Desktop themes. For example, select desktop background, window colors, and screen Not applicable Sound settings. For example, select which sounds should play when various system events occur. Not applicable Desktop icons. For example, configure which icons (such as Computer, Network and Recycle Bin) should appear on the desktop. Not applicable Mouse pointer settings. For example, enable or disable pointer trails or pointer shadow. Not applicable Display settings. For example, change the displayed text size from 100 to 125 percent. Not applicable Taskbar settings. For example, set the taskbar to auto-hide. Not applicable Accessibility. For example, configure magnifier to invert the colors of the magnified area of the screen. Not applicable Keyboard settings. For example, change the repeat delay and repeat rate when a key is pressed. Not applicable Action Center. For example, turn different types of notification on or off. Not applicable Windows Explorer settings. For example, use Extra Large Icons to display items in a folder. Not applicable Libraries settings. For example, configure the Documents library to arrange files by Author. Not applicable Windows Media Player settings. For example, specify update and privacy settings. Not applicable Command prompt. For example, change the buffer size in command prompt entries. Not applicable Some user settings can also be centrally managed to some extent (but not virtualized) by Group Policy. Subjective analysis reveals that although the user settings listed in the following table can be virtualized using RUP, most organizations will consider Group Policy and/or Group Policy Preferences as more suitable technologies for managing these settings. Select the relevant check boxes if the situation applies. These requirements should be kept in mind when planning the USV solution.
Acknowledgments The Solution Accelerators–Management and Infrastructure (SA-MI) team acknowledges and thanks the people who produced the Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for Windows User State Virtualization. The following people were either directly responsible for or made a substantial contribution to the writing, development, and testing of this guide. Contributors: Molly Brown – Microsoft Steve Campbell – Microsoft Keith Carey – Microsoft Anjli Chaudhry – Microsoft Jude Chosnyk – GrandMasters Joseph Corpora – Microsoft Doug Davis – Microsoft Michael Kaczmarek – Microsoft Robert Kendall – Microsoft Arjan Kooij – Microsoft Ken Maybee – Microsoft Wole Moses – Microsoft Daniel Oxley – Microsoft Santhosh Panchap – Microsoft Aly Shivji – Microsoft Samesh Singh – Microsoft Tejinder Singh – Microsoft Mitch Tulloch – StudioB Paul Volosen – Microsoft Steve Wacker – Wadeware LLC Martin Weber – Microsoft Reviewers: Young Kwon – Microsoft Edhi Sarwono – Microsoft Anthony – Microsoft Fergus Stewart – Microsoft Melissa – Microsoft Henry Webb – Microsoft Zakrajsek – Microsoft Editors: Laurie Dunham – Xtreme Consulting Jennifer Kerns – Wadeware LLC Feedback Please direct questions and comments about this guide to . We your feedback on the usefulness of this guide. Please complete the following Solution Accelerators Satisfaction Survey, available at , and help us build better guidance and tools.