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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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how to send a file into clipboard from command line (CLI)?

I expect something simple like "put2clip c:\boot.ini" which would result in the same thing as right-clicking in explorer the boot.ini file and select 'copy'. i looked at nirsoft's nircmd, thinkingms....
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Prevent accidental execution of commands in Linux if pasting text containing one or more return characters

Sometimes if text that is on the clipboard is pasted into shell and it contains a return character it will execute even though that wasn't the intention. Sometimes even multiple lines may be pasted ...
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Redirect Linux terminal to clipboard

Is it possible to redirect the output of your terminal in linux to the clipboard? Right now I am using Ubuntu 9.10 and I simply right click and "copy" the selected text. It would be a lot easier if ...
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Is clipboard sharing over RDP a security risk?

When our customers have a problem we usually connect to their server in order to investigate. Normally we use Remote Desktop or VNC for this. During this investigation I usually copy text between the ...
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Cant copy / paste large text over SSH

Running ssh from Windows -> linux and I cant paste text larger than ~20 chars. If I do it hangs the session. This is happening to others in the office using various methods to ssh. cygwin, mobaxterm ...
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Copy File to Clipboard

Simple Question that I just realized would be very useful. Under Linux (or really any 'nix environment) is it possible from the command line (or by other fashions, but primarily command line) to copy ...
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ssh -x : howto get clipboard?

I'm connected to a server via ssh -x and my only way to get text out of the system is the x clipboard (unless i want to take thousends of screenshots and OCR over it). I can not execute any programs ...
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how to get clipbpard share on a non-X CentOS VirtualBox guest [closed]

I have a CentOS guest on my archlinux system. In the VM I have installed: VirtualBox guest additions GPM cut and paste does work with VMs that have X and with Windows VMs. Is it just not possible ...
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Clipboard Stops Working over RDP?

On our Windows Server 2003 we host a MS-Access application (*.mdb), the users today were complaining that when they copied anything to the clipboard either to or from the RDP window, the clipboard was ...
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How to kill a runaway/rogue clipboard paste into the CLI?

I copied a large amount of text to the clipboard and then pasted it into the terminal. I didn't realize it would be so large that it would continue filling the screen for ~5 minutes. ctrl + c seems ...
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Remote Desktop Clipboard Sharing - Security Risk?

If I connect to a server with RDP and share my clipboard with the server, are there any security risks of my clipboard being availble to other people logging onto the same server? e.g. I have a ...
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How to ensure Windows server can share Windows client Clipboard

Clients are Windows XP, Servers are 2003 and 2008. Despite the option to share clipboard always being checked, occasionally the clipboard will not be shared between the two sessions. I can ctrl-c and ...
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RDP Clipboard File transfer in Windows Server 2008 R2

I don't like the "new" Feature in Windows 2008 R2. We had some Terminal servers used by a lot of users. If the User enables the Clipboard function in their Remote Desktop Connection, the ...
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Why can't certain users copy and paste between local session and Remote Desktop session?

I have two users experiencing this problem and I've gone through all the possible fixes I can find with no luck. I'm hoping someone has another idea. Here is the info to clarify the problem. 2 users ...
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Windows 7 Remote Desktop with Windows 2003 Unable to Copy/Paste Files

I am attempting to copy/paste files between Windows 7 and Windows Server 2003 across a Remote Desktop connection (in the same domain, if it matters), but I am unable to successfully do so. I have ...
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Did Cut and Paste of MySQL Database Files Between Servers and the Paste was Canceled

I was moving MySQL Databases between two Windows Servers and the paste action was canceled. I noticed that the original Databases were partially transferred and there were some incomplete databases on ...
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Autocopy selected text to clipboard, as in PuTTy

Can you tell such a tool for windows, that lets you to autocopy selected text to clipboard, as in PuTTy or terminal emulators. But it must copy text from any other app too. Thanks!
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RDP one way clipboard Access

We have a number of TS/RDP servers and due to concerns about viruses, we are wondering if there some way we can allow our clients to copy files from the server, to their local workstations, but NOT ...
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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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Mobaxterm vs vim text copy

Can I somehow copy text between two vim sessions in 2 different terminals? I use mobaxterm and can not scroll while marking text that I want to copy. How can I do it? Edit 2 files on 2 different ...
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Using VMServer 2.0 is it possible to copy and paste images between host and guest

I've tried to do this but can't get it to work. Works fine with text.
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