Questions tagged [rdp]
rdp is Remote Desktop Protocol, used by Windows to view and control other Windows systems
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Configure custom SSL certificate for RDP on Windows Server 2012 (and later) in Remote Administration mode?
So the release of Windows Server 2012 has removed a lot of the old Remote Desktop related configuration utilities. In particular, there is no more Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration utility ...
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How can I get the IP address of a remote desktop client? And how can I trigger a shell command upon RDP connect?
Is there a way to determine the IP address of a remote desktop client using PowerShell (or some other method) on the server? (Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 is what I'm using)
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How to keep user logged-in when disconnecting from RDP session
I connecting remotely using remote desktop to windows 7 client when i disconnect the session it automatically logged-out the user in the remote client.
I want to keep the user logged-in on the remote ...
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Using CA certificate for Remote Desktop Connection
I’m connecting over the web to a remote Windows Server 2012 R2 via Remote Desktop Connection for administration needs. It is a single web and database server without an AD etc.
I’m not talking ...
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How to enable the 2 concurrent (+1 console) sessions on Windows Server 2012
I have a Windows Server 2012 VM running on Windows Azure.
I want to enable the ability for 2 simultaneous administrative sessions over Remote Desktop. This is permitted under the EULA for Windows ...
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Is there a replacement for the removed "Windows System Resource Manager" feature in the Windows Server 2012 R2 release?
Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM) has been removed in Windows Server 2012 R2, and I need a replacement.
I'm running a small RDP server on 2012 R2 Standard. It only has 8 GB of RAM and I need a ...
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Your system administrator does not allow the use of saved credentials to log on to the remote computer
At our office, all of our Windows 7 Clients get this error message when we try and RDP to a remote Windows 2008 Server outside of the office:
Your system administrator does not allow the user of ...
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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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Remote desktop session ends abruptly with a "protocol error"
Intermittently we get a problem where a remote desktop session will get disconnected with the error message “Because of a protocol error, this session will be disconnected. Please try connecting to ...
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Is there a way to disable "check online for updates from windows update" in windows update settings?
I have configured WSUS server in order to preserve bandwith in the network wile keeping essential updates turned on using that WSUS.
Intranet WSUS server pointing to client pc and other settings are ...
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RDP - Remote Desktop disconnected, Error 2308 socket closed
Trying to RDP to a server I get this:
Error Code: 2308 Error Description: Socket closed
I see this on some of my Windows 2003 servers after reboots. Not every reboot, mind you. Usually after Windows ...
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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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How to get Faster RDP
We are using Windows 2008 R2 and connecting to it from Windows 7 boxes. The RDP is faster than before but we want to know if there are any other solutions that will make it faster.
Due to licensing ...
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How to set the network interface for RDP in Windows Server 2012?
I have a server with multiple network interfaces, and I need RDP to only listen for connections on one of them; the server is not a Remote Desktop server, RDP is only used for remote administration.
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Black " administrator" screen when connecting
would anyone know how I can get passed this screen, im fairly new to this and have had other instances connected using RDP work just fine.
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Send Ctrl-Alt-Del to nested RDP session
Is there a way to send the Ctrl-Alt-Del command to an RDP session (Windows Server 2008 R2) inside another RDP session (also Windows Server 2008 R2) without the first session catching it?
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This could be due to CredSSP encryption oracle remediation - RDP to Windows 10 pro host
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Following Windows security updates in May 2018, when attempting to RDP to a Windows 10 Pro workstation the following error message is displayed after successfully entering user credentials:
An ...
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RDP error "The function requested is not supported" after enabling NLA
I'm trying to RDP into one of my servers, which as Network Level Authentication Enabled as well as NTLMv2 being forced. This worked fine until the server had to reboot for updates. Now, I cannot RDP ...
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Windows 10 Pro, RDP Server, "An internal error has occurred"
I have a Windows 10 Pro machine that is functioning as a RDP terminal for a single user.
This machine was configured more than 2 years ago and has had no major changes made to its configuration, ...
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Windows Server 2008 R2 RDP login paste password
Is there any utility out there that allows me to paste the password in my clipboard to Windows Server 2008 R2 RDP login screen as if I'm typing the characters directly from the keyboard?
I login a lot ...
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MSTSC: Black Areas on Remote Desktop
I'm connecting from Windows Server 2012 R2 to Hyper-V virtual machine running Windows 8.1 via RDP (mstsc.exe). The VM is hosted on the same machine from which I'm connecting.
Everything was fine until ...
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How to allow RDP access based on client certificate
How can I limit (RDP) access to a Windows Server not only by username/password but also with a client certificate?
Imagine creating a certificate and copying this to all computers from which I want ...
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How do i change Active Directory Password in Windows 2012 Terminal Server without Using CTRL ALT
How do I change Active Directory Password in Windows 2012 Terminal Server without Using CTRL+ALT
I can't use CTRL+ALT+END And CTRL+ALT+DEL
Is there any other method for invoking the Security Screen ?
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Allow RDP for user from commandline
Is it possible to add a user to the allowed rdp accounts from the commandline?
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Why won't RDP accept my stored credentials, and makes me manually enter it every time?
Trying to log in to an Amazon EC2 instance (running Windows Server 2012 R2) via RDP. It works, and I can connect, but having saved the credentials that worked, they never seem to be accepted on ...
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RemoteApp .rdp embed creds?
Windows 2008 R2 server running Remote Desktop Services (what we used to call Terminal Services back in the olden days). This server is the entry point into a hosted application -- you could call it ...
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Remote desktop sessions - Unwanted automatic log off after period of time
I'm having an issue whenever I connect to any of our servers via RDP -
After a certain period of time, it seems to close these sessions, closing all the applications i had open etc...
This is ...
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Login error with Remote Desktop to Ubuntu server
I use Ubuntu Cloud Guest account and install xrdp (sudo apt-get install xrdp) then I use Remote Desktop Connection of Windows to remote it. But on login step I always get this error after I enter ...
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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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How to specify to MSTSC which session to connect to?
I'm working on a project where I must do almost all of my work on a remote desktop. I also have to frequently connect and disconnect from the remote desktop because of the network configuration.
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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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Boot to remote desktop
I'm trying to find out what existing options there are out there to boot a machine into a remote desktop (RDP). Ideally the user would have a USB key and just plug it into the machine and boot via it ...
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Require TLS on RDP for all connections
I have a 2008 DC and a 2008 AD CS server and a Windows 7 client. What I would like is to require the certificate to be used when RDPing to the server.
The certificate is valid, and if I connect ...
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Secure remote RDP worker prevent file transfer
I have a software development machine that will be accessed remotely via RDP, it is a virtual machine running as a guest in Hyper-V.
A hardware firewall is in place to prevent internet access or ...
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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 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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What makes RDP so great? Is it really faster than connecting to a VM via admin console?
I use VMWare Workstation as my virtualisation application, however, everyone really belives as RDP being the ultimate way to connect to a VM due to speed.
What makes RDP so great? Also, I remember ...
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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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Initial RDP Connection to Windows 10 slow to connect
When connecting to Windows 10 via RDP, the connection seems to hang for a while before actually connecting. Before migrating to Windows 10, this was not an issue. What is the recommended way to ...
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RemoteApp idle time before disconnecting
I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 with RemoteApp service installed. I have published a certain application and created an RDP file for it.
After the user has finished using this remote application and ...
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Tools for Remote Desktop with Relay feature
Is there good tool that can do same thing as windows 'mstsc' and also has some features, like
save different session info, so don't need to remember difference IP/ID/pwd. Thanks.
EDIT: Since I can't ...
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Mikrotik router RDP brute force blocking with whitelist
Masters,
We have a miktorik router, and we would like to block RDP brute force, but we need whitelist also to allow our collegaues to connect without blocking them. (they sometimes hitting wrong ...
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Remotely set VNC service password
After a Windows update I cannot connect to a Windows Server 2008 machine via RDP. As an alternative, I remotely installed UltraVNC using PsExec.
The WinVNC service starts successfully but when I try ...
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Allow RDP only over VPN
I want to do allow 3389 port(RDP) only through VPN connection, not normally. How can I do this?
I have configured VPN server in Mikrotik. I have blocked all traffic except http and https by firewall ...
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Windows Server 2008 doesn't respond after Windows update
I have leased a Windows Web Server 2008 x64 machine (AMD). Normally I have access via RDP but since the latest Windows Update the machine seems not to complete boot anymore and I don't have access to ...
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No RDP after Server 2008 R2 SP1 install
I've painted myself into a corner. I've just installed Service Pack 1 on a Windows 2008 R2 server that is hosted in a remote datacentre with no possibility of logging in with a 'real' screen and ...
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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 2003 - applied WCRY patch - restarted then RDP Failed (the workstation driver is not installed)
Installed the WCRY patch found here http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB4012598
After restarting, the server started having issues with the network interface.
RDP does not work, ...
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Windows 2008 R2 Server with 2 ip address, how to only enable RDP to one address
As the title says we have a Windows 2008 R2 Server with 2 IP address. Currently, we can connect via RDP to both IP addresses, however, we want to block/disable RDP connections that attempt to connect ...
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Checking the encryption level of Remote Desktop on Windows Server 2012
I want to check that my RDP sessions to a windows server 2012 use SSL/TLS 1.0. I found hints about using tools for Windows 2008 that do not exist anymore on Windows Server 2012 and above.
So my ...
