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Configure Desktop

The Desktop Package page creates a desktop standard package. Desktop standard packages are deployed using the Desktop page. A desktop standard package is an install file created to apply user settings uniformly across multiple machines, typically within the same company. For example, a company may want a set of company-specific desktop icons and internet bookmarks always available on each user's machine. A machine must have the Desktop Policy client installed using Install/Remove to display on this page.

A single user on a source machine is selected to extract settings from. The Desktop page applies the desktop package to all users on target machines. Unlike Restore you do not have the ability to select which settings within a desktop package are applied. All desktop package settings are applied.

To create or change a desktop standard package, perform the following steps:

  1. Desktop Packages - Select an existing package in the middle pane or specify the creation of a New package.
  2. Desktop Package Name - For a new package enter a package name. You can enter a different name to rename an existing package.
  3. Machine Group - Select the machine group this package applies to. You can specify <All Groups> or a specific group. Since groups can represent a different customer, packages may be unique for a machine group. Only the groups a user has access to are displayed.
  4. Desktop Settings Filter
  5. Source Machine - The configuration details for each desktop setting included in step 4 are collected from a local user account on a source machine. Select the source machine to copy these details from.
  6. Extract - Click this button to create the package. The Desktop Package Status displays the datestamp for the last time the package was modified. Displays pending if the package is being updated.

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