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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To VDI or not? Having a central desktop for a group of old computers
I'm planning to work on a contract with a nonprofit organization that supports low-income areas in the South-east Washington D.C. area with computers as a community service so that people can use the ...
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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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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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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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How do you fix Terminal Server when users are unable to surf to HTTPS websites?
One of the Terminal Servers has been plagued by an unusual HTTPS issue. After enough users have logged in and logged out, eventually users can no longer load HTTPS websites. It seems to only affect ...
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Recommended Tool/Script to test Remote Desktop Performance?
Can anyone recommend a tool to test Remote Desktop performance in Windows? Windows 7-based, both client and "server". We are making changes to network, client and server and would like to assess the ...
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Load balancing inconsistencies & AD server causing network crawl
We've configured a TS load balancing farm consisting of the Active Directory server which acts as the TS Broker and 6 Terminal Servers who are members of the farm. The load balancing is set to basic ...
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getting message open file security warning on remoteapp
I have an app published on Windows 2008R2 remoteapp.
I am getting this message:
This is how I have the setup of the drive:
Local rdp machine is called rdpvm.
//rdpvm/shared/company1 = i:
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terminal server logs off immediately after login
Windows 2003 Data Center edition, member of a domain. 1 user out of over 30 is unable to log in: it logs him off before ever showing the desktop.
Previously, I deleted his profile and then he was ...
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Under CITRIX, why would a user get the message "your smart card is blocked", when it really isn't?
I have a XenApp 5 farm, running under Win2k8 server. Sometimes a user's session will "hang", and when they attempt to connect to CITRIX after that, they'll see the standard authentication error "your ...
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Installing a personal security certificate for Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services user
We use StoneEdge Order Manager, which runs under Microsoft Access, on several Windows computers as well as through Terminal Services on Windows Server 2008. Terminal Services users are unable to ...
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How to disable Windows Server 2003 terminal server PIN login without losing smart card support?
The users of a Windows Server 2003 terminal server should be able to use their national identity card (a smart card) inside the terminal session. This requires the Remote Desktop Connection's [x] ...
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RD Gateway to connect to windows 2000 terminal server
We have a legacy product that end users access by connecting to a windows 2000 terminal server on our premises. To circumvent corporate firewall issues on the end user side, we have a Citrix ...
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Upgraded domain controller from Win 2k to Win 2k8r2 and need to move Terminal Server into new domain
For a number of reasons, I have created a new, separate domain in my organization in Windows Server 2008 R2. I have a Terminal Server machine that also hosts the TS License Server that I need to ...
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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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Getting an Intermittent Error through Windows Terminal Server: "Because of an error in data encryption this session will end"
I have a user who is getting this error Intermittently from a terminal server session through windows 2003: "Because of an error in data encryption, this session will end". Any idea why this is ...
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How to control which programs are viewable & accessible via Terminal Services?
I know I can control access to programs in Terminal Services (TS) via 'Software Restriction Policies.' But is there a way to show only the programs relevant (i.e. accessible) to the TS user -- ...
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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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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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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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Windows 10 client does not get a temporary CAL form Win 2k3 TS
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Windows 10 client is not getting issued a temporary CAL to connect to a Win2k3 TS.
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Win2k3 Terminal Server, Per Device CAL mode
No available CAL's atm, I expect it to issue a temporary ...
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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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migrate local profiles to UPD
We have a farm of RDSH servers, that are currently using local profiles. I would like to migrate them to UPD, ( User profile disks). Not too sure on how to copy data from local profile of some 40 ...
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How to lock down local server account while permitting Remote Desktop in Windows 2008 SP2 and run scheduled task?
I have a user who needs to run one scheduled task on a Windows 2008 SP2 server. The user does not have domain access. So, I'm creating a local server account. This user needs to be able to RDP into ...
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Outlook timeout on an RDS Session
We are using a remote hosted Terminal Services Server with individual RDS Sessions for our Users.
Emails work fine during use, but if they leave their system for about an hour and go back to Outlook ...
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Audit what version of Remote Desktop users are using
we're trying to find out if there's any specific way to audit what version of remote desktop users are connecting with to a terminal server. You can find the version number manually by right clicking ...
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Symptom - high cpu for termsvcs and everything is extremly slow - Win2k12 server running on open stack
I'm setting up win2k12r2 server on openstack but after using the server for a little while it becomes unusable. It is barely possible to move a window (e.g. the resource monitor window).
The CPU sage ...
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RDSH 2012 R2 Printers Duplicating And Cannot Be Removed
I have a Windows 2012 R2 RDS Server farm and printers deployed via a VBS Script i.e.
Dim objNetwork
Set objNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
objNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\...
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How to restrict access to local resources with RDS
I've got a RDS setup on Windows server 2012 and I am trying to stop all access to local resources. I've managed to lock down unc network shares i.e \\someserver\myshare and clipboard etc has been ...
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Issue with users logging onto terminal server
We have a certain number of users who cannot login on the TS server we have running here. When connecting the server says Please wait for user profile service, loading desktop and then goes straight ...
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Outlook 2007 can't logon to Exchange 2010
There is a bizzare problem with one, specific user.
Server: Windows 2003 TS,
Outlook 2007 SP3
Exchange 2010 SP1
There was a user, let's say User01 with Exchange Mailbox. For some reason (unrelated ...
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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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Disable Clipboard Mapping for RDP VPN Users
On Windows, Terminal Services configuration allows you to enable or disable 'Clipboard Mapping' for RDP.
However, is it possible to selectively enable or disable this? i.e. If I want to enable ...
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Can't save credentials in Remote Desktop connection file
I have a saved .RDP file for a connection to another computer, if I check the box to "Remember my credentials" the connection attempt is immediately rejected and the authentication box pops back up ...
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Enabling printing feature within the Terminal Server environment that is published to the internet?
I got the home and remote office users connect to the Terminal Server on my Windows Server 2003 that I published securely through Juniper SSL VPN client applet, they use normal internet connection to ...
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manage terminal services sessions without providing login rights
I would like to provide some users to manage terminal services sessions on Windows Server 2008 RDS farm. However I do not want to provide these users with rights to login to the server or any ...
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Windows 2003 TS sessions freeze one second after logging in
We have a Windows 2003 TS server, and when I log in 90% of the time the session immediately freezes after about a second. The mouse pointer appears to move, but windows are sometimes partially drawn, ...
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Windows SBS 2008 user unable to RDP in even though it is in the correct groups
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A user was accidentally deleted from a Windows SBS 2008 server running Active Directory and we have been unable to grant it RDP rights - the error message states that the account needs to be ...
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Slow printing using Windows Server 2008 easyprint, Lexmark example
Morning,
We're currently in a project of moving a big customer (~300 users) from a Server 2003 terminal server environment to a 2008 to get around Tricerat licenses and some other old software.
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Printer Loading on Terminal Services - Server 2008
We have a problem with one of our clients where the default printer he uses isn't loaded by the time the app that he uses over terminal services is launched. If you check again a minute later the ...
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Terminal Server Install -- Add/Remove Program Message on NonAdministrator Machines
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My company uses terminal services for one of our remote offices. Data is kept on a different server. OS is Windows Server 2003. Last week, they needed to purchase a program and ...
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HP Officejet 4500 G510n-z Not Showing up in Remote Desktop (Terminal Services)
I installed this printer on a windows XP machine. First using the wireless option, and later using USB.
In both cases when I connect to my other computer (also Windows XP) via terminal services and ...
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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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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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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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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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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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can server 2012 R2 be used in server 2008 R2 terminal server farm
I have currently have 3 server 2008 R2 servers forming a server farm with a separate server 2008 R2 session broker.
I am familiar with adding servers to the farm using active directory and joining ...
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Terminal Server 2008 Closing All Applications Immediately Upon Opening
I've got a terminal server that one user is having problems with. Everyone else seems to work just fine. When this user tries to open any application, it closes immediately. This is ALL applications. ...
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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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