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I have to take rdp session into two different servers in succession before I can take rdp to the PKI server - Automate this? [closed]
Is it possible to write a powershell script that executes on my laptop and copy data from pki server back to my laptop.?
If yes How would one proceed to do so? Right now all this is done manually. ...
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One RDP session time off by 6 minutes compared to server time
We have a customer with a Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Server.
When we log onto the server via RDP as User1, the time in the RDP session matches the time of the server.
When we log onto the ...
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2 users, 3 rdp sessions
We have Windows 2008 R2 Server Enterprise.
And there are the 2 of us. We are log in together, each one on different session, to watch for processes via RDP.
The sessions are : session 2 and session ...
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RDP through vpn from W10 to server 2008(r2) disconnects when idle
We are having troubles with RDP-ing through VPN from two corporate owned Windows 10 Pro laptops; the issue is that when there is no input on the established session, it freezes on client-side, and ...
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WebCam over RDP to 2008 and 2016 server
I am unable to use my USB webcam as a local resource when connecting from a windows 10 pc to a 2008 R2 enterprise SP1 server or 2016 Essentials server.
I am able to use a my webcam as a local ...
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RDP to windows failing
I have fresh Windows 2016 running, when I try to RDP from Windows 10 I get this error
What patch I need to install on the Windows & Mac clients to fix this issue ?
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RDP - Access a domain user
I have :
An Active Directory with the domain name : domain.com on a machine A
An admin domain user named controller
A machine B running Windows 2008R2 joined to the AD
I want to connect to B ...
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Make RDP use machine certificate after it renews
Our machine certificates automatically renew from our local CA. When that happens, RDP logins fail until someone accesses the console and selects a new certificate in RDP-Tcp Properties > General > ...
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RDP prompting for user/password with saved credentials
Connecting to a Windows 2008 R2 Standard Server from Windows 10.
In the past, I simply had to double-click my .rdp file and I was connected and logged-in automatically.
Now, no matter what settings ...
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Black screen on RDP when coming over 3G VPN
I have a couple Server 2008 R2 boxes that, when accessed using RDP over 3G VPN connection, display a black screen.
Couple things that I have noted:
1) When using RDP (same laptops) within the LAN, ...
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Too Many Audit Failure in Event Viewer Windows Server 2008
I have a dedicated server and last week server has been hacked. I changed all of paswords to strongly and Change RDP Scope to my ip addresses.
When i enter the Event Viewer Security tab it is showing ...
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"The hardware ID does not match the one designated on the software license" error connecting to Server 2008 via RDP
I have two Windows 10 Pro computers that connect to a Server 2008 Remote Desktop server. They have been connecting sucessfully for a few weeks. Just recently, one PC started displaying a "The ...
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Windows 2008 r2 RDP issues
I have machines on another network, I am finding some strange behavior. I can RDP onto some machines, other machines I receive this error.
Logon: "You must be granted the Allow log on through the ...
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Unwanted server access
I have blocked the RDP to be only posssible via a specific IP address . For that purpose i have done it through the security groups of Aamazon EC2.
However i noticied that someone is still trying to ...
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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 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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is it safe to change the RDP port?
My web server is in the U.S. and it is accessed from my home in Canada using Remote Desktop Connection, standard port.
Unauthorized persons have tried to log in from many different countries, some ...
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Can ping but can't RDP or access UNC path ofter reboot Server 2008 R2
I rebooted a server after a Symantec installation. I did this from home and have no way to physically connect.
Rebooted the server and now I cannot access it from UNC path or RDP. Using a VPN to ...
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Microsoft RDP mixed mode
Ill currently have a win 2008 server and several Windows 7 desktop pc's with their own HDD connecting to the server. I want to add some thin clients (no local HDD) to my existing environment ...
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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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Over 1000 files in this folder c:\windows\system32\config\txr
Every now and then this issue arises, at some point (I think a remote login) to one of my terminal servers.
I see at once a hard disk that's almost full, research showed me the contents of this folder ...
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RDP down on Windows Server. what to do
I was playing around my windows server 2008 with the following configuration.
http://www.hass.de/content/setup-your-iis-ssl-perfect-forward-secrecy-and-tls-12
After rebooting, SQL Went down, RDP is ...
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Super-power PC for many users - Server (2008 R2) on Hyper-V can not use full Machine hardware resources [closed]
Desription of problem changed : how to make sure, that my Hyper-V is using all my hardware resources, and if it is using, what is the bottleneck of the system, when discovering performance issues?
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Limit RDP from public Ip for specific user
i am using windows server 2008, i have some users associated with rdp group. and i have allowed these users to take remote desktop on server. my server ip 10.0.0.2 subnet is 10.0.0.0/24 my public IP ...
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Issue using RDP from Windows 7 to Windows Server 2008
I'm trying to connect from my Windows 7 machine (home edition) to a Windows 2008 Server. I am receiving an error stating "Your credentials did not work". I have tested connecting over the Cord ...
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RDP through SSH tunnel fails [closed]
I'm trying to set up RDP through SSH tunneling to an Amazon EC2 instance, but it is failing. I have set up PuTTY properly and can connect to the remote server via RDP and log in, but after successful ...
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Bypassing GPO for "set time limit for disconnected sessions"
In order to conserve server resources, I would like to enable a GPO which terminates disconnected RDP sessions after a certain time period. However, there are times when we might want to bypass this ...
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Slow Network Printing over OpenVPN / Windows Server 2008
Our setup is as follows:
Two offices (A and B) connected with OpenVPN Access Server.
One Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard
Housed in remote datacenter.
Terminals at both offices connect through RDP ...
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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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Can't connect through RDP with enterprise Admin
I have a Windows Server 2008 as part of a win2008 domain.
I can connect to it as the local admin with no problems.
But when I try to connect to it as the Enterprise Admin, it says that i have the ...
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RDP Can't connect - Server 2008
I'm running two 2008 servers, both of them are Terminal Servers. I Will call them TS1 and TS2. TS1 is the licensing server. Both of them have RDP version 6.1.7600. I Can connect to TS1 from every ...
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Can't redirect microphone by rdp: No audio devices are installed
I'm connecting from Windows 7 Ent to Windows Server 2008 R2. I followed several guides to setup audio redirection. Playback works, but no recording.
"Record from this computer" checked on client
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Troubleshoot mstsc /span from Windows XP to Windows Server 2008
At work, I often use the "mstsc" command to use the Microsoft Terminal Services Client and remote to another machine. In my case, I'm using Windows XP (call this box 1) to connect to a Windows Server ...
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TS_Block and Windows 2008
I am running a Windows 2008 Server and I have installed ts_block on it to help block RDP brute force attempts on the server.
Question 1:
What I wanted to know is there any benefit for me using ...
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Test Multiple Server for login (WIndows 2008)
I currently run a PING sanity check test (batch file with result file) on over 80 servers in 4 environment.
But, even if we "ping" ok 100% of the servers, it doesn't mean that the machine are working ...
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Remotely enable remote desktop on Windows server 2008
So I got myself in a complicated situation. I have my Windows server 2008 box, currently with no monitor, keyboard or mouse attached to it (I set it up once, enabled remote connection and detached all ...
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How to make RDP drive redirection read-only?
I have linux clients that connect to my Windows Server 2008 using xfreerdp.
The clients have a single folder that is redirected to the Windows server and this works fine.
My question is if there is ...
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Remote Desktop Printing Issues
We have a remote non-AD application server running Windows 2008 R2. Users are logging in via RDP and attempting to print Word documents (Word 2007) to their local printer and from time to time if the ...
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Configure the "Remote Desktop" RemoteApp in TSGateway / RDWeb
We have an installation of TS/RDGateway with the RDWeb IIS installed.
The "Remote Desktop" tab is also configured, but it lacks an option for "/multimon" but DOES let users configure their ...
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Has anyone ever ran Terminal Services (Server 2008) over AWS?
I was looking at the AWS pricing guide and it seems very impractical to do this. For even a small-medium deployment (say 15 users), I would assume I need at least 32 GB of RAM (2GB each + the OS). ...
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How to configure Windows RDC to use 16-color mode?
I seriously need to minimize the "eye candy" traffic overhead and only leave the graphics quality enough to actually manage the server. I've like to switch to 16 or 256 color mode if possible but the ...
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RDP in 2008 R2 domain no longer working - possible Kerberos issue
Everything was working fine and no changes were made. For no apparent reason, we can no longer RDP to any domain computers except for the domain controllers themselves. This includes Windows 7 clients ...
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Is it a bad practice to turn on multiple sessions for same user account?
We have 4-5 people technicians using a server and as they share a single user account, one person logging in ends the RDP session for someone else.
Which would be a better practice - Using multiple ...
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Keyboard shortcut for "Use another account" in RDP
When using RDPing into a Windows Server 2008 server, it will often prompt you for credentials before you login. I noticed that tab will skip to the option to Remember my credentials, totally skipping ...
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RDP application icon quality comparison
Not sure if this post belongs here, but:
Does anyone know why the desktop and over all icon quality in server 2008 is so much lower compared to 2012 when using RDP? And if it can be changed? VNC ...
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How can I have two users working in one session on Windows 2008 R2 over RDP?
I'm looking for a way where two users can work off one VPS running Windows 2008 R2. The goal is to have all of the programs being shared, and viewed together - I guess like remote control. They need ...
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Create a Lockout policy for RDP
In my city there was a recent incident that some hackers login to a server by using brute force attack on RDP. I have got a server and I want to enable some security policy to lockout the account if ...
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Server freeze restarted quickly so how do I find what went wrong?
I have a SQL SERVER DB running on a windows server 2008 (VMWare)
Yesterday I could not RDP to it so I ended some RDP sessions which were left logged in. This seemed to solve the problem.
However last ...
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Can I disable sticky keys through a Group Policy for all users?
Our users are constantly managing to turn sticky keys on and then call tech support because their keys are bring up windows instead of typing letters.
Is there a way to disable StickyKeys in Group ...
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rdp allow client reconnect without password prompt after several hours
Let me describe the setup first:
client PC with several rdp sessions to local servers, all opened from saved rdp sessions with stored passwords, using the standard windows rdp client.
several ...
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