Why is my virtual desktop experiencing poor display or video performance after installing or updating VMware software?
Scenario Your virtual machine (VM) may experience some of the following performance issues after updating or installing VMware tools, VMware View agent, or PCoIP software: Poor video playback. Slow windows drag within one monitor or between two monitors. …
What are the network maximum transmission unit (MTU) requirements for PCoIP?
PCoIP maximum transmission unit (MTU) Requirements Every network has a MTU that dictates the maximum size a individual network packet can be for transmission. If the packet is larger than the MTU it will be fragmented and sent as multiple packets or …
How to identify which USB port on my PCoIP Zero Client is behind an integrated/internal USB hub?
Scenario In some cases a user will plug a USB device into a port on a PCoIP Zero Client and the device will fail or not work as expected. This is caused when a USB hub is used between the USB peripheral and the PCoIP Zero Client root hub. This is not …
PCoIP TROUBLESHOOTING STEPS: Smart cards and Proximity cards
This article provides a brief list of troubleshooting steps and describes some common issues for smart card and proximity card failures. It is not intended to be a comprehensive troubleshooting guide.  Prior to diving into a deep investigation please …
Why does my webcam or USB headset not work when connected to a PCoIP Zero Client at the same time?
Problem Your webcam and USB headset are connected to the PCoIP Zero Client at the same time and only one of the two works. When only one of the two devices is connected, it works as anticipated. In the example below, the Logitech USB Headset (901) is the …
Troubleshooting out of order packets impacting the PCoIP protocol?
Problem The PCoIP session performance is poor. The logs indicate high packet loss and the error messages related to out of order packets. Note:The default PCoIP server logs will indicate when out of order mode is activated and deactivated. To see …
Configuration of smart cards with PCoIP Zero Clients and VMWare Horizon
This article is provided to help administrators in setting up smart card authentication in zero clients connecting to VMWare Horizon. This article has been reviewed against the following supported hardware and software versions: VMware Horizon 7.2 PCoIP …
PCoIP Zero Client refuses to connect to a View Connection Server
This is a common issue we run into especially when we depreciate older security components from our firmware. We ran into this issue when we depreciated TLS1.0 and are once again seeing it mow that we have depreciated TLS1.1 The typical message the user …