features again in a New Add Roles and Features Wizard session, and on the confirmation page of the wizard, click "Specify an
alternate source path" to specify a valid location of the source files that are required for the installation. The location must be accessible by the computer account of the destination server."
I have rebooted the server, and I have made sure the DVD image is available (by opening the E drive on windows explorer and browsing through the installer folders.
As a side note, on this server I also installed .NET 3.5 from this same offline source, by referencing "E:\Sources\SxS\" as the install source, and everything went just fine. Still not sure what I am missing.
Thoughts?

Thansk Yan!
That clarifies why try to install it was failing. However, I have some other questions:
- How did this happen (This OS was installed from the regular Server 2012 Standard - Not Server Core that was converted to the GUI version)?.
- How can I fix it (Make Desktop Experience be listed as "Available") ?
UPDATE:
I tried installing the Desktop-Experience feature through PowerShell but this is what I got:
PS C:\Users\administrator.MF> Install-WindowsFeature Desktop-Experience -Source WIM:D:\Sources\Install.wim:2
Install-WindowsFeature : The request to add or remove features on the specified server failed.
Installation of one or more roles, role services, or features failed.
The source files could not be downloaded.
Use the "source" option to specify the location of the files that are required to restore the feature. For more
information on specifying a source location, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=243077. Error: 0x800f0906
At line:1 char:1
+ Install-WindowsFeature Desktop-Experience -Source WIM:D:\Sources\Install.wim:2
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (@{Vhd=; Credent...Name=localhost}:PSObject) [Install-WindowsFeature],
Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DISMAPI_Error__Cbs_Download_Failure,Microsoft.Windows.ServerManager.Commands.AddWindowsF
eatureCommand
Success Restart Needed Exit Code Feature Result
False No Failed {}
UPDATE 2:
I mounted the WIM in a folder on the c drive through the command:
C:\WIM\Windows\WinSxS>Dism /Mount-Wim /WimFile:D:\Sources\Install.wim /Index:2 /MountDir:C:\WIM /ReadOnly
And ran the install feature again, now pointing to the actual WimSxS folder (as described here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831786.aspx):
PS C:\Users\administrator.MF> Install-WindowsFeature Desktop-Experience -Restart -Source c:\wim\windows\winsxs
Install-WindowsFeature : The request to add or remove features on the specified server failed.
Installation of one or more roles, role services, or features failed.
The source files could not be downloaded.
Use the "source" option to specify the location of the files that are required to restore the feature. For more
information on specifying a source location, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=243077. Error: 0x800f0906
At line:1 char:1
+ Install-WindowsFeature Desktop-Experience -Restart -Source c:\wim\windows\winsxs
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (@{Vhd=; Credent...Name=localhost}:PSObject) [Install-WindowsFeature],
Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DISMAPI_Error__Cbs_Download_Failure,Microsoft.Windows.ServerManager.Commands.AddWindowsF
eatureCommand
Success Restart Needed Exit Code Feature Result
False No Failed {}
I am still getting the same result.. Sources not found.

Unable to Install Desktop Experience Feature

Hello,
I'm configuring a 2012 R2 server as an RD Session Host. Whenever I try to install the Desktop Experience feature, I get the below error. This happens both from the GUI and from PowerShell. The feature is listed with an Install State of
"Available" in PowerShell. I've tried specifying an alternate source path by pointing to the WinSXS folder on another 2012 R2 server with the same feature installed, but I still get the same error. Rebooting has not helped. On the
problem server, I'm able to install other features without issue.
Has anyone else ever ran into this issue before?
Thanks.
Install-WindowsFeature : The request to add or remove features on the specified server failed.
Installation of one or more roles, role services, or features failed.
The system cannot find the path specified. Error: 0x80070003
At line:1 char:1
+ Install-WindowsFeature -name desktop-experience
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (@{Vhd=; Credent...Name=localhost}:PSObject) [Install-WindowsFeature],
Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DISMAPI_Error__Failed_To_Enable_Updates,Microsoft.Windows.ServerManager.Commands.AddWind
owsFeatureCommand

Hi MDDDD,
Please also check the event log and find the relevant error or failure information.
In addition, we can specify the source file to a side-by-side store (referred to as SxS) in installation media or to a WIM file in the "-Source" parameter of the cmdlet "Install-WindowsFeature":
installation media path:
D:\Sources\SxS\
To specify a WIM file, add a WIM: prefix, and add the index of the image to use in the WIM file as a suffix, as shown in the following example.
WIM:\\server_name\share\install.wim:4
You can find the Index of the image file by typing:
dism.exe /get-imageinfo /imagefile:\\server_name\share\install.wim
For more detailed information to install feature, please go through this article:
Install or Uninstall Roles, Role Services, or Features
If there is anything regarding this issue, please feel free to post back.
Best Regards,
Anna Wang

Installing Desktop-Experience on CloudServices WorkerRole with osFamily=3

I have a startup task that runs elevated for a worker role:
<Startup>
<Task executionContext="elevated" taskType="background" commandLine="startup.bat" />
</Startup>
I have tried a variety of things but am left wanting:
powershell -command "Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted" >> transcript.txt 2>&1
powershell -command "Install-WindowsFeature -Name Desktop-Experience -Restart" >> transcript.txt 2>&1
Another attempt:
REM : Install desktop experience if havent already
IF EXIST "step1done.txt" (
ECHO Already installed desktop experience so moving on >> transcript.txt
) ELSE (
ECHO ran desktopexperience install > step1done.txt
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -command "Install-WindowsFeature -Name Desktop-Experience" >> transcript.txt 2>&1
GOTO RestartForDesktopExperience
... OTHER SETUP STEPS ...
EXIT /b 0
:RestartForDesktopExperience
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -command "Restart-Computer" >> transcript.txt 2>&1
I have tried a variety of other things as well, but nothing seems to work. I would appreciate any thoughts?
Note: I am using osFamily=3 which is Server 2012 and therefore this link does not work for me: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/8852425b-7253-4552-96c7-b26703f95521/action?threadDisplayName=install-desktop-experience-programmatically

Hi,
I test this powershell command line on my Server 2012 azure VM, the Desktop Experience install successful, so, maybe there is something wrong with the function that use a PowerShell Script as a Startup Task, please have a look at below document.
#http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/jj130675.aspx
Best Regards,
Jambor
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Error dashboard multipoint 2012 premium

Hello
I downloaded and installed the trial
Multipoint 2012 I purchased the
HP T200 zero client when I
want to "Take Control"
or "desktop project"
(the Dashboard) for one or
all users, I receive the following error message
"The Take Control Failed
action.Multipoint Can not connect to
the session"
respectively
"Project failed.Unable to connect to
session"
All other operating correctly
I want to use this OS in an
educational system made up of 3
x 10 systeme of workstations.
The two actions are needed
in teaching.
Userful MultiSeat where I tested
it works ok. However I want to
use WMS 2012.
Can you help me?
yours sincerely
Patrasescu Marinica

I am
facing a similar issue in a slightly different setup. Please share if you found any solution to this.

W2008 : Installing Feature "Desktop Experience"

Hi,
I'm trying to install the "Desktop experience" feature on my windows 2008 server but the installation get stucked on 10%, whatever I use the GUI interface or powershell.
All updates are installed.
I can't find any log about that ...Any idea about a solution ?
Regards.

Hi infoada33,
1. Open “services.msc”, check “Windows Module Installer”, let me know the “startup type” of it.
2. Change the startup type to “Automatic” if it was not.
3. Backup and delete the PendingRenames folder and its contents in
C:\windows\winsxs\temp
5. Backup and delete the pending.xml file from
C:\windows\winsxs\ (If any)
Note: please check this in command line as it was a system/hidden file:
Dir /a /s
C:\windows\winsxs\pending.xml
Base on my experience it some times occur when System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection installed on
the server. After uninstall Endpoint the feature successfully installed, then reinstall the Endpoint.
More information:
Desktop Experience Overview
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772567.aspx
I’m glad to be of help to you!
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Install Disk Cleanup without Desktop Experience?

Is it possible to install the Disk Cleanup utility in Windows 2012-R2 Server Core WITHOUT having to install the stupid "Desktop Experience"? If so, how is it done?
Thank you,
Ed

Hi there
Go to C:\Windows\winsxs\ and search for cleanmgr, hopefully should be in there?
Cheers
Dale

Missing PC Settings after install of Desktop Experience

I managed to installed the desktop experience and after a restart the option to change PC Settings was available.
However, after running Windows updates and installing these the PC Settings option has now disappeared.
Can anyone help please.
Thanks
Peter

Hi,
Thanks for the reply.
Unfortunately, it was a fresh install and there were 30 odd updates installed.
None of the updates failed so its almost impossible to say which if any may have casued the problem.
You mentioned about disabling and re-enabling the feature, could you advise where I find this so I can check it out.
Also on the metro style display the PC settings icon is still there but when you double click it, it fires up then dies.
Thanks for you help.
Peter

Why do we need to need Desktop Experience to get Disk Cleanup?

Why do we need to need Desktop Experience to get Disk Cleanup? What other options do we have?

Hi,
Disk Cleanup cannot be installed separately. This is part of desktop experience.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/2af659cb-51b2-4ca6-ba56-0a507979fe7d/disk-cleanup-cleanmgrexe-in-windows-2008-server-without-desktop-experience?forum=winserverManagement
Regards,
Rafic
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Does installing Desktop Experience on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 slow down the server / increase processor usage?

Hello.
I'm running a tekkit classic (Minecraft) Server on a dedicated server I got from OVH, Im just wondering - Im currently using ClamAV for an antivirus, But I would like windows defender.
Im wondering if installing Desktop Experience on my dedi would increase processor usage or slow down the dedi even slightly.
System Specs:
RAM: 32GB DDR3 ECC 1600MHz
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1245v2
HDD: 2x2TB SATA (Both used, specified as different drives)
OS: Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
Theres only 1 indev tekkit server currently running on there, Im getting 0-5% processor usage. I may be setting up more modpack servers - but im wondering if installing desktop experience would increase the processor usage or slow the dedi down.
Thanks.
Joseph

Hi Joseph,
This is the forum for Microsoft BizTalk Server, you've asked your question in the wrong forum.
I suggest posting your question in the Windows Server forum
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home#forum=winserver2008appcompatabilityandcertification&filter=alltypes&sort=lastpostdesc&content=Search
Glenn Colpaert - MCTS BizTalk Server - Blog : http://blog.codit.eu

Installing Adobe Flash Player on W2K12 R2 without Desktop Experience

I am trying to get Adobe Flash Player installed using some type of stand alone installer rather than enabling the Desktop Experience feature of W2K12 R2. Enabling Desktop Experience had undesirable performance degradation, so I am looking to just run a stand alone installer.
I've spoken with Microsoft and they say this is not a Windows limitation, but rather something Adobe is not allowing. I've tried stand alone instalers for Flash 11, 12, and 13. 11 and 12 saying IE already has Flash built-in and 13 finishes installing, but is not shown as a plug-in in IE.
Has anyone had any luck getting Flash Player without Desktop Experience? Any thoughts are helpful.

Win2012, like Win 8, has Flash Player embedded into IE by Microsoft. The ActiveX plugin cannot be installed from any download here. There is a Windows Update KB patch and two registry keys that prevent it. Unless you manually remove those, the only way to do anything with Flash Player ActiveX for Win8 or Win2012 is through Windows Update.
Those losers in Redmond (or India) only told you to get it fixed here because they REFUSE to accept responsibility for the gabrage browser they shoved down everyone's throats with IE11.
If you're in a corporate environment and cannot use another browser, then the best you can do is repair IE (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318378) and run Windows update again.
If you need the "standalone" Flash Player Projector, it's here: Download the Windows Flash Player 13 Projector
If you need the plug-in for other browsers, it's here: Flash Player Plug-in (All other browsers)
But there is no updating the ActiveX plug-in from here, in spite of what Microsoft told you.

Multipoint 2012 upgrade to r2?

Has anyone heard if there is an upgrade path for Multipoint 2012 to get the Server 2012 r2 enhancements?

The 9841 Build of Windows Server will be adding the additional MultiPointServer WindowsFeature package as a optional feature installation. Not to sure as to what Server Installations this will be available for, I assume that MultiPoint will most likely be
supported with the Datacenter.
Link to Preview Download: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-vnext-technical-preview
Snippet with MultiPoint feature installed + optional start menu instead of start screen.

Does Windows Server 2012 support Remote Desktop Client 6.1?

Hi,
Does Windows Server 2012 support Remote Desktop Client 6.1? IU can't find a link anywhere on the Microsoft site to confirm this!
Thanks,
Jim

this should help you
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/b664ddaf-6c11-49e2-8a69-0df3b8ef13a1/server-2012r2-rds-farm-with-xp-and-windows-vista-clients?forum=winserverTS

Multipoint 2012: Same Desktop (Template/Image) for all stations possible?

How can I get the same Desktop on all stations?
- same startpage in Internet Explorer
- same search engine (e.g. fragfinn.de)
- same Icons on Metro and Desktop
- same background

Group Policy will do a lot of the things for you but it wasn't robust enough for my needs so I created an unattend.xml file for our sysprep image that accomplishes what you want. We've set up 3500 stations with this.
We have 700+ of the same servers, so I created the image exactly how I wanted it, down to where the desktop icons were located, customizations within Office products, classicshell.net start button replacement, drivers, etc. The trick is to create a normal
user account (not an administrator account) that will be copied over as your default profile when you sysprep the image. All users will get the account settings by default when you run sysprep. I suggest that you clean up this master user account as well,
by deleting temp, cache, and dump files that are not needed. You can do this after-the-fact by cleaning the C:\Users\Default profile, but you might as well do it now. Also, do NOT turn on DiskProtect or authenticate Windows. The unattend.xml file will authenticate
Windows for you and automatically log in as the administrator account so you can rename the server and join it to your domain if needed.
1. Once you've got your image perfect, make a backup of the partition/drive BEFORE continuing, since if you ever want to make changes to your image (i.e. install Windows Updates, software, or new drivers), you'll need to restore from this backup. You can
do this with Ghost, Acronis, or some free ones out there.
2. Log into your master user account that will be used for all users (DO NOT USE THE ADMINISTRATOR ACCOUNT). For this example, I created a user called SysPrep.
3. Open up a command prompt with "Run as Administrator" and run this command (replace "U:\SysPrep" with the drive and folder where you've saved your unattend.xml file). Your server will power off after a minute.
Do NOT turn your computer back on unless you're going to boot up to a CD/USB drive to capture an image or backup.
C:\Windows\System32\SysPrep\sysprep.exe /oobe /generalize /shutdown /unattend:U:\SysPrep\unattend.xml
4. Your drive is now ready to be used as a master drive for cloning to other hard drives. You have several options at this point but let me tell you what I did.
A. Create a .wim file of the image to be used in ConfigManager. I was able to do this by booting up into WinPE and then running the imagex command as shown in the "Capture an Image for Deployment" section of this guide:
http://www.danscourses.com/Windows-7-and-8/how-to-create-a-wim-system-image-file-with-windowsaik-and-windowspe.html
B. I also purchased some StarTech.com SATDOCK4U3RE stand-alone hard drive duplicators with 3 StarTech.com 12in 22 Pin SATA Power and Data Extension Cables (Item: SATA22PEXT from MonoPrice) to make the transfer easier (I just plug the hard drives to the cable,
so I don't have to remove the hard drive enclosure). This allows you to copy the master hard drive to 3 other drives at the same time. It takes about 17 minutes to transfer the master drive to 3 other drives. I purchased 3 of these units, which was much cheaper
than purchasing one big unit that does more hard drives at the same time
5. You'll want to do some cleanup after you've booted up a computer with the image. These commands (just put them in a .bat file and run as an administrator) will remove the unattend.xml files from the computer since they may include passwords and it will
remove the master user account (I called mine SysPrep) since you don't need that anymore. I have a TON of other commands that created for more customization, but that's beyond the scope of this message.
del /Q /F c:\windows\system32\sysprep\unattend.xml
del /Q /F c:\windows\panther\unattend.xml
powershell -command "([ADSI]\"WinNT://$env:computername\").delete(\"user\",([ADSI]\"WinNT://$env:computername/SysPrep,User\").name.value)"
Okay, one last thing, since you asked about the background image. There are ways to get a different background image and I think you can do this in the unattend.xml file, but I sort of cheated and just replaced the master background image with my own (if
I remember correctly, the file was locked down, so I had to take ownership of it before I could replace it with my own). The downfall of this is that if you run a check/repair on your Windows system files (I can't remember the command for that) it'll "repair"
this background image and restore the old one. Here's the default background image: C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper\Windows\img0.jpg
Here is the unattend.xml file that I created. You'll want to tweak it for your own. I take no responsibility if this messes up your system or doesn't work as expected, so make backups before using this. The magic of this unattend file is that the following
two lines allow the image to retain your drivers and most of your user profile settings (custom toolbars and pinned programs will not be retained).
<PersistAllDeviceInstalls>true</PersistAllDeviceInstalls>
<CopyProfile>true</CopyProfile>
The following values need to be adjusted for your situation:
<Value>TypeInYourAdminPassword</Value>
<Value>TypeInYourAdminPassword</Value>
<ProductKey>xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx</ProductKey>
<CompanyName>YourCompanyName</CompanyName>
<RegisteredOrganization>YourCompanyName</RegisteredOrganization>
<RegisteredOrganization>YourCompanyName</RegisteredOrganization>
<Organization>YourCompanyName</Organization>
<Home_Page>http://google.com</Home_Page>
<Manufacturer>Lenovo</Manufacturer>
<Model>TS130</Model>
<TimeZone>US Mountain Standard Time</TimeZone>
<HorizontalResolution>1366</HorizontalResolution>
<VerticalResolution>768</VerticalResolution>
----------------------- Here are the contents of the Unattend.xml file below ----------------------
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
    <settings pass="windowsPE">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS"
xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <SetupUILanguage>
                <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
            </SetupUILanguage>
            <InputLocale>0809:00000809</InputLocale>
            <SystemLocale>en-GB</SystemLocale>
            <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
            <UserLocale>en-GB</UserLocale>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <ComplianceCheck>
                <DisplayReport>Never</DisplayReport>
            </ComplianceCheck>
            <Diagnostics>
                <OptIn>false</OptIn>
            </Diagnostics>
            <DiskConfiguration>
                <WillShowUI>Always</WillShowUI>
            </DiskConfiguration>
            <DynamicUpdate>
                <Enable>true</Enable>
                <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
            </DynamicUpdate>
            <ImageInstall>
                <OSImage>
                    <InstallFrom>
                        <MetaData wcm:action="add">
                            <Key>/IMAGE/NAME</Key>
                            <Value>Windows MultiPoint Server 2012</Value>
                        </MetaData>
                    </InstallFrom>
                </OSImage>
            </ImageInstall>
            <UserData>
                <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
                <FullName>IT</FullName>
                <Organization>YourCompanyName</Organization>
                <ProductKey>
                    <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
                </ProductKey>
            </UserData>
            <EnableNetwork>true</EnableNetwork>
        </component>
    </settings>

    <settings pass="generalize">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-PnpSysprep" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
           <PersistAllDeviceInstalls>true</PersistAllDeviceInstalls>
           <DoNotCleanUpNonPresentDevices>true</DoNotCleanUpNonPresentDevices>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="specialize">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-IE-InternetExplorer" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS"
xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <Home_Page>http://google.com</Home_Page>
            <CompanyName>YourCompanyName</CompanyName>
            <FavoritesOnTop>true</FavoritesOnTop>
            <FilterLevel>High</FilterLevel>
           <ShowMenuBar>true</ShowMenuBar>
            <Help_Page></Help_Page>
            <DisableFirstRunWizard>true</DisableFirstRunWizard>
            <DisableWelcomePage>true</DisableWelcomePage>
            <PlaySound>true</PlaySound>
            <ShowInformationBar>true</ShowInformationBar>
            <UserAgent></UserAgent>
            <Window_Title_CN></Window_Title_CN>
            <SearchScopes>
                <Scope wcm:action="add">
                    <ScopeDefault>true</ScopeDefault>
                    <ScopeKey>Search1</ScopeKey>
                    <ScopeDisplayName>Google</ScopeDisplayName>
                    <ScopeUrl>http://www.google.com/search?q={searchTerms}&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:{language}:{referrer:source}&ie={inputEncoding?}&oe={outputEncoding?}</ScopeUrl>
                    <FaviconURL>http://www.google.com/favicon.ico</FaviconURL>
                    <SuggestionsURL>http://clients5.google.com/complete/search?q={searchTerms}&client=ie8&mw={ie:maxWidth}&sh={ie:sectionHeight}&rh={ie:rowHeight}&inputencoding={inputEncoding}&outputencoding={outputEncoding}</SuggestionsURL>
                </Scope>
            </SearchScopes>
            <EnableLinksBar>false</EnableLinksBar>
            <PrintBackground>true</PrintBackground>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-RemoteAssistance-Exe" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS"
xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <fAllowFullControl>true</fAllowFullControl>
            <fAllowToGetHelp>true</fAllowToGetHelp>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP-UX" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <SkipAutoActivation>false</SkipAutoActivation>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
           <ProductKey>xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx</ProductKey>
           <ComputerName>*</ComputerName>
            <RegisteredOrganization>YourCompanyName</RegisteredOrganization>
            <RegisteredOwner>IT</RegisteredOwner>
           <DoNotCleanTaskBar>true</DoNotCleanTaskBar>
           <CopyProfile>true</CopyProfile>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-LocalSessionManager" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS"
xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <fDenyTSConnections>false</fDenyTSConnections>
        </component>
        <component name="Networking-MPSSVC-Svc" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
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        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-RDP-WinStationExtensions" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS"
xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <UserAuthentication>1</UserAuthentication>
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xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
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            <UILanguage>en-GB</UILanguage>
            <UserLocale>0809:00000809</UserLocale>
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xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <RegisteredOrganization>YourCompanyName</RegisteredOrganization>
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               <HorizontalResolution>1366</HorizontalResolution>
               <VerticalResolution>768</VerticalResolution>
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           <Themes>
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               <DefaultThemesOff>false</DefaultThemesOff>
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            <OEMInformation>
                <Manufacturer>Lenovo</Manufacturer>
                <Model>TS130</Model>
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Windows 2012 R2 - Remote Desktop Sessions, RemoteFX, GPU, Blue Screen RemoteFX adaptor

Nvidia GPU GRID K1
Host Server - Dell Power edge R720 128 gig RAM 2 Xeon E5-2640v2 2.0GHz, 20M cache 8c
Windows 2012 R2 full installation – Bios and all hardware with latest updates.
Roles - Hyper V and Remote Desktop Virtualization Host
EPT, GPU, WDDM (latest drivers) compatible for RemoteFX and fully up to date.
I have disabled the video adaptor on the motherboard.
I cannot complete with administrative permissions;
dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-RemoteFX-EmbeddedVideoCap-Setup-Package
Error: 0x800f080c
Feature name Microsoft-Windows-RemoteFX-EmbeddedVidoCap-Setup-Package is unknown
Question 1 - because video card on motherboard disabled, do I still need to complete this command?
VM’s
**I’m not interested in VDI but more Remote Desktop Sessions and the option to ‘pinch and zoom with Windows 8.1 tablets**
VM1 - Windows 2012 R2 configured as generation 1 that is fully patched.
This VM is able to start up and run until I add the new hardware for the RemoteFX Video adaptor from within the Hyper V settings. When I start the VM the server blue screens. I have tried multiple VM’s with 2012 but same thing
If I created the VM as Generation 2 I am able to start the VM but the RemoteFX adaptor doesn’t appear in the device manager. I have read generation 2 isn’t compatible with RemoteFX.
VM2 – *Testing purposes* - Windows 8.1 Enterprise configured as generation 1 that is fully patched.
This VM I am able to start up and run the VDI after the RemoteFX video adaptor is installed, also the correct adaptor appears in the device manager. This seems to at least work correctly but I cannot pinch and zoom and the experience is poor.
GPU summary within the Hyper V settings state there are 4 physical GPU’s all of which can be used with RemoteFX and that 1 virtual machine are using the GPU (Windows 8.1 enterprise VM)
Firewalls off, latest RDP clients
I have read you should be able to use Windows 2012 R2 and we should be able to use the sessions with pinch and zoom but now and then you come across something that tells me different.
Question 2 – I need this to work with Windows 2012 R2 so we can use Remote Desktop Sessions
and the tablets can use pinch and zoom, anyone tell me what I may be doing wrong?

Hi,
Thank you for posting in Windows Server Forum.
As per my research, you need to run the command although video adapter is disabled on motherboard. If you install the RemoteFX cap driver, the integrated video adapter is disabled while the operating system is running.
For more information you can refer beneath article.
1. RemoteFX (with Hyper-V) is a serious business tool. For games.
2. Configure RemoteFX in Hyper-V running Windows Server 2012 with low end GPU
Hope it helps!
Thanks.
Dharmesh Solanki

Multipoint 2012, 8.1 Desktop experience

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