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W2K8 R2 Server session from OSX RDP client poorly renders text in MS Access 16

Windows Server 2008 R2 which is used primarily to run MS Access for browsing and manipulating various databases. OS Name Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 ...
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Drive mappings from login script do not work

I have about Windows 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Servers in farm. To the best of my knowledge they are all have the same update status and they are also goverened by the same GPO. Among others, users ...
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Is it enough to deactivate RDP to avoid RPD exploits?

I just got word about the newest known vulnerability of the RDP service. 2 Days ago microsoft made a blog post about it and delivered updates. OS wise even for windows xp. From what I understand the ...
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Windows 2008R2 RDP only works for Standard User but not for an Admin User

I have an issue which I cannot figure out. We have a Windows server 2008 set up. The user is setup to allow remote desktop and is a part of the Remote Desktop Users. When user is also part of the ...
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Adding IP Addresses to RDP firewall rule

Please understand that I have been through all the posts regarding this issue and my issue has not been resolved which is as follows: I have a brand new installation of Server 2008 R2 SP1, with all ...
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RDP session Text scaling too large

I have a user in our environment who RDP's into a remote 2008 R2 server in order to use a specific application. When they remote in the first time, the text and icons are all extremely large. This is ...
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RDP-related GPOs are not applying

We've recently been cleaning up our domain, active directory, group policies, etc. Our MCSDCS DNS zone was in the wrong place, our SYSVOL was not replicating because it had been locked in a journal ...
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RDP won't work on any port but 3389

We have a server 2008 r2 virtual machine that's acting as a public facing RDP terminal (I know I know, that's a whole different fight). I'm trying to set RDP to use any port but 3389, but I get the "...
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Credential delegation do not work in windows server 2008 R2

I have a windows server 2008-R2 machine which have been configured for remote user login. I have made a policy changes so that credential delegation can work. I have done similar configuration on ...
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Server 2008 R2 Terminal Server HP Print issue

For a few weeks I have the problem that when people print on the terminal server to HP printers (most of them are) and the document contains a image the print job get stuck. It will try to restart the ...
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Windows Firewall Rule to Allow RDP Traffic For Authorized Users

I have been tasked with allowing a specific user the ability to RDP a workstation over our VPN connection. The user is already in the list of permitted RDP users on the workstation, however our ...
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How To Let VM recognize devices plugged into WYSE Tx0D

I am trying to use a Logitech unifying receiver with a Dell Wyse Tx0D thin client. I can plug in the unifying receiver and connect both the keyboard and the mouse to it, and it works in both the WYSE ...
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2008 R2 - will not respond to keybd/mouse after firewall change nor RDP [RESOLVED]

SYSTEM: Windows 2008 R2 Server running really well for some time as both file server on a local network [Workgroup] and a Webserver on port 80. PROBLEM: 1: Ctrl-Alt-Del log-in not recognised. Cannot ...
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Windows 10 RDP client crash when printing through RDP printer redirection

We are deploying Windows 10 1607 across our company and we are currently having an issue with printers not redirecting over Remote Desktop to a Windows 2012 R2 server: Printing crashes the RDP client....
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Windows Server 2008 R2 - Limit number of sessions created by a PARTICULAR user

I have a Windows 2008 R2 server which can be connected by my guest user through RDP to access a custom desktop application. I want to limit each user to be able to access the custom desktop ...
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2008R2 mstsc RDP log in via system service

I have a windows service which monitors the local RDP server and ensures that certain local users' sessions are logged on and active. It does this by waiting on WTSWaitSystemEvent and checking the ...
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Network adapter blocks connections after 1 hour

Recently imported a Windows 2008 R2 standard server into AWS EC2 Windows firewall is enabled and RDP etc functions ok through it. After exactly 1 hour all network traffic is blocked. Rebooting the ...
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USB Barcode scanners Redirect order RDP on windows 2008r2

I'm trying to get barcode scanners (usb, Motorola LS3578 is my test model) so re-direct over RDP, but i cant seem to get very far. The scanner works ok locally on the client, if i plug it into the ...
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How do I prevent a user from opening multiple instances of an executable on the server?

How do I prevent user from opening multiple instances of an executable on the server (Windows 2008 R2). For example we have users opening a program installed on the server from their PC's (Windows 7 ...
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Windows Server 2008 HPC Edition is permanently logging Audit Success for RDP sessions

A Windows Server 2008 HPC Edition box is permanently logging Logon and Logoff tasks for the user who is connected to it via RDP every few seconds. Is there a way to just log the user initiated logon ...
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rdp display problems after windows 10 upgrade

I've just upgraded a desktop machine to windows 10, from windows 7. This machine had rdp connections to several server machines (win2008 r2) all of which worked fine pre-upgrade. On each new ...
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HP t410 smart zero thin client RDP Client error Windows Server 2008 R2

I'm having an issue with 2 of my HP Smart Zero t410 thin clients. They each RDP into an XP SP3 virtual machine hosted on a virtual server running VWWare ESXi 5.0.0. Randomnly in the morning they'll ...
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Unable to connect to Server 2008 R2 physically or through LogMeIn

We have several Windows Server 2008 R2 servers across different companies we provide remote support for. Each server is installed with LogMeIn Central. When we try to login remotely (LogMeIn) to any ...
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Windows Server 2008 R2 random black screen on rdp and console

I am having a problem that I just can't sort out. Windows server 2008 R2, This server has been working fine since 2013. Now all of a sudden when I am logged in remotely through RDP the RDP window ...
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How do I disable TLS 1.0 without breaking RDP?

Our credit card processor recently notified us that as of June 30, 2016 we will need to disable TLS 1.0 to remain PCI compliant. I tried to be proactive by disabling TLS 1.0 on our Windows Server 2008 ...
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Poor mouse update rate on Windows RDP Client

I'm using a terminal server for inking on documents in EMR (eCW). When connecting to the same terminal server (2008 R2) the Windows RDP clients have a very slow mouse move update rate. The Mac RDP ...
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Windows server 2008 r2 rdp causes lags

I'm running a server with Windows 2008 r2 OS. The server is used as a Web server. I'm logging to the server remotely using rdp. I've noticed that when I have Internet connection problems, and I'm ...
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how does one report an RDP attack to Microsoft when it's happening in real time? [closed]

To my surprise, Security Event 10 was for 104.43.193.6 which is apparently a Microsoft ip address: http://ip2location.com/demo/104.43.193.6 =. Microsoft Corporation. Likely AFAIK some has leased 104....
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Cannot RDP into Windows 7 over VPN

The exact scenario where it fails: I am unable to RDP into any Windows 7 or 2008 R2 servers within a certain subnet, while connected to the network via VPN. Windows 7 Client connected through the ...
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Cannot log in through terminal services client

I have a windows 2008 R2 server within a FOO domain in my company. All user accounts are a part of BAR domain. FOO domain has full access to all objects (users and groups) in BAR domain. Here's the ...
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Windows Server 2008 R2 logon screen with both smart card and username/password options

I have a farm of Server 2008 R2 RD hosts that our staff connects to using HP ThinPro clients. Currently, we are using ThinPro 4.2. We would like to update to ThinPro 5.0, but we have run into a snag. ...
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mstsc freezes after entering credentials

At some point in the Windows session (usually days) I can no longer make RDP connections. When running mstsc and entering credentials, all buttons are getting disabled and the UI freezes. Existing ...
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Terminal Server - RDP with local admin

I have a Terminal Server setup on Windows server 2008 R2. I am trying to log in to it with RDP, using the local admin account. (Not the domain admin) I have placed the local admin in the remote ...
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Why does RDP freeze on Windows Server 2008 R2 in a virtual machine during high load?

We have noticed a problem where remote desktop sessions to a server will freeze when the server has high CPU load. Environment: VMWare ESX 4.0u1. Guest OS is Windows Server 2008 R2 (this is the ...
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Smart Card Logon & next hop SSO RDP Login

I started to expriement with smart card based login. So far I can logon to my local PC using my smart card. What doesn't work is using sso when connecting via RDP to another server. I get the error ...
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server gets disconnected suddenly within 2 or 3 seconds after connecting

Not sure Is this an issue with OS configuration or with my VRD (VisionApp Remote Desktop) application. I have some servers in an environment, all with win 2008R2 OS. And I take RDP to these machines ...
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Windows 2008 r2 firewall rdp rule and linux rdesktop

I have a production Windows 2008 R2 server, and my workstation is Gentoo linux (kernel 3.12.13). I used to connect to server with rdesktop. Now I want to restrict the windows firewall rule for rdp (...
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RDP into Windows 2008 R2 server just stopped responding

Have a weird situation. I am running a windows 2008 R2 box that has 128 gigs ram and 2 6 core processorss. Box runs like a champ, however, it seems like every week orweek and a half, I can't RDP into ...
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Too Many Printer Redirection Ports on Windows 2008 R2

We have a Windows 2008 R2 server with Printer Redirection, that clients connect to via Remote Desktop/Terminal Services. When there are a lot of users logged in to the server simultaneously, many of ...
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RDP using Windows CE 7 to Server 2008 R2

I use a Motorola device with Windows CE 07.00.2806 and try to connect to a Windows Server 2008 R2 getting the following error message: „An authentication error has occurred (Code: 0x80090304).“ ...
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Allow only specific users to have multiple RDP sessions on 2008 R2 (without AD DS)

I'm currently an intern in a forecast service of the rising in the water level of the rivers of an entire French Region. I apologise in advance for my English, I'm still improving it. The network ...
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limit memory usage of users on windows server 2008 r2

We have an IBM server in our research lab with Windows server 2008 R2 OS. Six users log in and use software like MATLAB or R and run their codes. When a bad program takes up too much RAM or CPU usage, ...
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Cannot enable RDP8 on Windows Server 2008R2

I have a Windows 2008R2 server running as a guest in Hyper-V configured as a Remote Desktop Server. I have several people who use the server both while they are in the office and also while out of the ...
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RDP to server with invalid cert only works on Windows 2012

I'm trying to RDP to a client's server. When trying from Windows 2008 R2, I get the following error after being prompted for my credentials: When I try from Windows 2012, I get an error about the ...
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Server 2008 R2 TS brokering

I am using Server 2008 R2 as a terminal services broker for 5 Server 2008 R2 terminal servers. I am using the HP 5325 thin client to connect to the TS's. I have the thin-clients set to auto-login, ...
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Remote desktop fails with user denied until client reboot

Sometimes (but often enough to annoy) Remote Desktop Connection cannot connect to a server (2008 R2 but maybe also 2003) and claims that "The connection was denied because the user account is not ...
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Server 2008 R2 - Remote Desktop Users Group resetting members to SIDS

Server 2008 R2 server that several users in the domain (non-domain admins) need to be able to remote to -- added them to a security group in AD ("HPS-BS"), added that security group to Local group of ...
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Windows Server 2008 R2 STD doesn't accept first attempt to RDP

I have a terminal server running Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard and there is strange issue that I cannot connect to the server via RDP when I try to do this for the first time, but after first ...
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How to configure a Remoteapp server to increase stability

RemoteApp is Instable According to my experience, Remote Desktop connections (especially RemoteApp connections) suffer from several instablities, which manifest themselves especially when using ...
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Smss.exe - setting any core affinity breaks rdp on Windows 7 / Windows Server 2012

I have tried to set core affinity of smss.exe to not run on one critical core on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008r2. It turns out that simply setting the core affinity to anything (even the full mask ...
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