rdp is Remote Desktop Protocol, used by Windows to view and control other Windows systems

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Windows Server 2008R2, can't add RDP Connection Type

I'm facing a rather strange, and infuriating, issue with a recent Windows 2008R2 configured as a Remote Desktop server. One one server, I can see that 2 RDP connection types are installed: On the ...
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RDP Over Mobile Satellite Internet

I am planning a vacation to a destination that will not allow me to have cell or Internet service. I play a role in my organization such that in an emergency situation, my availability is of some ...
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Redirect LTP1 to default printer over RDP

Some older apps force the use of LPT1 for printing. In a terminal server environment, I am familiar with printer redirection over RDP using this syntax: net use lpt1 \\tsclient\prn1 This would be ...
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Remote desktop to particular server tries to send print job

We have a domain network with about 30 computers and an active directory on Windows Server SBS 2003 32bit. Whenever I connect to this server from any other machine, it automatically attempts to send ...
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How do i open the RDP port in Linux?

Prologue I have a MacBook and i want to connect to a remote Windows machine, which is connected to a Linux Server. When i'm at my locally there in the network, i use the ...
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Dual SSH connection to Linux Desktop RDP

How can I explain this.... I have a remote ubuntu linux system that has it's desktop shared at a third party site. This system has a dynamic ip address, so I have setup a reverse ssh tunnel across ...
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RDP fakout when connectiong: does nothing, no error

Using windows RDP, I'm trying to connect to a remote machine to which I connected fine moments earlier. I had to reboot the server... Now, I type in my credentials and it looks like its working (the ...
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Maximum connections in remote desktop for Windows Server 2008 R2

I am trying to set up my server so that more than 2 people can use it at once. I am looking at the RDP-Tcp Properties window in Remote desktop session host configuration, and it won't get higher than ...
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Server 2008 R2 Exact Firewall Rule For RDP

I have a server 2008 r2 and have changed the RDP port and a few other things. Is there a way to lock down the changed port to only work on the rdp service. I set incoming rule to system/services but ...
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Trouble connecting to remote “console session” of a Windows XP pro

I'm trying to connect to a Windows XP pro through Remote Desktop (my local machine is on Windows 7). I know that I have to type mstsc.exe /admin (I'm not using the deprecated option /console) to open ...
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Server 08 RDP: possible to warn if same user is already connected?

Currently we do some development and monitoring over 1 RDP account (administrator) to a server 2008 r2 machine, as everyone needs to share the same instance of everything to ensure consistency. The ...
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How do I configure Remote Desktop Session Host Server to use 3rd party CA and certificates?

I'm trying to harden our RDP service so we can use a specific server without having to VPN into our network. I would like the RDP Session Host Server to use certificates from an authorized certificate ...
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Is it possible to allow a client/user to log into a Remote Desktop session using credentials other than their AD username/password? (for SSO)

We are essentially trying to provide a single sign-on scenario with a few of our products. We would prefer to allow customers on their own machines (which are not in our control and cannot have the ...
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2008R2 RDS Redirect RDP Request

I have a 2008 R2 with AD, DHCP, RDS - The server acts as a router for the internal network. I'm trying to connect through RDP from the internet to computers on the internal network through RDS. How ...
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Windows 2003 Intermittent RDP Connectivity Issues

We maintain a Windows 2003 Terminal Server for one of our remote offices to connect to to get all their work done. Every morning, when they try to connect, they get an error that the server is ...
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Enabling SSL for Remote Desktop

Ok so I'm trying to remove a number of my systems from our Nessus scan from having this medium vulnerability. http://www.nessus.org/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=18405 I set the following GPO ...
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Windows Server 2003- RDP functionality after removing Terminal Server temporary CALs

I recently configured Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services for a client. The 90 day trial CAL period is about to expire, and my client has decided that he's too cheap to purchase CALs. He wants to ...
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RDP exits immediately after connecting to Windows Server 2008 R2

Background: I recently got a Windows cloud VPS server. I don't have much experience with server admin (I'm a programmer), and what little I do have is with linux servers. Ever since getting the ...
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Remote App - linked exe

I'm experiencing below problem: I'm trying to run Microsoft NAV as remote app. There are two exe file involved: finsql.exe - main executable and finhlink.exe. Later one is used to directly run a ...
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RDP auto log off for specified user

I need to set auto log off when user disconnect from rdp. But I need to set this only for one user. All other users should stay logged on when disconnected. Running Win Server 2008 R2.... Any help ??
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Windows Server 2003 RDP not listening on IPv6

i have a Windows Server 2003 machine; with IPv6 enabled: Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : newland.local IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : ...
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Cannot connect to Windows SBS Essentials 2011

Using the Launchpad from the Mac, trying to connect to Server Essentials 2011, no one is able to actually log in. The little login wheel keeps spinning and spinning. Anyone have any ideas what might ...
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RDP data encryption error

I got "Because of an error in data encryption, this session will end. Please try to connecting to remote computer again." On metal is hyperv 2008 R2 instaled. As virutal machine is W server 2008 R2 ...
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Forward RDP Connection from Server to Client

What I'm trying to achieve is in the following infrastructure: Server A running ADDS, DNS, DHCP, NPS LAN -Computer Client I -Computer Client II Server A NIC 1 goes to LAN Server A NIC 2 goes to ...
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Microsoft RDP client for mac and protocol version 7.1

I have the problem that I cannot connect to a Windows 2008 R2 (SP1) server via RDP using my Mac. The error Message I get is the following: “You were disconnected from the Windows-based computer ...
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Remote Desktop Gateway and HTTPS website on same server - possible?

We have an IIS server running a website with HTTPS access on the server already. We need this server to provide remote desktop gateway services to other servers on the network. Today I installed ...
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Windows 2008. cannot connect via RDP anymore after changes to Firewall prot settings

After successfully changing default RDP port on remote Windows 2008 R2, I configured that inbound rule to apply only to authenticated connections (because i needed to assign ONLY specific users to be ...
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RDCMAN Remote Desktop Connection Manager doesn't allow all clicks or clicking

I'm using RDCMAN 2.2 from WIN7 x64 to WIN7 x64. I can login fine to remote boxes and see the remote desktop, and see the mouse move, but!, I cannot click on everything I see IExplorer highlight as I ...
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Is it a valid security decision to protected exposed RDP servers by restricting IP addresses with a firewall?

As you probably all know, new security flaws continue to emerge in RDP for Windows. I have googled and read about this issue, and possible fixes/solutions. It surprises me that no one mentions, to ...
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RDP Data encryption error for Windows 7 Clients

Windows 7 clients connecting to the RDS running on Win server 2008 R2 very frequently get the error message "Because of an error in the data encryption, this session will end...". This occurs if the ...
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running Remote Desktop Gateway and Exchange server roles against one IP?

I'm interested in running Exchange server roles and RDP (Remote Desktop Gateway) on the same internet facing system. If anyone has any tricks or tips for getting this working, similar to in SBS11, ...
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RDP indirect connections

I currently have a need to RDP from my laptop to server A and then RDP from server A to server B. So far, the only way I've found to go back to Server A is to log out of Server B. Is there something ...
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How to remotely access application

Is there an application which can be used to remotely access and start application on a server without using RDP. The main reason for this is security are security issue when user has a full access ...
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RDP without interrupting local user

In my office we have multiple TV's controlled by computers that display a slideshow of what is going on with the company. We also have music played on them and it is changed everyday by the ...
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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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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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Windows Server 2008 R2 64bit Screen Frozen and Remote Desktop Freezes but Server Continues Working

I've asked this question a couple of times but I don't seem to be getting any real answers. We have a SBS (Windows Server 2008 Rc) server and suddenly the screen has started freezing. Even when we ...
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Inconsistent RDP port forwarding

Recently, our Port forwarding for RDP seemed to stop working. Checking the firewall (Cisco ASA551), I can see the the NAT and access rules are configured correctly. In trying to connect from WIN7 to ...
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RDC to Windows 2000 Server from OS X 10.6.8 immediately crashes

I'm using Remote Desktop Connection 2.11 on Mac OS X 10.6.8, trying to connect to a Windows 2000 Server. I type in the IP (local) and it warns me that it can't verify the identity of the computer, I ...
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RDP connections using Cisco VPN

What im trying to do is RDP to a external address while connected through cisco vpn. at the moment i can RDP to internal addresses (192.168.3....) but not external. i was thinking that the firewall ...
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Outlook 2010 stuck on “Loading Profile” for terminal server users

We've got a Server2008R2 functioning as a terminal server. Users attempting to open Outlook10 on this server get stuck at "Loading Profile" Sometimes a username\password field will come up after ...
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Limiting access of rdp to a certain IP only

How can I enable just machines in one subnet (i.e. my home PC and the home network as a whole) to rdp to my servers and nothing else?
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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) EDIT: I find that I can ...
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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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Send ctrl-alt-del to nested RDP session

Is there a way to send the ctrl-alt-del command to an RDP session (W2K8 R2) inside another RDP session (W2K8 R2) without the fist session catching it? Ctrl-alt-end and ctrl-alt-shift-end do not seem ...
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Remote Desktop Gateway and slow performance

Some of my users are complaining that RDP performance is very bad. For instance scrolling results in a very a laggy experience. They're connecting through windows 7 clients. I've tried reducing color ...
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How to connect to hyperv guest machine by rdp through internet?

I installed hyperv and some client machines. Now i need to connect to any of client machine and host by using rdp through internet. This instruction tell me what i need to configure port forwarding on ...
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RDP Dual Screen Linux

we have a Windows Terminal Server and like to have Linux Clients which connect through rdp to the terminal server. All works fine except that we cannot find a linux rdp client which supports multiple ...
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Is there a open source RDP protocol server for Windows Home Edition? [closed]

Is there a open source RDP protocol server for Windows Home Edition, like xrdp for Linux? I figure that since Linux can server RDP protocol to Windows Terminal service clients, then there must be a ...
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How to remove auto termination of disconnected RDP session in windows server 2003?

Normally this is not grayed out but on this windows server 2003 it is: It results in disconnected sessions being terminated after 1 minute. Can I set this in the registry to "never terminate ...

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