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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Terminal Server 2008 (32 bit) fails to load profile (sometimes)

I'm having an issue with a virtualized Terminal Server running Windows Server 2008 (32-bit). It doesn't seem to be affecting any users connecting with HP Thin-Clients, only with my test accounts which ...
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RDS: Redirected printers not showing up in Control Panel or Settings app

I'm having an odd problem with our Remote Desktop Session Host that's running on Windows Server 2019 (version 1809, build 17763.805). I am connecting to this server from my PC (running Windows 10, ...
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Why my clipboard can only paste out from RDP into my desktop not the other way around?

I'm having very weird problem in my TS RDP connection, I can copy and paste from my TS RDP out into my desktop (from any program into any program in my home workstation) but somehow I cannot copy ...
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Windows user profiles behind symbolic links?

We have a Windows terminal server under heavy load. We'd like to move some or all of its user profiles from the C: RAID-1, to the E: RAID-10. Is it safe to do this using symbolic links, either one ...
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Server 2012 R2 Essentials IIS DefaultTSGateway variable

So I want to use RDP externally so have a forwarded domain so /remote then downlaoding RDP file works. However, I get gateway errors (Your computer can't connect to the remote computer because the ...
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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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Thin-client with dual-monitor support

I'm doing a feasibility study on migrating 30 of our in-house researchers from desktop towers to thin-clients. The problem (among others) that I'm facing is that our researchers have grown used to ...
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2016 Terminal Server - RDS Host wrong, how to fix

Probably not a great title, but when I run Get-RDServer I get a name: xxxxx-TERMNEW.xxxx.com The name of the server is: xxxxx-TERMINAL.xxxx.com I was getting redirection errors, but then added a ...
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Windows 7 / Terminal Services RemoteApp

Please, show me a way to set up Windows 7 machine to use only one app (internet explorer) to access remotely from another machine - similar to TS RemoteApp, which is only for Windows Server platforms ...
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Suddenly all drive letters mapped and shown as disconnected

We're currently facing an issue where at some point between 12am & 5am every night all drive letters that weren't in use become mapped* and show up as disconnected on a Server 2008 R2 Terminal ...
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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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Outlook performance issues in Terminal Server/Remote Desktop Services when using cloud hosted Exchange

I'm not sure if this specific question has been asked, but I can't seem to find any viable solutions that are supported by Microsoft. We have an office that currently has a few Windows Server 2003 ...
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Windows Server 2012 Terminal Server Degrading Performance on User Session

We have a terminal server environment with about 40 users which is experiencing a curious performance issue: when a given user logs in initially, everything functions properly, once a particular user ...
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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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Connection remains active in RDP farm and profile disks don't load. Where to drop?

We have a server farm with a Domain Controller, Connection Broker, Gateway and several Terminal Servers. A user logs in to the RDP generated website and connects to the Gateway. Then starts the RDP ...
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TS Gateway Server - internal clients connect fine but external clients see error "server certificate has expired or has been revoked."

I have a GoDaddy SSL certificate installed on my Terminal Services Gateway server. I can successfully connect to terminal services computers through the TS Gateway when I'm on the LAN. However,if I ...
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How to find admin which logged off my RDP session

I recently discovered that since some days, someone often logs off my RDP session to our jump admin server when I have disconnected my session (which then terminates any long-running task I may have ...
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Intermittent Excel issue of "file locked for editing" not showing when it should

Current setup: 3 app servers (2008 r2, terminal services XenApp 6.5), 2 file servers (2008 r2). Situation: user1 opens up an excel file that is on server1 and starts to work. user2 goes to open ...
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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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RDWeb TS connection broken for some users post RemoteApp certificate change

We recently reissued our GoDaddy wildcard cert with the SHA256 signing algorithm (FYI they still revoke the old cert in 72 hours even if you don't re-key it, so you should re-key anyway). We use this ...
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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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Automatic start of a WebSphere Windows service

I have tried all the solutions I have found in Google and StackOverflow to auto start a Windows service. Here's my problem: I have registered my WebSphere application server instance as a service. I'm ...
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Disable File Browsing Chrome/Firefox

Want to publish Firefox or Chrome in a XenApp/RDS environment. However, I can't find any central way to disable file browsing (ie. type c:\ in address bar). In fact, I can't find any great way in ...
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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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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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Automatically connect duplicate Windows RDP users to an existing, shared session?

When a new Remote Desktop client connects to an RD server with a username that's already connected, Remote Desktop Services normally does one of two things: Disconnect the previous remote, and ...
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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 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? The ...
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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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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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Is there a way to disable the disconnect message in RDP?

Is there a way to disable the disconnect message in RDP? This is the message I am asking about: Does anyone know if this is possible?
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RDP session is closed when loggin in locally

I want to use the session of the local administrator through RDP. Sometime when I connect trought RDP, all programs that were open in locally are closed and the session is completely new. I just ...
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How to check if given Windows session is shadowed?

Assume the following scenario: I log on terminal server with RDP. Another users connects to my session with "mstsc.exe /shadow:" command. I get the message to confirm this access, and I agree. Then, ...
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Windows Server 2016 Terminal Server GPO not setting Session Time Limits (as per QuickSessionCollection Properties)

I have a Windows Server 2016 terminal server with a GPO applied to limit idle sessions and disconnect times. RSOP shows [Computer Configuration/Policies/Administrative Templates/Windows Components/...
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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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Oracle SQL Developer usage tracking over Windows Terminal Server (wts)

The Oracle SQL Developer contains a usage tracking module. When you start the application the first time, it asks you whether you want to sent statistics to oracle or not. In a Windows Terminal Server ...
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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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Terminal Server HKLM registry new key not visible for users

I need to add a new key on HKLM registry for all of my RD Host cluster. I tried to add manually the key with an administrator account and it's fine. But when I login with a normal user these key does ...
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TS 2008 - Remote session - Black screen on logon

2 out of 8 sites have reported not been able to connect to the network this morning, everybody excluding head office use terminal services, i have 2 2008 servers in a pool/farm. My network Cisco and ...
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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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Windows 7 multiple RDP session isn't working

It was working for long time and suddenly it stopped accepting multiple users. I'm not sure how to debug the issue. termsrv.dll version is 6.1.7601.24234 and it is as same as another VM which is 2008 ...
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Windows 10 client does not get a temporary CAL form Win 2k3 TS

tl;dr; Windows 10 client is not getting issued a temporary CAL to connect to a Win2k3 TS. Details Win2k3 Terminal Server, Per Device CAL mode No available CAL's atm, I expect it to issue a temporary ...
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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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2012 rds 2016 domain controller

So we have a few 2012 R2 Terminal Servers at my company that were working fine until we started the process of replacing our Domain Controllers with new Windows 2016 Servers. Since then our users are ...
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Do GPO login scripts run in remote desktop / terminal services sessions?

I've created a login script that fires up a quick data collection task for our network inventory software. However, we have a couple 2008 servers that run Terminal Services, and a high number of users ...
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Change IP of RDP server for thin clients on Windows domain

I have some HP thin clients in user-mode at a remote site set to use the wrong RDP server, how or what do I change in order to get them to use the new IP? I am remote with no smart hands onsite but ...
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Unable to remove "Run this program as an administrator" (greyed out) with Excel 2010

I have issue with one of the user in Terminal Server 2008 R2 who has "Run this program as an administrator" checked and greyed out with Excel 2010. This causes UAC to popup requesting for ...
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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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What happens during Remote Desktop logon, and is there any logging?

Background We have a few applications on Windows 2008 R2 servers, presented via RemoteApp, via links from TS-Web. These apps have been running this way for years (~8 years I think). One of our users ...
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Enable RemoteFX USB redirection via Registry

I am trying to enable RemoteFX USB redirection on our thin clients which are not domain joined. Currently, if I use local group policy editor on one of the devices, and set the policy to enabled for ...

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