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Restrict Terminal Server RDP session to paste from local clipboard to remote but not the other way around

At our company, we use RDP sessions to a JumpHost/Gateway to access customer servers and databases and disallow leaking data to employees computers. This is enforced via group policy to disallow ...
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Windows Server 2019 - create rdp-listener on second NIC

Windows Server 2019 in workgroup mode. Unable to create rdp-listener on second NIC. Tried creating a new connection via tsconfig.msc from Windows Server 2012/2008R2. I also tried creating a new ...
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How to find admin which logged off my RDP session

I recently discovered that since some days, someone often logs off my RDP session to our jump admin server when I have disconnected my session (which then terminates any long-running task I may have ...
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Windows 7 multiple RDP session isn't working

It was working for long time and suddenly it stopped accepting multiple users. I'm not sure how to debug the issue. termsrv.dll version is 6.1.7601.24234 and it is as same as another VM which is 2008 ...
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RDP Remote apps - can they share a single session?

I have a Windows server with couple of remote apps. When a user starts from his client a remote app, each of the apps is executed in a separate RDP session. I am mainly concerned about the login time. ...
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How Can I Pass a Variable Parameter to A Windows RemoteApp?

I have published a remote app, MyApp.exe, from Server X. MyApp.exe can be launched with a variable optional parameter. That parameter can have a larger number of different values. I have downloaded ...
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Windows Terminal Server Access Denied after enabling SMBv1/CIFS role

I've just took over the one network and there is a terminal server 2012. The users faced an issue that they can't connect to the older shared folder(or even map them as network drive), so I've asked ...
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Windows Server 2016 Remote Desktop Services Starting program

I've setup a Windows Server 2016 RDP server and everything works except for the in AD specified Starting program that won't launch. The program specified exists on the server and it works perfectly ...
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Remote desktop 'internal error' attepting connect after 'NSA' patches installed

I just installed the latest Windows update (NSA vulnerability patch tuesday) and now I cannot connect to remote desktop. The server is remotely hosted. I don't have physical access. Server 2012 R1. ...
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Change IP of RDP server for thin clients on Windows domain

I have some HP thin clients in user-mode at a remote site set to use the wrong RDP server, how or what do I change in order to get them to use the new IP? I am remote with no smart hands onsite but ...
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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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How can I determine how much RAM and Processer each RDP session is using on a terminal server

I currently have 4 Terminal Server "in a cluster environment" each employee starts an RDP session to to do their daily work. Now, my company is expanding and we need to add more users. What I need to ...
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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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LPT passthru and RDP not working

I have RDP settings set to pass all devices thru however a device shared and captured on the local workstation is not accessible in the RDP session. For example, if I do "type filename.txt > LPT2" or ...
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Create self-signed terminal services certificate and install it

The server RDP certificate expires every 6 months and is automatically recreated, meaning I need to re-install the new certificate on the client machines to allow users to save password. Is there a ...
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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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Repeated login attempts on RDP?

While looking in Terminal Services Manager on one of my SQL boxes, I noticed that there are seemingly many attempts to remote to the machine while I was connected: One minute... And the next... I'm ...
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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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Trigger event to fire when user connects to a terminal server?

We have a (very) fragile software suite running on a server in our datacenter that requires a user to be logged in, but freaks out and crashes if the user logs in twice (resource contentions, all ...
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Disable Clipboard Mapping for RDP VPN Users

On Windows, Terminal Services configuration allows you to enable or disable 'Clipboard Mapping' for RDP. However, is it possible to selectively enable or disable this? i.e. If I want to enable ...
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Changing the login timeout for Windows Remote Desktop Services

At our school we use thin clients that connect to a Windows 2008 R2 server using Remote Desktop Services. This works very well. One problem we still have is the login timeout for the RDP connection. ...
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Use RADIUS authentication with Remote Desktop Services

I have a PhoneFactor implementation that I love and cherish for VPN access. PhoneFactor provides us a RADIUS server that checks against an approved-users list and our Active Directory implementation, ...
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Terminal services: can't connect to remote computer

I am sometimes getting the following error when attempting to RDP to another machine on a LAN: What is the likely cause of this? It only happens sometimes.
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RDP ts port redirection

I have 2 pairs of serial devices (a scale and a POS pin pad) hooked up to 2 pcs (4 serial devices in total) with windows xp embedded sp3 (x86) running RDC/rdp 6.0. I am using those machines to RDP ...
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Is DC demotion affecting RDP connections?

Our Terminal Services Server is Win 2003 running Microsoft RDP 5.2. The RDP connections from outside of the network used to be smooth but they are now choppy and unreliable because the user is ...
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Remote Desktop session remote control always returns Error 5: Access denied

I am having problems to shadow the remote desktop session of a user on a Windows Server 2008 R2. If I log on as local administrator on the server with RDP and shadow the session of a domain user that ...
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Windows Server 2008 r2: Updating RDP 6.1 to 7.1

I have Windows Server 2008 R2 RDP Session Hosts. They are using the RDP 6.1 protocol. How can I update to 7.1? Do I have to install a software or can it be configured?
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Windows 2008 RDP - 1 user at a time

We have a 2008 Server SP1. We're only able to RDP one at a time, if a 2nd user RDP's in the first user gets disconnected. How do we allow for multiple sessions to be connected at the same time? Do ...
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Restricting RDP sessions over Internet but not LAN

Fair warning: I'm a programmer, not an IT person. Thus I have no idea what I'm talking about and put myself entirely at your mercy. I have three dedicated machines that we currently administer ...
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Windows SBS 2008 user unable to RDP in even though it is in the correct groups

Problem: A user was accidentally deleted from a Windows SBS 2008 server running Active Directory and we have been unable to grant it RDP rights - the error message states that the account needs to be ...
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Windows Server 2008 RDP-TCP Certificate keeps going back to Auto generated

Our servers undergo periodic PCI compliance scans and we have a Windows 2008 server machine that we have port 3389 open for RDP. It is secured with SSL, but it is failing the scan because their test ...
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Unable to connect to one server at all + RDP logon problems on other servers

All servers I am writing about below are running Windows 2003 R2. We have a 2003 native domain with two sites (connected by VPN) and two DCs (one DC in each site). It started a few hours ago - my ...
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Does Microsoft have a non-hack method for turning off the 'X' to disconnect terminal RDP?

Hoping this goes here... We have issues when users disconnect from terminal services instead of logging off. Does Microsoft have a non-hack method for disabling the Close caption on the taskbar as ...
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Terminal server serial COM port redirection and USB-to-Serial adapter

I have a client(Windows 7 Pro) that make a connection to Windows terminal server through RDP, i have enabled COM port redirection for both server and client side, but the redirection doesn't happen ......
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How to setup terminal service gateway in my RDP client

I am using "RD Tabs" to bypass the terminal service gateway to RDP to the remote host. Usually I use browser and go to https://webvpn.company.com:777 with my account. Now in RD Tabs advanced ...
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How do I host a Windows Terminal (to run Windows applications and be accessed by users via a standard MS Remote Desktop client) on a Linux server?

How do I host a Windows Terminal (to run Windows applications and be accessed by users via a standard MS Remote Desktop client) on a Linux server? I've heard there are some alternatives to Microsoft ...
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Cannot Connect Via RDP

I cannot connect via RDP to a win2003 server. Terminal services say that they're started, but a netstat shows nothing to do with port 3389. Any ideas?
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Install SSL certificate for RDP on Windows 2003?

I need to configure SSL for RDP, and am following the instructions described here: http://thelazyadmin.com/blogs/thelazyadmin/archive/2007/01/26/Configure-RDP-over-SSL-with-SelfSSL.aspx My client's ...
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Remote Desktop Services safe?

If a RDP client is overrun with viruses and trojans is there any risk to the Terminal server? Printers are the only local resource that is shared. Connection to the server is through a Gateway. User ...
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Migrating to thin-clients and virtual machines

I'm looking to migrate about 20 in-house researchers from their current XP workstations to thin-clients which connect to a VM running within our LAN. I'm planning on using HP thin-clients which use a ...
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Thin-client with dual-monitor support

I'm doing a feasibility study on migrating 30 of our in-house researchers from desktop towers to thin-clients. The problem (among others) that I'm facing is that our researchers have grown used to ...
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TS Gateway support for Mac?

With Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services you can utilise the Terminal Services Gateway Server to allow RDP access over 443, eliminating the need for VPNs or firewall re-configurations for external ...
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Binding the RDP listener to 127.0.0.1 only

I'm trying to bind the remote desktop listener to 127.0.0.1 on Windows Server 2003 Enterprise. I tried tscc.msc but it only lets you choose a certain physical adapter. Also by quickly glancing over ...
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Where do files go if I lose a Remote Desktop session?

Where do files go if I lose a Terminal Services session and could reconnect until after my session had expired? Are they lost in the ether or would Windows save them somewhere? Not sure if this ...
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