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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Stop users logging into Terminal Server via internet
Currently we have a SBS Server, and a Terminal Server (both 2008R2) where users locally and remotely login to the Terminal Server, and work.
We need to restrict the ability to login remotely to only ...
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How to synchronize applications between two terminal-service servers?
We have two terminal-service server and we use Network Load Balancing (NLB) to cluster this two terminal-service servers together.
We need to have the same applications installed on the two servers, ...
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Isolate multiple Terminal Server Sessions of the same user account
I have to publish a single application via RDP to anonymous users. The server(s) are Windows 2008 R2 and the user connection is handled using Ericom's WebConnect Solution. Which does not change much - ...
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Terminal server - disconnect possible if no client activity, but file transfer
We are testing a file transfer script that is started through a client session on a terminal server - the client is Ubuntu rdesktop. What we find is that the session is disconnected after a while, ...
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Windows Server 2003- RDP functionality after removing Terminal Server temporary CALs
I recently configured Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services for a client. The 90 day trial CAL period is about to expire, and my client has decided that he's too cheap to purchase CALs. He wants to ...
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I want a user to see a shortcut on their desktop only when they log into a virtual terminal session
We have a set of Windows Virtual Terminal servers, with some connecting to them via PCs (allowing them to see their roaming profile desktops on the PC's desktop, and on their VTS desktops) and some ...
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Server 2008 Domain Setup. Users or Rooms
I'm currently setting up a Server 2008 domain for one of my clients. The client has requested that some of the Thin-Clients being used to connect to the domain are setup in certain rooms and logged in ...
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Is it possible to ensure that multiple applications run in the same terminal server session using RemoteApp?
We are interested in implementing RemoteApp on Windows 2008 R2 to serve out a few programs.
Since the developers use shared memory to pass messages between processes, it is necessary that we provide ...
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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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XP Remote Desktop not passing save credentials to server
I have XP clients whereby I am setting up some remote desktop connections and saving the credentials and shortcut on the desktop. When the user double-clicks the shortcut, the connection is made to ...
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How do I hide Administrative Tools on Windows Server 2008 R2 using group-policy?
We're locking down our terminal server machine for remote desktop users and can't seem to find how to hide Administrative Tools from the Start Menu for remote desktop users.
thank you!
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Running a Linux terminal server (multi-user) which is compatible with Microsoft Terminal Services Client
My situation is that I have a VPS that I have recently purchased just to tinker with (through Linode, if that matters) and I would like to setup a 2-3 user Terminal Server compatible with the windows ...
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Unable to change the Terminal Services Configuration as DOMAIN Admin from local console?
how to make the necessary changes in
tscc - [Terminal Services Configuration\Connections]
RDP-Tcp Properties | Client Settings tab
Disable the following:
[v] Clipboard mapping (selected and disabled ...
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What's the most efficient way to set up an a remote desktop server with Linux?
I need my Windows users to have a remote desktop (via RDP or VNC, I suppose, or maybe there's something better) on a Linux server to run desktop applications (the most important of which is a Win32 ...
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Windows Server 2003 GPO Applied to only a few users?
How do I apply the policy:
Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows Components/Terminal Services/Client Server data redirection/Do not allow client printer redirection only to a few ...
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Is a Terminal Services CAL included in a thin client with Windows XP Embedded [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can you help me with my software licensing question?
Suppose you buy a thin client that you wish to use for citrix. Does the thin client include a TS cal. Is this standard or ...
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Terminal Services printing
We are using a hosted terminal server to run some applications on.
We have three users who connect to the server through RDP and try to print to a networked printer called: HP Photosmart C7280.
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Terminal Services - MS Access Frequently "Not Responding"
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We use a program built in MS Access that I serve via Terminal Services. I just installed a new TS Server with a Quad Core 2.6GHz Xeon, 8GB RAM, and 4 SATA drives in a RAID 0. In ...
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Server 2008 TS Licensing Diagnosis has not discovered any license servers
I have installed Terminal Services and Terminal Services Licensing on a 2008 SP2 Domain Controller. I have an Open License for Terminal Services and I have successfully Activated the Licensing server ...
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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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Create a chrome link that opens on multiple terminal servers
I've installed Chrome using the stand alone client and all users can see and access chrome. Now I'm trying to create a link and save it in a share for the end users to access.
I can only open the ...
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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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Using a master VMWware Player Image, allow each terminal server user to run a "copy" of that master, leaving the original unchanged
On my Windows 2012 terminal server I have a common account that maintenance people will login to, and I need each one of them to be able to then run an XP VM to run legacy software. I'd like to ...
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environment variable clientname scope on terminal server
I have a script that needs the CLIENTNAME environment variable, it runs on a terminal server.
I have a batch file for testing that contains:
set CLIENTNAME; pause
If I RDP as an admin:
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How to find out what is causing a terminal server to use all of the RAM?
I have 4 terminal servers (ie. Server1, Server2, Server3, Server4) in a cluster environment.
for some reason Server1 is always using up 90-100% of it's available RAM. The other servers are averaging ...
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Group Policy Preferences Printers: Server 2008R2 Error 0x80070bc4 does not set default printer after a printer has been created
Alright. After calling upon the almighty Google I have been unable to find a good solutions to this problem along with many other users. So I am turning to Server Fault for some support here.
I am in ...
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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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Home page set in GPO; users still seeing "Enhanced Security Configuration is not enabled" warning
When users open up IE on my terminal server, they are seeing the IE ESC warning instead of their home page:
Here's some of the relevant facts:
OS is Windows Server 2008 R2
Home page is specified in ...
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Terminal Server logon script on first logon only?
I'm currently building up a Windows Server 2008 R2 for use as a terminal server, and I'm looking for options on scripting. I know how I can attach logon scripts to the user in Active Directory, or to ...
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Windows Remote Desktop Cluster - can we force some users to a specific server?
Given an RDS cluster with NLB, users connect and login to one of the servers at random.
But there is one program that's only available on one of the servers (licensing reasons).
Can we force a group ...
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Installing 32-bit Access 2007 on a Terminal Server that already has 64-bit Office 2010 installed on it?
The users at my organization connect to a Terminal Server running Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard.
They use Outlook 2010 on their profiles when they log in, and for this reason 64-bit Office 2010 ...
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Terminal Session - Restric each user to one session is unstable to some user
I have enable - Restrict each user to one session in Window Server 2003 R2 Standard edition, which is my terminal Server.Please see the below screen, but sometime some user are able to take two ...
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Automatically log off idle Terminal Services users without using idle session limits?
We have a Remote Desktop Session Host that is accessed by Wyse Winterm 3150SE thin clients running Windows CE 5.0. The stations are open to the public, and are supposed to display our homepage when ...
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Performance of Citrix XenApp 6.0 vs just Windows 2008 R2 RDP
Did anyone notice any performance gain while using Remote Desktop via Citrix XenApp 6.0 vs just plain Terminal Services on Windows 2008 Server R2?
I understand that Citrix offers a lot of great ...
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Terminal Server on DC: When user closes his environment program there is no logoff, also no Remote Control
I installed Terminal Services on Windows 2003 DC, configured everything and successfully connected as a Terminal user from another ws.
I configured in AD Users and Computer under the 'Environment' ...
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Windows 2008 - printer redirection excludes
Anyone know if theres a way to exclude certain redirected printer queues from being created under windows 2008.
It seems to be all or nothing and I would like to be able to just exclude certain ...
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Windows Terminal Server: occasional memory violation for applications
On a virtualized (ESXi 4.1) Windows Server 2008 SP2 32-bit machine which is used as a terminal server, I occasionally (approximately 1-3 event log entries a day) see applications fail with an ...
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How to launch local system application from Remote Desktop Application (Windows 2008R2)
I'm new to using Remote Desktop Services on Windows server 2008 R2.
I'm trying to find out whether it's possible to fire up a local application [based on file extension?] on the local client when ...
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TS 2008 Per User CAL Report
I am having an issue with a Win7 machine rdping into a windows server 2008 std TS server.
I get the following error in the event log when I try logging in.
Event ID 1004 The terminal server
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Flash Plugin for Firefox on Terminal Server
I have 3 TS on Windows Server 2008. One of the user need to have Flash plug in on her Firefox. She could not install the plugin as she does not have administration access to do that on the TS.
My ...
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Terminal Server not respecting one association in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
I am running the Terminal Services role on Windows Server 2003. Yesterday, all users started experiencing a problem where double-clicking a PDF file opens it with the NTFS short name (8.3 format), so ...
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Slow open file dialog in Excel on Terminal Services 2008
Got a really frustrating problem with one of my clients systems. They regularly create Excel spreadsheets with loads of hyperlinks to other files in. Intermittently when they do this the open file ...
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Hide system tray icons - Terminal Server 2003
We just got a new backup device that installed a client on our Server 2003 Enterprise TS servers. I would like to hide this system tray icon from all users so they don't tinker around with it. The ...
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Terminal Services - RDP Printing
We are looking for a terminal server printing application to help fix our remote printing issue.
We looked at TSPrint from TerminalWorks but found it had a few bugs and so was not a complete solution....
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Automate the RDS SSL certificate configuration
I am trying to find a command-line tool or script that I can use to select which certificate my Windows 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Session Host (Terminal Server) will use. I have the certificate ...
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Closing a session on a Perle IOLAN
I am connecting to a serial port using a Perle IOLAN DS1.
I have noticed occasions when I have tried to log in and got an error message “line not available - press any key” which we think is due to ...
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SBS 2008 Standard + RemoteApps
I'm led to believe that installing a Terminal Server on a SBS 2008 Standard will not work correctly/or is not supported.
Is there anyway to make this work? We have 2 x SBS 2008 Standard servers and ...
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Terminal Server 2008 - Slow File open dialog in Office 2003
I have yet another small issue that annoys me everyday in our Terminal Server environment.
It seems when logging into Terminal Server users report the initial File | Open or File | Save As from ...
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Performance problems on RDC to our Terminal-Server Win2008 R2
we have a new win2008-R2 (2x Xeon X5570, 32GB RAM).
There I have installed the terminal-server roles, thats all OK.
Currently 5 users are working at this server, but all get a very low performance ...
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Server 2003 on domain wont let domain user have local profile
I have a few servers that are acting in this behavior, you log in and always get put into a temporary profile. The server is licensed for TS. The user I am testing with has local admin rights so it ...
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