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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Allow only RemoteApp, not Remote Desktop
I found the following question, with a similar premise, however the answer to the question, was the question rephrased as a statement!
RemoteApp Prevent User from Running Remote Desktop
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SSH Tunnel for Remote Desktop via Intermediary Server Part II
I asked previously how to configure 2 SSH tunnels using an intermediary server in order to run Remote Desktop through them and I managed to make it work. Now, I'm trying to do the same, using the same ...
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Is there a seamless rdp mode for windows?
I'm connecting to several machines via rdp at once. Is it possible to somehow log into each machine once and then display all remote windows directly on my local desktop and taskbar so I can e.g. alt+...
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Remote assistance from Remote Desktop sessions: unable to control
Since Remote Control (aka Session Shadowing) is gone for good in Server 2012 Remote Desktop Session hosts, I am looking for a replacement to support users in a cross-domain environment.
Since Remote ...
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What options do I have to connect to a remote Windows server if RDP is broken?
What options do I have to connect to a remote Windows server if RDP is broken (unresponsive), I don't have console access, and the server isn't physically close?
On Linux, if VNC wasn't working, I ...
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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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Activate remote desktop
We switched to home office work because of quarantine and most users connect to RD over Windows RAS. Some Windows 7 and 10 desktops were used only locally, and RDP was not activated. Now we need to ...
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Windows Remote Desktop Client fails to connect with error code 0x4 [closed]
When I connect to my Windows 10 machine from my Mac via Microsoft Remote Desktop client v10 or from Windows I'm getting an error:
Your session ended because of an error. If this keeps happening, ...
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Remote desktop client: how to enlarge history list?
Anyone knows the setting (in registry perhaps) to enlarge the history list of the remote desktop client?
Thanks!
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Link servers to RD Licencing server
I have around 20 servers that are running at the moment, they are working on the 120 day RDP grace period.
I have now set up a server to act as the licencing server and connection broker.
All these ...
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Remote Desktop works only with old clients
All of our Windows 8.1 computers suddenly refuse Remote Desktop connections.
The problem is when we connect TO Windows 8.1
We don't have the problem when connecting to other Windows versions.
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Connecting to Remote Desktop using proxy and Remote Desktop Gateway?
I have setup a Remote Desktop Gateway server using Windows Server 2012 R2. I am using the Remote Desktop Gateway as an intermediary between to provide the remote desktop session over 443 since 3389 is ...
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"Preparing Paste Information" when copying files on server using RDP
I'm attempting to copy files from one server folder to another server folder over an RDP connection and this window pops up when I hit CTRL+C to copy the files:
There's only 12.5mb in 276 files and ...
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Detect who is logged on to remote Windows machines
How do you find out who is logged on to remote windows machines?
I'm using psloggedon at the moment, but it gives me only one computer at a time.
psloggeon \\172.21.0.5
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Remote desktop sessions - Unwanted automatic log off after period of time
I'm having an issue whenever I connect to any of our servers via RDP -
After a certain period of time, it seems to close these sessions, closing all the applications i had open etc...
This is ...
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Windows Server 2016 - Can't RDP with one specific user
This is a new Windows 2016 server. We have three users on it and two of them are able to login without issue. The third one, no matter what we've tried (except rebooting; trying to avoid that) is not ...
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Remote Desktop Network Level Authentication Not Supported
I'm running Windows XP Professional SP3 x86, trying to connect to a system with Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64.
Recently, I updated the Remote Desktop Connection software on the XP system in hopes of ...
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How to remote a single application, rather than the entire desktop
I would like to run an application on one Windows machine (2008 server preferably, but any platform is okay) and display the UI on another Windows workstation.
I'm not sure what blend of technologies ...
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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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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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Remote Desktop Mobile mangles barcodes coming from scanner
We have an application here using handhelds to scan barcodes. These handhelds are actually making a remote desktop session towards a server where the application runs. Works fine.
Now we have bought ...
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Delegate session management on RemoteApp 2012
We've built a rather large RemoteApp environment on 2012 R2, fully patched. Everything is working fine, so now comes the time to offshore and delegate tasks to the first line team.
We would like to ...
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How do I find out which remote desktop sessions are active?
How do I find out which remote desktop sessions are active on a Windows Server 2003 box?
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Logging in with local admin account after joining domain
I was under the impression that once you joined a domain that the local admin account would be disabled. I did the following in Azure:
Created Windows Server 2012 R2 instance and promoted to domain ...
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Ideal settings for rdesktop?
For connecting to a Windows 7 virtual machine on a LAN, what would be the ideal settings to specify when using rdesktop in linux so that it feels as close as possible to using a regular Windows 7 ...
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How do I disable remote printers using group policy
When I configure a new remote desktop connection to connect to servers I often forget to uncheck the option inside of local devices and resources for remote printers. This creates exceptions in the ...
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Can I attach NX to an existing X session?
I run an NX server on my ubuntu work computer and use an NX client on my ubuntu home computer to work from home.
The problem with this set up is that I have to create a new X session whenever I do ...
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How can I force the 32-bit version of the remote desktop client to run on 64 bit Vista?
Normally it is quite easy to run the 32 bit version of a windows application from the command line, e.g. run window:
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Notepad.exe
You can tell that the process is 32-bit by ...
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Remote desktop certificate error - how to connect anyways?
I have a remote server that I can only access through RDP. It uses a proper SSL certificate from godaddy for RDP, not a self signed one. The server is 2008R2, and I believe is set to the default of ...
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Enable remote desktop on a machine remotely
Many times i am trying to connect to another machine, but realize when I'm connecting that Remote Desktop is not enabled on the target computer.
How does one enable remote destktop on the target ...
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How to specify to MSTSC which session to connect to?
I'm working on a project where I must do almost all of my work on a remote desktop. I also have to frequently connect and disconnect from the remote desktop because of the network configuration.
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Win7-Server2008 RDP connection hangs on "Securing Remote Connection" for 20-30 seconds
I have a problem that googling has turned up nothing, except this question on experts exchange which I borrowed most of the text from. :)
When I connect via Remote Desktop to a new Windows 2008 R2 ...
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Windows Events for Remote Desktop logon failure
According to ref the logon types 10 and 3 in windows events are represnting
Logon Type 10 = RemoteInteractive Logon
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Logon Type 3 = Network Logon
But when i tried to connect a Windows machine ...
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Using Administrator Credentials to login as a User to Their Desktop [duplicate]
Other than memorizing and documenting each user's credentials, is there way that I can use the Windows Domain Administrator credentials to login to a workstation-user's desktop as if I were them?
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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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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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What's the sense in having RemoteDesktopUsers without "log on through Remote Desktop Services" privilege? [closed]
Recently Microsoft changed the default policies in Windows Azure Guest OSs (Windows 2008, Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 2012). One of the changes is that now only members of Administrators group have "...
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Does windows Remote Desktop have any protection against brute force attacks?
If I were to have a server (Windows Server 2008) out on the internet that is allowed Remote Desktop connections, is there anything to stop random people from trying brute-force Username/password ...
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Disable remote session timeout on Win Server 2012 R2
For botting purposes, I have to keep my Win Server 2012 R2 running without logging-off after I disconnect from Remote Session.
Found information about it here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/...
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How to prevent Windows 7 Remote Desktop time outs?
I can't seem to get some Windows 7 machines to prevent active but idle Remote Desktop connections from timing out.
I've changed all of the local group policy settings on my test machine under
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What are the hotkeys for mstsc.exe?
For example, what are the shortcut key commands to minimize and maximize the remote window within the local machine desktop after a connection via mstsc is established.
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Remote Desktop: multiple users viewing same desktop session
Is it possible to have two people view the same remote desktop?
That is, both people log in using the same user account and they see the same desktop session.
The intention is for collaboration / ...
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Can someone explain how NX works?
I can't seem to find much about how the NX protocol actually works. I have heard it does something with sending X11 commands. But does this mean that the listening clients need to have an x server to ...
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Boot to remote desktop
I'm trying to find out what existing options there are out there to boot a machine into a remote desktop (RDP). Ideally the user would have a USB key and just plug it into the machine and boot via it ...
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Windows remote desktop service running, but not listening on port 3389
I just downloaded and installed Hyper-V Server 2019 from Microsoft Evaluation Center (version: 1809/10.0.17763.1).
Now I'm not able to connect to this machine (which I named hypervserver) using remote ...
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Remote 3D-accelerated OpenGL apps from Windows server
Is there any solution that will you allow you to run GPU-accelerated OpenGL applications remotely, given:
The remote machine is a Microsoft Windows server
There is a 3D graphics card in the remote ...
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One Active Directory, Multiple Remote Desktop Services (Server 2012 solution)
What I am trying to do is quite complex, so I figured I'd throw it out to a wider audience to see if anyone can find a flaw. What I am trying to do (as an MSP/VAR) is design a solution that will give ...
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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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Best practices for remote GUI access to ubuntu server
I would like to get an overview of available solutions for having a remote GUI access to ubuntu server:
-do you recommend installing a basic GUI then administrating over VNC?
-is X11 forwarding a good ...
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RDP - Remote Desktop disconnected, Error 2308 socket closed
Trying to RDP to a server I get this:
Error Code: 2308 Error Description: Socket closed
I see this on some of my Windows 2003 servers after reboots. Not every reboot, mind you. Usually after Windows ...
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