Question : Is it possible to allow per user Active X control install on Windows Server 2008 R2 RDS?

We have two 2008 R2 RDS boxes, with about 75 users across them, and the need for each user to install Active X controls for web meetings (such as WebEx and GoToMeeting).  I have played around with our group policies, tried installing the Active X controls as admin, etc. but we need a more scalable solution.  It is not possible for us to have to install each Active X control to the server each time a user needs access to a different site, nor do I want to have all the Active X controls installed server-wide.  I would much rather they be installed per user, then if the user gets hosed, we can just delete / recreate the profile.

I have set up the GPO to allow a "quiet" install - there is no yellow bar asking the user to install the Active X control, but I am getting an error on install:

An error occurred while copying file <filename>
Cannot copy file to destination directory.

I saw this post: http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/File_Servers/Active_Directory/Q_23859523.html

And this post: http://www.experts-exchange.com/Security/Misc/Q_21917199.html

But neither worked.  The second post, when modified for internet zone (rather than local zone), seems to have worked to allow the install to proceed without user interaction, but I still get the error message above.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Tim

Answer : Is it possible to allow per user Active X control install on Windows Server 2008 R2 RDS?

With the ActiveX,..it isn't all just the ActiveX,...even if you setup a GPO for a particular user to have their IE Settings allow the ActiveX install,...there is more to the story,...depending on what the ActiveX control actually is and what it actually does,...you run into the same hinderance that prevents the install of it just as the install of any other kind of normal application because or where files may attempt to be copied or registry entries that might attempt to be written or overwritten,...so the user has to be at least a local Admin just as they would to install MS Office or something.