VMWare View 5.0 Client - Remove Certificate Warning Message at Startup

Overview

How to remove the Annoying certification warning pop-up on VMware View 5.0 Client is pretty straight forward. I know this is a pain, but for CP Compliance the default behavior was changed.

NOTE: DO NOT ADD THIS TO A GPO WITH SERVERS!!!!! If added to View Brokers or any servers with non-trusted certs, SSL connections will be BLOCKED!!!

Solution 

This can be done as a local policy or as a GPO update for computer hardware based policies.

a)      On the local machine or AD Server import the vdm_client.adm template

1)      Gpedit.msc

2)      Add the vdm_client.adm template from_C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware View\Client\extras (copy to server for GPO change)

b)      Enable the setting for “Certification Verification Mode” and set for "No Security" to bypass security cert checking.

That's all...

VMWare View 5.0 Fix for Windows 7 provisioing error: "View Composer agent initialization state error (18): Failed to join the domain"

The same thing happened for Windows XP, but that fix is different and I already posted that solution previously. THis Also Happens in View 4.5 and 4.6 release as well.

 

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1024419

View Composer linked clones fail to finish customizing when they are created from a Windows 7 parent virtual machine and the Active Directory is configured on Windows Server 2008.

Details

Most linked clones that have this problem cannot join the domain. View Administrator displays the following error message: "View Composer agent initialization state error (18): Failed to join the domain (waited nnn seconds)."

This issue does not occur when the View deployment uses an Active Directory instance that runs on Windows Server 2003.

Solution

1. Take the following actions in the Windows 7 operating system on the parent virtual machine:
*  Set the default DHCP gateway. In the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties dialog box, select "Obtain an IP address automatically," click Advanced, click ADD under the Default Gateways list, and type the default DHCP gateway.
* Disable Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6).
* Follow the instructions in the Microsoft Support Knowledge Base article, Unable to Join Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7 Computer to Active Directory Domain.
See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2008652.

In particular, add the following Windows registry key to the parent virtual machine:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netlogon\Parameters
Value Name: NeutralizeNT4Emulator
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0x1
* In the DNS tab of the Advanced TCP/IP Settings dialog box, remove extraneous DNS servers from the list of DNS server addresses.
2. Take a snapshot of the parent