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

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Windows RDP: Attack targeting real account names

We have a Windows 2012 R2 server hosted in a datacenter, and we are using RDP for its administration. Automatic updates are enabled. RDP login is not allowed for the Administrator account, and there ...
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Remotely Monitoring RDP Certificate

We use OpenSSL on a CentOS 6 server to monitor the certificate on servers for RDP. To do this we use: openssl s_client -connect SERVER01:3389 -prexit This has worked flawlessly until 4 days ago, ...
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RDP session Flickering - Only one user

So, This is a tricky one. I use a system where users connects via VPN to a Terminal Server on an other site. It is working fine for everybody but one user. For this user the screen is flickering/...
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RDP file transfer via command line on Windows?

I'm making some automated deployment software leveraging Chef and Python for my internship. Unfortunately, the environment is completely airgapped aside from me being able to initialize and RDP ...
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Unable to RDP into Server 2016 after adding custom RDP certificate

We have a Server 2016 running AD Certificate Services. Our team was asked to create a new RDP certificate so that the self-signed certificate errors would go away when RDP'ing into the system. Went ...
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Microsoft RemoteApp via TS Gateway initial connection load very long (over 2 minutes)

The Enviroment We do have a RemoteApp Terminalserver, based on a Windows Server 2016. Latest Updates are installed. We have provisioned multiple apps through this server. There is one Session ...
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No connection to Azure Windows VM after reboot

We have a Windows Server on Azure, running flawless in the past year. After a Microsoft scheduled reboot/advisor recommendation, we lost access to this VM. 'Connect' (RDP) button on Azure portal does ...
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RDP suddenly stop working on 2 servers and 1 laptop

we have like 10 servers (running as DC for each site), also some workstations/laptop working on each site. We use RDP to admin every DC server. This structure was working nice and well, BUT... Today ...
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Cannot connect via RDP due to NLA error

I have one DC that also acts as a Hyper-V host. It hosts a build server, and a WDS server. Up until Daylight Savings happened a few days ago these were both working fine and I could remote in no ...
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How to preserve xrdp session on ubuntu 14.04?

I installed xrdp on my ubuntu 14.04 machine using the below commands. I can now remote desktop from my windows machine easily into my ubuntu machine. However, what I notice is when I close the ...
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RDP successful but RPC server unavailable error for QWINSTA

I am using Windows 7 machine as a client. The server is a Windows Server 2008 machine. When I access the server using Remote Desktop Application (mstsc), it is successfully connected. But when I ...
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Active Directory: how to get rid of NTLM when we have remote users (road warriors)?

I want to disable NTLM completely. I don't want password hash to be stored in memory because of pass-the-hash attack (people don't have SeDebugPrivilege but anyway NTLM is not good) But people connect ...
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The remote computer requires NLA

While trying to remote into a computer, I originally got a message stating that the clock wasn't in sync with the server time (or something like that... I forget the exact message and cannot reproduce ...
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RDP file setting: "use redirection server name"

Can anybody offer an explanation for the "use redirection server name" setting in an RDP file? It can be set as either: use redirection server name:i:1 or use redirection server name:i:0 I have a ...
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RDP into PC with VPN

I have a work PC (Win 7 Ent) (usually given to me by my clients) where I do work related projects and a home PC (Win 10 Pro) where I do my freelancing stuff. Both are connected to my home network. ...
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Too Many Audit Failure in Event Viewer Windows Server 2008

I have a dedicated server and last week server has been hacked. I changed all of paswords to strongly and Change RDP Scope to my ip addresses. When i enter the Event Viewer Security tab it is showing ...
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RDP Connection Times out Only When Connected over SSH Tunnel

I have an interesting issue. let me describe my setup: I have a server at home that serves as my Virtual Machine Host. All of the computers here are VM Computers, I don't think that makes a ...
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Enable UDP protocol in Remote Desktop Connection

I have a computer to which I am connecting via RDP. However, using the default Windows applications (Remote Desktop Connection) probably will not use UDP port. By clicking the connection information ...
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Poor mouse update rate on Windows RDP Client

I'm using a terminal server for inking on documents in EMR (eCW). When connecting to the same terminal server (2008 R2) the Windows RDP clients have a very slow mouse move update rate. The Mac RDP ...
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Server 2012 RemoteApp Disconnects/Reconnects Constantly

I have remote desktop services running on Server 2012 with high availability. I'm running 3 gateways and a farm of session host servers. Gateways all seem to be running fine, they take connections no ...
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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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OpenVPN resets connection repeadly

I have a OpenVPN server installed in an Amazon instance with Windows Server 2008 R2, and there's my client. First i connect to my VPN For some reason when i try to connect to my VPN server and RDP to ...
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Issue with Mac RDP clients connecting to Server 2008 if change password at next logon checked

I have a weird issue I haven't been able to figure out (primarily because I don't have a Mac to play with). When a user is connecting into our Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 servers with local user ...
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Windows Server 2022 RDP / RDS Black Screen When Connecting

I've recently setup RDS on Windows Server 2022 Standard Edition. Users frequently report that when they connect, they will see a black screen and the mouse cursor, but nothing else. This occurs with ...
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Replace Self Signed RDP Cert with CA Signed Cert

A few servers are getting picked up by security scans with the following message: The following certificate was at the top of the certificate chain sent by the remote host, but it is signed by an ...
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RDS Gateway - how to allow a whole subnet or range of IPs for use?

I've setup an RDS Gateway to allow and control RDP access out of the company and it works. My issues is within the RAP Properties > Network Resources tab, where you add the allowed destination IP, ...
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RDP connection has the source IP of the host server

I came across an event on one of my windows servers, Machine ABC has a successful incoming RDP connection from 192.168.0.16, But the IP of machine ABC is 192.168.0.16. Is it even possible that a ...
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Does an IP lockout policy prevent most public RDP attacks?

My company uses RemoteApp to provide a "cloud edition" of our desktop software. The RDP port has been changed from default, and we run RDP Shield, which blocks the IP address after 5 failed ...
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VPN Disconnects when switch user by RDP

I have the following problem. I have a WS2012 with a PPPT VPN configured (Allows other users to use the connection). The problem is that I connect by RDP with a user, I connect the VPN and if I ...
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Windows Server 2012 connecting remotely physical server fails but hyperv running on it is available

The scenario is as following. There is an Windows Server 2012 running on which an Hyper-V server is running. And users are able to RDP (remote desktop) to the virtual (Hyper-V) server. So normally I ...
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MS server 2016 strd mstsc shadow undefined error after Jan update

4x Server 2016 standard edition running as VM's on Hyper-V. None of the Servers are in the domain. I was using cmd/powershell "mstsc /control /noConsentPrompt /shadow: x" to shadow local users ...
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HOWTO: setup persistent RDP sessions

In an Ubuntu 16.04 LTS server (with XFCE4), I am running X11vnc as a RDP server so people can connect to it from using Windows Remote Desktop (either from Windows or OSX). My current configuration ...
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Win7, RDP, TLS-Handshake: "Change Cipher Spec" packet lost on router. Win10 works

First of all: I posted this on networkengineering but was adviced to post it here because it was put on hold as offtopic there for beeing too application-centric. I don't think so as everything that ...
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Windows Firewall Rule to Allow RDP Traffic For Authorized Users

I have been tasked with allowing a specific user the ability to RDP a workstation over our VPN connection. The user is already in the list of permitted RDP users on the workstation, however our ...
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xRDP - listening socket is in wrong state we terminate listener, invalid x.509 certificate path defined..., Lubuntu 16.04

I'm using Lubuntu 16.04 and xRDP. My first machine is 192.168.0.10 and is a rdp server, where xRDP is installed, my second machine is 192.168.0.11, where I have Remmina as my RDP client. I have a ...
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Connect to X Windows with username with spaces

I have an Ubuntu server 16.04.01 LTS, which I want to use as desktop for remote users connecting from thin clients and via RDP from Windows machines. For Ubuntu-local users, this works, I can connect ...
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Enable right-click on HP thin clients -t5720

I'm setting up a computer laboratory with used thin client for a school. I have everything intact, however, I prefer that each rdp session will start automatically once the thin client boots. one ...
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Audit RDP security layer used for each logon

I'm looking for a way to monitor the security layer used when a user log on a windows 2012 R2 server with RDP (SSL or RDP, encryption level). I haven't found anything useful in "Advanced Audit Policy ...
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Azure : VM fails to connect after being promoted as domain controller

I have few VMs provisioned on Azure, one of them acts as a read only domain controller replicating from a in house domain controller through site-to-site VPN. The problem is every time I create a VM, ...
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Using a scanner with thin client, RemoteFX redirect not working

So I work IT for a small company and we are testing and considering rolling out Dell WYSE Rx0L thin clients to our employees. So far all is going well, except for our set up for our Data Entry dept. ...
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Exception when running PSExec on remote computer

Running this command $processesToSpawn = 3 for($i= 1; $i -le $processesToSpawn; $i++){ psexec \\computername -i 2 -u "username" -p "password" "c:\myapp.exe" } Produces the ...
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Unstick a reboot when PsKill doesn't work

I tried to remote into a server today and got stuck during login. So I tried to reboot with: shutdown -r -m \\computername -t 10 -f And nothing seemed to happen. So I tried it again and got: ...
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Windows 2012 fonts gone. Only Wingdings

So I did an RDP to my server, using a Jessie distro with Vinagre, characters were weird (see picture) and then, everyone who connects sees the same problem, how did this hapend and how can I fix it? ...
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Debugging slow Quickbooks in multi-user mode

Building 1: Main QB server with 15 users Building 2: 12 users accessing the QB server There is no sluggishness in building 1. Building 2 has issues. They can RDP to the server fine with no lag but ...
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Why does RDP freeze on Windows Server 2008 R2 in a virtual machine during high load?

We have noticed a problem where remote desktop sessions to a server will freeze when the server has high CPU load. Environment: VMWare ESX 4.0u1. Guest OS is Windows Server 2008 R2 (this is the ...
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FreeRDP USB Redirection Not Working on Hyper-V?

I have compiled FreeRDP from the tip of the Master branch on (and for), an ARM v7 processor, (see cmake command line below). It all seems to build correctly and the basic xfreerdp client works for a ...
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Linux: serial port forwarding via RDP to Windows machine

I'm trying to redirect serial device on /dev/ttyUSB0 to RDP session with Windows (XP or server 2003) through FreeRDP or rdesktop. Like this for example: xfrerdp /a:serial,COM3,/dev/ttyUSB0 /v:server ...
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MSTSC Not working, disconnects shortly after connecting

I'm currently having a problem connecting remotely to a server. It is a brand new build Windows 2008 R2, remote users are enabled. I'm trying to connect from a Windows 7 machine. Everytime I ...
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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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Controlling rdp listener connections from command line

RPD on my windows 2003 server sometimes becomes incapable to accept connections. But netstat shows that port is listened. c:\> netstat -ano | find "3389" TCP 192.168.1.1:3389 0.0.0.0:0 ...
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