Questions tagged [remote-desktop]
Software and/or protocols allowing a user to access the graphical desktop on a system from a remote computer. Common protocols are RDP from Microsoft, and RFB (used by VNC).
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I broke remote access when configuring an AD-DS
I bought a VPS and today is the first day. I admit that Im new on server administration and yay, I broke it on my first day.
The objetive of this question is to learn from my errors, dont wan't to ...
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Remote FX on Windows 2008 R2 Sp1 doesn't work on Virtual Machine
I've followed steps to install and configure Remote FX on HOST doing following steps:
To install RemoteFX by using Server Manager
Open Server Manager. To open Server Manager, click Start, point to ...
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Remote desktop show screen
Is it possible to show the screen on the remote computer when using remote desktop?
(Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008)
Thanks
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Inexpensive Remote Assistance software? [closed]
Any recommendations for Remote Assistance software that does not require firewall modification for clients?
To assist client with software problems and perform training, we currently use a tool ...
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Software Install Policy Not Applying to Terminal (Remote Desktop) Services Server
I have a Google Chrome software install group policy object that works perfectly except when logging into the the Terminal (Remote Desktop) Services Server.
It's configured under "User Configuration" ...
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Why aren't RemoteApp icons showing up
I have a Windows 2008 R2 server running RDS. I have installed and configured RemoteApp to publish applications with RDS Web Access. When I browse to https://servernname.domain.local/RDWeb I can log in ...
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RDP randomly slows to a crawl (not tcp autotuning)
Most of the time my RDC works perfectly. Sometimes it slows to a complete crawl and I cannot even get my mouse clicks to register on the remote computer. The client computer is Windows XP, so there'...
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Windows Server 2008 Remote Desktop Problems
I've got an installation of Windows Server 2008 (not R2), and I was previously running Remote Desktop via the Terminal Services 120 day free license. That has since expired, and I un-installed the ...
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Windows Server: Prevent copying of Software
We are hosting some licensed software in our company on a Windows Server 2008 R2. Users access the server using Remote Desktop Services. However, we would like to prevent users from copying the ...
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How can I configure Windows Firewall without turning the service on? [closed]
I suddenly could not RDP into my server after rebooting it. Turned out the Firewall was blocking me, I remotely shut off the firewall service (parallels virtuozzo panel) and was able to RDP in. When I ...
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Cannot Login to RDP on Server 2003 r2
I just installed Windows Server 2003 (64bit)
Because the Administrator password was blank I went to cmd > "net user Administrator newpass"
The command completed successfully.
Logged out, Logged ...
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Windows Server Remote Desktop Services: Share Remote Desktop Session
Is it possible to share a Remote Desktop Session between multiple (at least 2) users? I am searching for a solution that allows the users to use the native Remote Deskop Client. I am aware of the ...
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Is it safe to use public wifi network to remote desktop into a Windows server?
A lot of time, I need to connect to my stand alone Windows 2003 server at datacenter with public wifi like wifi at starbucks. From my understanding that SSH to a Linux server through public wifi is ...
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Remote desktop into multiple different workstations sharing a single DSL line
I have been asked to help setup a remote desktop solution for a small business that has about 10 workstations. All 10 workstations are sharing a single verizon dsl line with (presumably) a low-end ...
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How do I allow all members of a domain to login remotely to a Windows XP Machine?
I have a Samba server acting as a PDC. All of my users can login locally to any machine on the network with their Samba userID.
The problem is, when a user tries to use remote desktop to access a ...
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How login by remote desktop using the disabled admin account?
I disabled the the local admin account on my vps by mistake and it was the only active account on it, and now I can't access to my server by remote desktop connection.
How do I fix this?
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Group Policy: Auto Disconnect Idle Remote Desktop Sessions
Several of our admins have a bad habit of closing but not logging off from, their remote desktop sessions to multiple servers. We would like to setup a GPO that will automatically log off RDP sessions ...
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Remote-desktop into Ubuntu 9.04 from a Windows PC
My server is Ubuntu 9.04 and I want to 'remote-desktop' into it from my Windows PC. vnc4server is not working even though I confirm that the services are running on the Server PC - 'connection has ...
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Conflict with Local and Domain Policy for Remote Desktop
I am running Windows Server 2003 domain and implementing the Remote Desktop Users group without any problems to manage who has access to remote into the Domain Controller.
I recently set up a virtual ...
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Remote Desktop restricted to Hamachi connection and LAN only
I have a Windows XP Professional box, that runs Hamachi on it. The users that outside the office use Hamachi to get VPN access. I would like to secure the Remote Desktop access by limiting it to only ...
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Securing Remote Desktop on a virtual Windows server in the cloud
When you have a virtual Windows server in the cloud (say, an EC2 Windows Server 2008 instance) and your only way into it (initially) is Remote Desktop, what are some good ways to make that secure?
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Multiple VPN Connections, One IP?
In my office, we are working off one IP address currently, and this lets us connect a single computer to one of our client's VPNs, which effectively locks out multiple people from working with that ...
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Of 30 people using Terminal Services Gateway, two users consistently get a timeout and can't connect
We have recently set up a Terminal Services Gateway website to allow external access to a Remote Desktop server. Each user installs a client certificate on their personal computer, connects to the ...
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Hidden tweaks to allow certain users make remote desktop connection
The set up is Windows 7 with Windows SBS 2008.
I see that ALL the clients have remote desktop access on the server, but of course I don't want that. I checked System and Maintenance settings and ...
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Remote Desktop Connection: Access Denied
I have remote desktop connection enabled. I've added my self and the Administrator account. When I try to login remotely I get:
When I try logging to remote desktop via localhost I get access ...
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Can a remote server access my local resources when using remote desktop?
I do support work and I use remote desktop to connect to different servers around the world. I share my local resources in remote desktop to easily be able to get files from my local computer.
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BES does not seem to be able to communicate with AD domain
I've had an issue this morning with trying to log on remotely to our BES in Sydney, and i'm getting nowhere fast!
I've logged on locally to the machine with the administrator password fine, and the ...
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Hyper-V Guest RDP keeps asking wrong credentials
I have 3 W2008 R2 Guests running inside a w2008 R2 Hyper-V Host. All three VMs are part of a domain, All with RDP enabled, the machines have the following names and ports
HOST1 3389
VM1 3401
VM2 ...
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How secure is Remote Desktop Connection?
When using Remote Desktop Connection, is the information being sent back and forth securely, as in SSL? Are usernames and passwords secure? When connecting to a remote server through Remote Desktop ...
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Remote Desktop to WIndows Server 2008 R2 from a public IP
I am trying to connect to my server from my laptop. I have done the port forwarding to the local IP that corresponds to the local IP of my server, using port 3389. The firewall is allowing RDP through ...
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Is it possible to start a EC2 instance using code?
I want to use an Amazon EC2 Windows instance to do remote demos of our software for potential customers. I have the instance set up and it runs fine. When the instance is running, I know how to ...
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RDP two factor authentication with login, pass and self-signed certificate
Is there any way to configure remote desktop authentication to require not only the windows login and password, but also a self-signed certificate to be installed on the client machine?
All windows ...
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Win7 to W2K8 R2 Remote Desktop fails, yet 3rd party Remote Desktop client connects ok
Without any change (except Windows Updates), one of my stand alone W2K8 R2 servers has become unconnectable from Remote Desktop (Win 7). RDP gets stuck on 'Securing Remote Connection' and just never ...
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Remote Desktop Connection - Usage of Internet in Remote Machine
I have this trivial doubt about a point in Remote Desktop Connection for a long time. Let us say, we have made a remote desktop connection to a machine named 'Remote' from a machine named 'Local'.
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Remote Desktop Connection Data Usage
Does anyone know how much data it uses when I use Windows Remote Desktop Connection for an hour for normal office uses?
I'm asking because I need to connect to a computer remotely and I have to pay ...
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Remote desktop not continuing to run programs when I close it
I am using remote desktop to install and setup Windows Server 2008 R2. I'm having an issue when copying hundreds of GBs of files to the server. When I close remote desktop it is supposed to keep my ...
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How do I limit the number of remote desktop connections per user (Win 2008)
When I remote desktop into my server I would like to be connected to an existing session or be prevented from connecting as that user so I don't have multiple unknown sessions floating around.
I have ...
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Can Wireshark help determine cause of latency in remote-desktop connection?
We have a small Remote Desktop farm using Windows Server 2008. We have a gateway and two servers. Most of our users have no issues, but we have two or three that get 1-2 second latency when typing. ...
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Remote desktop without log off the user out
I have windows server 2003 with active directory and my users running on windows xp pro and I would like to use remote desktop without to log them out when I login with my account in other words I ...
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After making a server into a secondary DC, it no longer allows remote desktop connections other than Aministrator
Earlier this morning I dcpromo'ed my second server to be DC2. Everything is working great except for the fact that users aren't able to remote into it.
The user I am trying with is "cs". "Cs" is a ...
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Debian (Lenny) X2Go Client with 50% CPU
My x2Go Client uses too much cpu power, more than 50% all the time, even when I don't have an open remote session. Does anybody know how to check where the error (?) is located? Thanks
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Remote Desktop to Virtual Machine
I recently reformatted one of my servers with Windows Server 2008 x64 and with that, installed the latest version of VMWare server on it.
Within that, I created a new Windows Server 2003 R2 x86 ...
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VNC Serve Part of Desktop
Is it possible to only serve a specified box of your desktop via VNC, instead of the entire thing?
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Can you limit VPN access to RDP only?
Right now, all developers in our organization have laptops so they can either work from home on occasion, or provide off-hours support. Our laptop hardware spec is, unfortunately, a business laptop ...
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Controlling Terminal Services Session w/ elevated rights
I would imagine that this question is really quite stupid, but I have to ask.
I need to reset a mail profile on my terminal server. The problem is that the admin who set up the terminal server ...
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What do I need to know to get VNC working?
I usually access remote machines over ssh via the commandline, but now need to connect to one using VNC so I can actually use the desktop. Other people can successfully connect to this PC (running Win ...
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Certificate issue on remote desktop
Please see this link : Certificate issue on remote desktop
I have 2 PCs with Windows 7 Ultimate... (both are in NETHOME)
PC 1 : computer name = alfa -> (main pc) , IP = 192.168.0.1
PC 2 : computer ...
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Remote *background* GUI login to OSX workstation?
I'm wanting to be able to login in to the OS X GUI remotely, in the background, i.e. without interrupting anyone that is currently sitting in front of the machine.
Apple Remote Desktop or VNC don't ...
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Windows Server no longer responds to ping
I've inherited a Windows Server that is used as the backup server for some of our internal machines. One day, seemingly at random, it stopped responding to ping and no longer accepts RDC requests. I ...
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How can I view my remote desktop that is behind a NAT router
I have my ubuntu machine at work and I'd like to use remote desktop to work from home. However the remote machine is on a behind a NAT router and not directly connected to the internet.
I am able to ...