Questions tagged [rdp]
rdp is Remote Desktop Protocol, used by Windows to view and control other Windows systems
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Invoke Remote Desktop Connection from Hyperlink
Is there a way to create a hyperlink that will invoke a Remote Desktop connection to a Windows Machine?
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printer settings changes when RDP to the terminal server
Let me explain the problem.
I have network printer mapped on the workstation. Printer on this workstation is set to print as black&white only. I RDP to the Terminal Server and printer is getting ...
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Automatic sign on - Windows XP SP2 and Windows 2003 Terminal Server
Is it possible to automatically pass logon credentials from XP SP2 to MSTSC.exe (and terminal server 2003).
It seems Vista/XPSP3 & 2008 support doing this out of the box, but XP & 2003 ...
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Terminal Services & rdp-tcp Session
I've been introducing myself to Terminal Services and I had a question regarding a session, specifically the rdp-tcp session that's established by default ...
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Is it possible for a Scheduled Task to perform a graphical (interactive) logon or use a script to do the same?
I'd like to have a Scheduled Task (or a script of some sort) perform an automated interactive logon at a given time on Windows Server 2003.
The reason is in this question I've asked a short while ...
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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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Can Windows Server 2008 RDP be setup to act like VNC?
I have a server in the closet and an extra monitor which I setup on the wall just outside the closet. I would like to have it display various status tools. I like RDP as is but want to have the ...
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Listing all current RDP sessions
We're running a certain application on a client's server. The app runs on the console session, and basically manages some batch processing. Every once in a while we discover the app is not running, ...
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Cannot logon to server as AD is down and local users are disabled
I've managed to get into a loop hole and cannot find a way out.
I have a server using Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 that I recently had to restart, so I shutdown all of the guests Virtual Machines ...
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How do I connect to a Red Hat Server using the rdp protocol?
Is it possible and if so how can I connect to a Red Hat server using the rdp protocol? Not interested in using VNC for a variety of reasons.
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Performance experiences for running Windows 7 on a Thin-Client? [closed]
Has anyone else tried installing Windows 7 on thin-client hardware? I'd be very interested to hear about other people's experiences and what sort of hardware tweaks they had to do to get it to work. (...
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MSTSC crash on connect
We are supporting a client with primarily Windows XP machines. The users need to use Remote Desktop to connect to a terminal server. Unfortunately, after upgrading to SP3 on some machines MSTSC.exe ...
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Bandwidth sizing for simultaneous RDP sessions
We're doing some DR scenario planning which will require up to 150 users to RDP into their desktop machines (mainly running Windows XP) over our VPN. We have a 2mbit uncontended internet connection at ...
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Best software for Mac to Windows remote control?
My client has a Mac at home and wants to remote control (run apps) on a Windows XP PC at the office. What is the best software to enable this? Any Mac <-> Windows weirdness to be aware of?
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Reset Acer WT 300 thin client admin password
I have an Acer WT 300 thin client that boots Windows CE. I purchased this device several years ago at an auction and need to reset the administration password so that I can alter the network ...
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Windows 2003 Server Restarts when logging off from RDP
We often RDP into our servers. Sometimes if we end the RDP session via Start, Shutdown, Log-off, the server restarts.
It seems to happen when the server is waiting for a report due to a patch pushed ...
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Seamless Remote Windows on Linux Client
I really like the RemoteApp features of Windows Server 2008
Are there any solutions for similar functionality for Linux clients and a Windows server?
We have users that are running Linux on the ...
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Change DPI of one user using W2K3 Remote Desktop / Terminal Server
In short: How do I increase the DPI of some (not all) of our customers connected to our RDP server?
We are running a W2K3 Terminal Server that our clients connect to to run our application.
One of ...
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Mimic Picture in Picture functionality
We are currently setting up a conference/meeting/voting system. There is a PC (Call it CompA) whose secondary display is the public display which shows information,voting results, etc.
There is ...
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Remote workplace
Windows 2003 Small business server has a Remote desktop protocol portal to act as a web vpn if you use IE 6 or later. Can you setup Remote workplace portal for Windows 2003 Standard via IIS?
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Using a dual-monitor PC and a MacBook to create a dual-monitor OS X development environment?
Here’s the situation:
I have a MacBook and while I can and do connect a second monitor to it, I’d like to be able to use the larger/nicer/identical monitors connected to my PC to interact with my ...
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What port should I open to allow remote desktop?
What port(s) should I open/NAT to allow me to use Remote Desktop?
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Remote desktop connection drops before login can appear
I have a client with Remote Desktop enabled that I can't connect to in our local network. When I enter in the machine ip/port in the connect box and hit Connect, it briefly gives the normal "...
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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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Auto Enroll all servers for RDP certificate
I am running Windows 2008, and have an Enterprise CA installed. How can I make all servers auto-enlist to get a certificate for RDP? I don't want to have to do this manually on each machine.
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Remote Desktop Security
I currently run Remote Desktop on my home computer (Vista Ultimate). It is always on so I can access things from my home computer when I am not there. I have a linksys firewall and use port forwarding ...
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HP Media Smart remote access [closed]
I just purchased this box for home backups for my pc's and mac's. Everything works great accept for the remote access part. I can RD into the machine locally but I can't get to it from outside of my ...
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Run RDP Session with only 1 Program
I'm running a Windows Server 2008 box and would like to have users login via RDP, but only be able to run 1 program and if they close the program, to log off the session. Is this possible? The ...
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Can not RDP to Win 2003 box or initiate remote restart
I've got a Windows 2003 server that's at my remote data center. This morning I tried to connect to it via RDP, but the connection fails with the following error:
This computer can't connect to the ...
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Remote Desktop performance issues in Windows 2008
We're running an Application as a remote App using Remote Desktop on Windows server 2008, and we're getting situations where (after we've got about 40 people logged in) the server can freeze for a ...
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Remote desktop client cannot find the remote computer
The Remote Desktop client on Windows XP x64 (SP2) sometimes gets into a state where it can't find certain remote computers by name. For instance:
dc.example.local = 10.123.0.27
Attempting to RDP to dc....
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Improving RDP Login Performance
We have a Windows 2008 Server located in a remote data center connected over a highly latent (~200ms) 3MBps VPN connection to our primary location. This server has the Domain Controller and Terminal ...
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Hyper-V Cut-n-Paste
I use Hyper-V on a development machine for multiple reasons and one of my biggest annoyances is that I can't cut and paste to/from the virtual machines.
I've been through all the options and can't ...
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Open source thin-client software
I have been looking for a open source alternate to windows thin-client terminals we use for remote desktop into a terminal server which is where users do all their work.
I am often in the situation ...
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Increase number of allowed remote desktop connections
Windows Server 2003 allows 2 non-console and one console remote desktop connections. Is there a way to increase the number of non-console sessions allowed?
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