Questions tagged [terminal-server]
a device that terminates serial connections and provides a way for those terminals to connect to services across the network. Terminal servers can also connect modems to the network providing for PPP service aka dial-up Internet.
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Only able to search using UNC example: \\server\folder (Windows Server 2019)
I've had this weird issue where all users that are on a terminal server cannot search when going directly to the directory (example: D:\Shared\Folder shows 0 results). If they visit the same directory ...
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Uninstall Remote Desktop Session Host
I want to remove the Remote Desktop Session Host on a new VM that was installed as part of a test script to take a vanilla VM to a Terminal Server. However, upon uninstalling the above I wasn't unable ...
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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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Prevent Users from installing Windows Updates on Terminal Server
I'm trying to manage a RDS environment running Windows Server 2016. It's been noticed that Users logged into the terminal server receive prompts for and are able to install Windows Updates. The ...
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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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Windows Remote Desktop Printer Redirection is only showing SOME printers
I'm currently having a problem that Printer Redirection over Remote Desktop is only working for SOME printers.
Things that I tried and didnt work:
Restarting the Printer Spooler service
Restarting ...
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applying a GPO to all users for a specific server
first time writer here.
My situation is as follows:
we have an active directory, that is more or less organized. All users are in a single OU, and working on a Terminalserver (WINS 2012R2), lets call ...
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Remote Desktop Session Black after Minimize
PROBLEM: When I minimize a remote desktop session and restore it, the remote desktop screen shows up black. This only happens when connecting to a particular computer.
DETAILS: If I start clicking ...
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error installing php dependencies on ubuntu
I have a vps with linux ubuntu 20.04 LTS installed, I also installed the lamp stack to upload my web projects, php with version 7.4, now I need to install some more php libraries for example: php-gd ...
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GPO Printer Share - Terminal Server is added printer multiple times
I have created a GPO for some of our users to roll out the printer (the same printer with different settings):
The printer is also assigned to the user accordingly, as you can see here on the TS:
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Microsoft Outlook freeze for users on terminal server - Exchange 2013 in-house
This has been ongoing for about six months. Microsoft Support is also clueless.
Periodically (aprox. twice a day [two different users]), Outlook will freeze on a customer's terminal server session, ...
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RemoteApp duplicate Session
We have implemented RemoteApp on Windows 2008 R2 to serve out a few programs,everything work fine except one issue,when a user connects to Server a new session opens and a instance of application runs ...
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MS server 2016 terminal gets freezes during user login with profiles disk
We have Hypervisor and there are a few vms, one of them is MS server 2016 with last updates as terminal server. We use profiles disk for users. Lately we started to get enormous freezes at this ...
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User profiles as VHDX files - paging operation errors
Hello we have this terminal server on w2k12. Users login and have their profile mounted as virtual disk from VHDX file with filename like this C:\Users\Public\Documents\RDS_UserProfileDisks\UVHD-S-1-5-...
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Skype call via RDP on terminal server - Windows Server 2003
I tried calling with Skype on terminal server on Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2. I enable sound over RDP with a Windows Server 2003 virtual machine. (Link)
I used the latest Skype but I have problem with ...
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Terminal Services Licensing Server Does Not Hand Out Available CALs (Error 22)
We have a TSLS (2008 SP2, not R2) issuing both 2003 and 2008 Per Device CALs. I have no Issues with the 2008 CALs. It has 5 or so batches of 2003 CALs, and hands out some (group A), but not others (...
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Terminal server without audio card. Is virtual sound over rdp connections possible?
I have a terminal server that is windows 2016. When I open sound in the botton right, it states that there are no devices that support sound (device manager doesn't show anything for sound either).
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How to force all traffic for a Linux user group on one interface
We are running a Linux Mint 20.2 terminal server using ThinLinc's Remote Desktop. A bit unconventionally, we set the primary group for all users as either 'staff' or 'students.' We need to give the '...
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User profile disks getting slower and slower causing crashes
since this morning I'm encountering wacky problems on my terminal server. I use user profile disks and they are getting slower and slower the longer the user session is. After 30 minutes it is so slow ...
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Unable to logoff, disconnect, or reset terminal server user in production environment
I'm looking for some ideas on how to disconnect, logoff, or reset a user's session in a 2008 Terminal Server (unable to login as the user either as it is completely locked-up). This is a production ...
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System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate. ( Openvpn )
I'm pretty new to Linux and i'm still learning the ropes of it.
I tried starting the openvpn service using both "systemd start openvpn@server" and "sudo systemctl start openvpn@server&...
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Windows Server 2012 - Force Terminaluser to logoff
We provide several Remote Desktop Services (RDS) and one of the connected user can't start any RDS anymore. How can I force logoff of that user?
What I already tried:
I tried logging in as domain ...
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How to log the IP that connects from outside of company to terminal server?
We have users RDP to company's terminal servers. Is there a way that I can track the ip address outside of company where users connect from?
I know there are logs avaliable under under terminal ...
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How can I link Domain users with Local users for Terminal Server connections
I have a strange setup. I have a terminal server with local users to that Terminal Server. The Terminal server is on the domain The program that is being accessed, can't get Domain users, so we are ...
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Launch local apps from a remote desktop session?
We have users connect to a Windows Server 2003 terminal server using XP's stock Remote Desktop client. Web browsing is disabled on the terminal server; users are instructed to use their local web ...
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Send Specific Shortcut Keys from RDP Window to Local Machine
We have software installed on our Fat Clients that runs in the background (tray application) and detects a key combination to be activated.
When our users have an RDP window open full screen the key ...
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Windows Terminal Server Standalone Security
I have a Windows Server Terminal 2019 and its running as
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Its running on a VM in the cloud and is reachable through public IP.
I dont want (cannot) build up a firewall in a ...
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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 Admin Disabled after Terminal Services Enabled
I have a windows 2003 standard server that we've always used the Remote Desktop Admin (max 2 sessions). Yesterday, I enabled terminal services on the server, to look into expanding that max sessions.
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Change linux shell
On my Centos7 Server I have different shells for my users.
For example the terminal as root looks like:
[root@hostname www]#.
The terminal as a different user looks like bash-4.2$.
If I type echo $0 ...
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How to stop brute force attacks on Terminal Server (Win2008R2)?
I'm more familiar with Linux tools to stop brute force attacks, so I'm having trouble finding suitable tools for Windows. I'm running a Windows Server 2008 R2 with Terminal Server, and I'd like to ...
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Windows 2016 Server - Start Menu Layout - Get-StartApps - Different APPID's
In our Windows Server 2016 Terminal Server Farm I tried to make a default start layout. After some research, it finally works how I want it to.
However, I have a question about the different kind of ...
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Session Broker and Direct RDP Connections
So newer to managing RDS2012 along with using the MS RDS Web Interface.
Can users just RDP directly to the session hosts like previous TS?
If not, what happens when the broker is down?
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Windows Installer: The system cannot open the device or file specified
I downloaded as Administrator in Chrome an installer .msi file [Citrix XenCenter Management; so it's not an exotic program] on a Windows Server 2012 R2 into a drive F: which is hosted on the SBS and ...
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Remote Desktop Client toolbar default to pinned
One of our remote desktop client users likes to have the title bar always displayed. She used to be able to click the "tack" and pin the title bar down. However, the system is no longer remembering ...
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Remote Desktop Services role - Do I need it in order to use MSTSC (RDP/RDC) in my domain?
Greetings and thanks for reading (apologies for the length).
I'm a new Sys Admin and I have a (potentially silly) question for the more seasoned veterans. I'm migrating our primary Domain Controller ...
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Do I need to install active directory on am RDS terminal server?
I am trying to configure a test RDS terminal Windows Server 2012 as a member server to domain controller 2012 that has active directory installed and running on the domain controller.
Do I need to ...
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Re-Posting this - Terminal Server - Group Policy prevent command line [2] [duplicate]
The actual post was here but it was an old thread and I couldn't find an answer online or with the infrastructure guys from my company as most of them already left.
I have a Windows 2008 Terminal ...
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Terminal Server not allowing users to log on
We use 4x Terminal Servers that allow users to log on correctly, but a newly added 5th TS is only allowing Admins to log on.
When trying to log on as a user who is not in the built-in 'Administrators'...
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COM port redirect wont show up on Windows Server 2012 R2
I can't get serial COM port devices to show up on Windows Server 2012 R2 via RDP.
I am having no issue with redirected printers, but when it comes to serial COM devices, they just wont show up.
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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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Install MS Office on Windows Server 2008 - in support of Quickbooks RemoteApp
How can I install MS Office on Windows Server 2008? The purpose would be to enable Quickbooks to be able to export to Excel.
Quickbooks is set up to run as a RemoteApp in a Terminal Server ...
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Disabling roaming profiles on a single server in a network
I want to disable the roaming profiles on a single server which is used as a terminal and RemoteApp server. This option should be applied to all users in the active directory.
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Black Areas on Remote Desktop - Dell WYSE
my issue is quite similar to this post:
MSTSC: Black Areas on Remote Desktop
We have multiple users with Dell WYSE 3040 thinclients having the issue of black squares appearing on their display while ...
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Change a password screen script
I am currently trying to make a script that calls the "Change a password" screen without hitting Ctrl+Alt+Delete/End. The problem is we have people in the field using all different keyboard layouts ...
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Disable multiple RDP sessions in windows server
By default windows will allow two RDP sessions. I need to disable two session operation & allow only one session to access the windows server.
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Performance Profiling for Firefox on Terminal Server
I have a problem with high CPU load, caused by Firefox (60.6.2 ESR) sessions on a Windows Server 2016 Terminal Server I'm maintaining.
However, in Windows Task manager, I can only see the firefox ...
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Multiple failed logon event on terminal server
I'm encountering multiple failed logon events '4625' on my Windows terminal server.
I was quite sure this was due to RDP access from outside. I have closed RDP access from outside but I'm still ...
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Certificate issue with RemoteApp on Server 2008
I am trying to set up a proof-of-concept demo for deploying applications via RemoteApp, the application-streaming-over-RDP stuff in Windows Server 2008.
The TS Gateway server (call it srv-web) and ...
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