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January 22, 2010
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Can Photoshop CS4 be deployed on Windows remote desktop server?

  • January 22, 2010
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I tried installing Photoshop extended CS4 on a Windows Remote Desktop server (Windows 2008 R2 64bit) and it said it requires at least Windows XP or Vista 64bit as the OS requirement. I can either continue or quit. Can someone verify if this product can be deployed in RDS enviroment?

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    John T Smith
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    John T SmithCommunity Expert
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    January 22, 2010

    As far as I know, Photoshop does not install to a server

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    umindsAuthor
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    January 23, 2010

    This is for RDS server, formerly Terminal server from Microsoft. It is really for deploying Windows applications from a centralized location. I know Photoshop is a desktop application, but it might be an exception on RDS server. Adobe Acrobat is one of the supported applications on Terminal Server.

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    dantech1
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    March 4, 2011

    Restarting this thread...did anybody find out if it can be done, namely, deploy CS4 programs on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 with Remote Desktop Server running? It would be nice if that was the case.


    Hi Everyone

    The answer to this is emphatically yes! I have done it and am using it every day with 50 thin clients (10Zig). I have a server farm with two identical HP G6 servers with 36Gb of ram in each. These serve 50 thin clients and other PC's login to them too.

    The trick is to install the software properly. Because my servers are running remote desktop services (formerly terminal services) there are two ways to do this. There is a control panel feature called "install application on remote desktop..." which is a wizard you follow. However there is a quicker command line method.

    1. Login to the server as administrator

    2. Open a DOS prompt (Start/run/cmd) and

    3. Type "change user /install"

    4. Install the software from the CD in the usual way.

    All my students/staff have an icon on the remote desktop allowing them to double click each Adobe app I wanted them to be able to use. The entire RD desktop is group policied down tightly so they cannot do anything which could harm the servers.

    Hope this helps. This was the turning point for me because if this did not work the entire thin client solution would have been abandoned. Once I had tested this on a Virtual Server I went ahead and ordered the project to go ahead. I akso have Office 2010 running fine now too. The biggest problem is creating the original profile and remembering to run all the software apps before completing the profile. If you don't do this every time a student logs in they have to respond to the setup questions you get when you first run Office and Adobe etc.

    Mark

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