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Remote Desktop Services login history
You can use a script to collect this information. Not as ideal/simple, but it will get the job done. Here is a Powershell script that should work on Windows 7/Server 2008r2 or higher (this code can ...
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RDP-ing or RDC-ing
Neither is 'Correct' per-say, but RDP-ing, is less incorrect.
FTP-ing, SCP-ing, The Protocol is used in slang more frequently and if you wanted to be consistent I would stick with that.
And if you ...
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How do i change Active Directory Password in Windows 2012 Terminal Server without Using CTRL ALT
Based on the above answers, you can create a shortcut to the following location (right click on Desktop>New>Shortcut)
explorer shell:::{2559a1f2-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}
It should also work if ...
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What did this do?
That command outputs a list of usernames on the system.
cut is a command used to process text according to columns.
-d: tells the command that columns are delimited by the : character.
-f1 tells the ...
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When is it okay to reboot a server?
Generally, if you have to ask then, yes, you need permission. Just because no one is currently logged in to a server doesn't mean the server isn't running a dependency for something more important or ...
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Remote Desktop failed logon event 4625 not logging IP address on 2008 Terminal Services server
In secpol.msc open Local Policies | Security Options set Network security: Restrict NTLM: Incoming NTLM traffic to Deny all accounts. This cannot be used with NLA but works with SSL (the SSL info icon ...
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Terminal Server not allowing users to log on
Had same issue and I've found that my user was in Deny log on through Remote Desktop Services policy (in Security Settings > Local Policies > User Rights Assignment). After I removed him from ...
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How do i change Active Directory Password in Windows 2012 Terminal Server without Using CTRL ALT
I always change it via On-Screen Keyboard.
Type OSK and launch the virtual keyboard.
Press CTRL + ALT and click on END with the mouse.
This will invoke a security screen, where you can change the ...
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Windows Terminal Server printer selection dialog delayed in Microsoft Office
How many of you have ever dealt with an issue where you just knew that
something was wrong with your print spooler but could not quite put a
finger on it? Maybe print jobs were slow, certain ...
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Windows Server 2016 Remote Desktop Services Starting program
According to Microsoft this is not a bug but rather a feature introduced with the changes to the Remote Connection Manager (RCM) in Windows Server 2016.
Quoting https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...
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How to override Policy setting for specific OU
That is a Computer setting, not a User setting. You can't filter it based on the user. It applies to all users logging onto that RDS server.
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Change linux shell
It sounds like your user is missing the skeleton files, the default .bashrc, .bash_profile etc. which are normally copied into a user's home directory from /etc/skel when a user is created. You can ...
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Windows Terminal Server printer selection dialog delayed in Microsoft Office
In case it helped, will write an answer with what we talked.
Please check Performance issues due to Inactive Terminal Server Ports
There are several issues that have been associated with a high ...
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Terminal Services Printer Redirection is causing problems: is there an alternative?
It doesn't sound like the application is meant to run in a multi-user environment (evidenced by the fact that it's storing configuration settings in Program Data), my suggestion would be to install ...
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Unable to logoff, disconnect, or reset terminal server user in production environment
I had the same issue in Windows Server 2016. The user was not able to login.
So I tried the following steps to disconnect the orphaned session:
on the CLI qwinsta lists all available sessions, ...
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Domain users unable to logon to remote desktop server
Did you add these users to the domain Remote Desktop Users group? If so, that's your problem. Members of the domain Remote Desktop Users group are not automatically members of the local Remote Desktop ...
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Geo-Availability Single Terminal Server Opinions
I assume you are referring to Azure RemoteApp which is an RDP service in azure as opposed to your own VM running terminal services. The only advantage you'll get by having RD RemoteApp in different ...
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Does Windows 2012 Terminal Server enforce a connection limit based on number of license CALs?
No, there is not a connection limit based on the number of User CALs. User CALs have traditionally not been enforced. Also, the license requirements do not factor in concurrency.
A User CAL is ...
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Disable multiple RDP sessions in windows server
Open gpedit.msc, then go to
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Remote Desktop Services > Remote Desktop Session Host > Connections.
Double click ...
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Windows 7 multiple RDP session isn't working
This is a licensing case. By default Windows 7 should not accept multiple inbound RDP conections at same time, if were, then had been cracked and license violated.
If you are aware of this violation, ...
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Unable to logoff, disconnect, or reset terminal server user in production environment
Locate the session ID with qwinsta.
Kill all processes under the session taskkill /FI "SESSION eq 1" /F, assuming the session ID you wanted to end returned from qwinsta was 1.
This worked on Server ...
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MS Terminal Server Blocking Website Access
When starting nslookup, typically it will immediately display the default DNS server. I would confirm the output is what you expect it to be. If it is and you aren't able to do lookups (DNS timeout, ...
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Web site works fine on Terminal server, but has problems as a RemoteApp
I found the answer. We have a generic IE group policy object that we use on terminal servers, and this particular terminal server has its own lockdown IE GPO (to prevent it from browsing the internet)...
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Using a computer with many COM ports as a low cost out of band solution?
You should use a router as a terminal server - that is the most appropriate and common way of accomplishing what you're attempting to do.
Buy this part #: CISCO2901-16TS/K9 (includes the router, ...
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Terminal Server and loopback address usage
A service or application listener can bind to only one unique combination of host address and port.
If a given program instance binds to a specific ip address and a specific port on a host to listen ...
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The Desktop Window Manager has exited with code (0x40010004)
This could be because of "Client Compatibility Settings". I had faced the same issue 10 mins ago after licensing my terminal server and this is how I fixed it.
Go to 'Remote Desktop Session Host ...
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Windows Terminal Server printer selection dialog delayed in Microsoft Office
This is an recurring issue when using horribly written print drivers. In this situation there was two suspects (which both are guilty); HP Universal Print Drivers and Konica Minolta Universal Driver.
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Automatically log in once Windows 2003 server starts
Run gpedit.msc
Under Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System, set "Display Shutdown Event Tracker" to "Not configured".
Run control userpasswords2
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Getting a working remote desktop server running on Ubuntu 14.04
OK - so I figured it out finally. As @gnur suggests, xrdp is the thing to use, but not right out of the box. It appears that the XRDP that comes with Ubuntu is old(ish), so:
XRDP must be built from ...
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What did this do?
man cut
-d: set : as the field delimiter
-f1 select field number 1
Selects the first field of /etc/passwd in other words print a list with user names...
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