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(Optional) Enable audio and video playback

This section describes how to enable audio and video playback on the RD Session Host server.
  1. On the RD Session Host server, open Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration:
    1. Click 
      Start
       and hover over 
      Administrative Tools
      , and then point to 
      Remote Desktop Services
      .
    2. Click 
      Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration
      .
  2. If the User Account Control dialog appears, verify that the action it displays is what you want, and click 
    Yes
    .
  3. From 
    Connections
    , right-click the name of the connection to be configured (for example, RDP-Tcp), and click 
    Properties
    .
  4. From the 
    Client Settings
     tab, clear the 
    Audio and video playback
     check box.
  5. Click 
    OK
    .
    The changes take effect the next time the user connects to the RD Session Host server.
For more information about Group Policy settings for Remote Desktop Services, see the Remote Desktop Services Technical Reference.