Questions tagged [windows-terminal-services]
"Terminal Services" is the name used in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and earlier, for what is in later versions known as "Remote Desktop Services". It allows its users to run applications on a remote server, sending only mouse/keyboard input and screen updates across the network.
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How do I access the list of currently logged on users through Terminal Services Manager in Windows Server 2012?
In Windows 2003 and 2008 we had Terminal Services Manager (see screenshot below). However in Windows server 2012 it's gone.
Does anyone know how to access the list of currently remotely logged on ...
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How to disable RDP access for Administrator
We need to disallow the domain Administrator account to access a server directly via RDP. Our policy is to log on as regular user and then use Run As Admin functionallity. How can we set this up?
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Remote Desktop event ID 20499. No noticeable issues
I get a warning event with ID 20499 for TerminalServices-RemoteConnectionManager.The error is:
Remote Desktop Services has taken too long to load the user configuration from server \server.domain....
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How to use tscon on Windows7?
I need to run overnight automation testing using RFT and IE on Windows7 virtual machine. I found that restarting the Windows box before the testing starts helps.
I am moving the production ...
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What is the latency threshold for running a Terminal Server (RDS) over the WAN?
I've seen: Terminal server performance over high latency links
But I have a customer who is interested in relocating their system infrastructure to a datacenter that has ~62ms latency from their main ...
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How do I increase the maximum number of concurrent remote connections in Windows Server 2003?
I am trying to allow more than the default of 2 concurrent remote connections to a server running Windows Server 2003.
Background:
I went to "Start" => "Administration Tools" => "Terminal Services ...
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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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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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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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Allow multiple remote desktop connections from same user
We're just setting up a brand new Server 2008 R2 with Remote Desktop services.
Everything is installed fine so far, we have set it up with 5 CALs per User (not Machine!) and they are activated and ...
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Can I start a program from command line for another logged in user?
We have a Windows Server 2008 machine running Terminal Services. When users login, a custom program is launched and resides in the system tray that gives them some customized hotkeys for our company.
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How can I prevent Terminal Server Users from restarting the server after an Automatic Update?
We have a Windows Server 2003 terminal server, and our IT department does not want to disable Automatic Updates. The problem is, when an update gets applied that requires a reboot, users get a popup ...
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Remote Desktop Server always showing login screen
Usually if you connect to a Remote Desktop Session Host running on a Windows Server 2008 R2 you will be prompted for your credentials and if they are valid you will be logged in to your session ...
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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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Prevent service accounts from logging in locally or remotely
We have a company doing development for us in-house and they have access to several service accounts. The company rotates people in and out, and instead of requesting accounts the developers are using ...
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windows 2008 R2 TS printer security - can't take owership
I have a Windows 2008 R2 server with Terminal server role installed. I'm seeing a problem with an ordinary user who is member of local printer operators group on the server.
If the user opens a cmd ...
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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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Terminal server logs off users after 5 minutes
We have the following domain setup:
Domain Function level: Server 2008
5 Server 2003 terminal servers
5 Server 2008 R1 terminal servers
150 staff who use mandatory profiles on their PCs
Those staff ...
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Terminal Services Admin only for specific users
Is there a way to allow a user access to tsadmin, but only to remote in on certain users? For example: The user is mgr of our billing department and has 3 team members in remote locations. I would ...
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Server 2003 R2 SE (x86) Terminal Server Service failure
So, I'm having an odd and new to me problem on one of our Server 2003 R2, SE x86 VMs.
The long and short of is that ever since patching last month, we can't seem to RDP into the box, and we do need ...
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Remote Desktop Connection Denied because the user account is not authorized for remote login
I have set up Terminal Services in Windows 2003.
Which is part of the domain. That server is not DC. It has only one role: Terminal Server
When I'm trying to log in to it via RDP as an Domain ...
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To VDI or not? Having a central desktop for a group of old computers
I'm planning to work on a contract with a nonprofit organization that supports low-income areas in the South-east Washington D.C. area with computers as a community service so that people can use the ...
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Assign static IP to Users that access using Terminal Services (Remote Desktop)
For a project I'm working on I'm looking for the ability to assign a specific ip to users when they start a terminal service session.
I'm using Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and I tried using Remote ...
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Can I limit user bandwidth/ram usage/CPU usage in Windows 2003/2008/2008 R2?
I would like to limit the resource usage on a per user basis on a Windows Server 2003, 2008, or 2008 R2 machine. Suppose I have four users logged into one machine using TS and they are all using ...
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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: Remote app does not encapsulate traffic when connecting via remote desktop gateway server
I have a remote desktop app that was published from a third-party corporation to one of my clients. The remote desktop app connects to a Remote Desktop Gateway Server (RDGW), which forwards the ...
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Determine timestamp for last login onto terminal server (2003)
I am migrating a server and need a list of the last time users logged in, since just getting whos logged in currently won't help as its a remote terminal server and not everyone is logged in at the ...
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Reverting "Do you want to find PC's, devices and content"
We are having some problems with printers automatically being added on a 2012R2 RDS host, and suspect the following dialog (where we pressed Yes) to be the issue..
How can this setting be reverted?
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How to query what users are logged on to a remote server's Terminal Services
I've used quser before to query users on the local server. I noticed today that it has an option for querying a remote server. However, when I tried it, I keep getting the following error:
C:\Users\...
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Microsoft Hyper-V: Terminal Server best practice?
We have an environment with maybe 150 users. The users have thin clients and connect to various terminal servers. We just replaced all of the old server 2008 terminal server vms with nice new server ...
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Multiple RDP sessions on a single computer?
I've got users using RDP to connect to a Windows 2008 with Windows Server 2008's Terminal Server Application mode. (Users RDP in and get an app that looks like it's running locally.)
It works great. ...
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Is there a tool for Windows Server that can alert me when a connection is made over Remote Desktop?
Is there a tool for Windows Server 2008 that can alert me when a connection is made over Remote Desktop?
I would like the alert via SMS, but email would also be fine.
It seems like this tool must ...
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PCI compliance: using SSL as transport layer for RDP (Terminal Service)
My client failed her PCI compliance audit. The server supports Remote Desktop (Terminal Service) but only provides encryption and not authentication. This exposes the server to Man-In-The-Middle ...
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How can an Administrator Discreetly View a Remote Desktop User's Session?
I have a manager that has legitimate reasons for wanting to view a user's Remote Desktop session with Windows 2003 server.
Logged into that same server (as Administrator), how can you discreetly view ...
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Terminal Server disk performance
Our users experience slow session performance at times during normal work hours. Applications (IE, Office Apps etc.) are slow to respond so is switching between them. This problem happens sporadically ...
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Locking down remote desktop using AD GPO
I am currently locking down a companies remote desktop access via a VPN. What I need to do is disable remote printing, file transfer and clipboard via active directory for the workstations that will ...
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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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Compatibility issue upgrading to Windows Server 2012 (Remote Desktop Roles need uninstalled?)
Windows Server 2012 setup (upgrading from Server 2008) says after compatibility check:
"Setup has detected that at least one of Remote Desktop Session Host (RDSH), Remote Desktop Connection Broker (...
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Remote Desktop Services Remote Audio Issues
I have a server running server std 2008 r2 fully patched. There are 8 Wyse C10LE's that connect to the server via RDS. Everything is working fantastically with the exception that there is no audio......
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Remote Desktop Services (2008) allows everyone in
My RDS 2008 Terminal Server (domain-joined) allows anyone to login remotely. I am trying to restrict that down to one Security Group: DOMAIN\TerminalServerUsers.
I've been testing with a new user who ...
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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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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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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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how to disable user logoff from remote desktop
I need to disable log off function for terminal services users.
Disconnect option only will be acceptable.
Is any script to make it works?
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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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RDS 2012 Certificates - Subject Names do not match
I'm evaluating RDS on 2012, I want to use Remote App to allow home workers to access one application
This is a single server setup at the moment
Server Name acmeVDI.acme.co.uk - This has RD Web ...
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Remote Control on WTS 2008
When I try to Remote Control another user on a WTS 2008 server, I disconnect the other user and get a "Access denied" popup.
It's not a lack of permissions since I'm the Domain Admin. I think it has ...
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Remote Desktop black screen
Today, when I went to remote to my VPS (with Windows 2012 r2), remote desktop shows me black screen and closed after some seconds. I've tested remote from other client (with different OS) but again ...
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How do you fix Terminal Server when users are unable to surf to HTTPS websites?
One of the Terminal Servers has been plagued by an unusual HTTPS issue. After enough users have logged in and logged out, eventually users can no longer load HTTPS websites. It seems to only affect ...
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Recommended Tool/Script to test Remote Desktop Performance?
Can anyone recommend a tool to test Remote Desktop performance in Windows? Windows 7-based, both client and "server". We are making changes to network, client and server and would like to assess the ...
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