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What is the latency threshold for running a Terminal Server (RDS) over the WAN?
I have several thousand folks around the globe that connect and use accounting / office software daily. As long as their response times are under 300ms we don't get complaints but ymmv.
As proof of ...
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What is the latency threshold for running a Terminal Server (RDS) over the WAN?
I feel like this is sort of subjective, as some users won't be happy unless the latency is just like a local desktop experience, and other users will be happy and not complain even if latency is 300ms....
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Remote desktop 'internal error' attepting connect after 'NSA' patches installed
The solution is basically here
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askpfeplat/2017/02/01/removing-self-signed-rdp-certificates/
This helped too:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/ie/en-...
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Remote Desktop event ID 20499. No noticeable issues
This will solve your problem:
In Registry Editor, locate and then click one of the following registry subkeys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services
Add DWORD ...
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What is the latency threshold for running a Terminal Server (RDS) over the WAN?
This question cannot be answered truly universally and objectively. The results really depend on the workload type and users' demands. Nothing can be better here than UX tests.
I often work remotely ...
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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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What is the latency threshold for running a Terminal Server (RDS) over the WAN?
Sub-100-ms latency is likely not going to be a problem unless your customers are gaming over this network. But you might run out of bandwidth in certain, graphics-intensive applications (especially ...
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RDP: Remote app does not encapsulate traffic when connecting via remote desktop gateway server
The setting:
gatewayusagemethod:i:2
Is likely not appropriate for this service.
That corresponds to the setting "Bypass RD Gateway server for local addresses".
The third-party company ...
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RDP Remote apps - can they share a single session?
I suppose that's the default, but it can be controlled with a .rdp setting (not available in GUI).
disableconnectionsharing:i:0
Determines whether a new Terminal Server session is started with ...
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Remote Desktop event ID 20499. No noticeable issues
Apparently this can be triggered by using mRemote / Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RCDMan 2.2) or similar software.
The fix is to set TaskOffload = Disabled using Set-NetOffloadGlobalSetting
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How can an Administrator Discreetly View a Remote Desktop User's Session?
Just found an answer for this and tested it. I Hope it will help someone else. Here is part taken from the Source.
[...]
Type quser.exe to determine the session number of the user session you want to ...
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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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Installing software for server only on terminal server
Did you develop your server.exe as an actual Windows Service? Or is it just an executable that expects to be run in an interactive console session?
If it's the latter, you're "doing it wrong" as they ...
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Remote Desktop Services (2008) allows everyone in
Have you considered using the Remote Desktop Users local group on the server? You can modify it with a group policy.
One way to add users/groups to Remote Desktop Users manually is (explained in ...
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Remote Desktop: What is the difference between "Run these programs at logon" and "Start the following program on connection"?
Each new connection to an RDS session is not necessarily a new logon. Users will often reconnect to an existing session.
You can get close by configuring sessions to log off after a certain amount ...
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How Can I Pass a Variable Parameter to A Windows RemoteApp?
You have a couple of options:
Edit RDP File programmatically (See Is there a way to change command-line arguments in a signed RDP file?)
Use a file association
Use the /REMOTECMDLINE parameter of ...
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Terminal Server 2016 RemoteApp Create Windows Installer Package
This feature has not been available since Server 2012. It may be inconvenient, but there are other, possibly better ways to accomplish the same functionality.
See this extended discussion here: https:...
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2012 rds 2016 domain controller
We opened a ticket with MS support on this. They had us add this registry on the Windows 2016 DC's and it resolved the issue.
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
add the value
...
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Do GPO login scripts run in remote desktop / terminal services sessions?
Just check the domain of the user account before login and exit the script if it is not the same as the server name.
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Having an issue with Remote Desktop Services Gateway from external
Posting this just in case anyone runs into this issue with a terminal services setup in AWS behind an Elastic Load Balancer.
Our resolution was to disable SSL termination on the ELB, so instead of ...
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Remote Desktop Services (2008) allows everyone in
I figured out the problem. Of course, this is a server I inherited with little information as to how it got into this configuration.
Under the Local Security Policy, "Administrators" was inside Allow ...
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Group Policy Deployed Printers Not Creating
This sounds like it could be related to a recent Microsoft update:
MS16-072: Security update for Group Policy: June 14, 2016
This update fundamentally changes how GPOs are applied. The cause is ...
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Automatic start of a WebSphere Windows service
There are two processes involved, the service process (wasservice.exe) and the WebSphere server process (java.exe). Recovery methods depend on which process is being killed. If the WebSphere process ...
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Automatic start of a WebSphere Windows service
You need a manager service working like websphere node agent. You can write a script about checking status of application server service in a fixed time interval. Then install script as a windows ...
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Automatic start of a WebSphere Windows service
The "Automatic" setting for Windows services will simply start the service when the computer starts up. It doesn't keep track of all services and restart them should they stop on their own. You'd need ...
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Windows Server 2008 RDP-TCP Certificate keeps going back to Auto generated
I know this is an old thread, but I was able to get the RDP Host Configuration manager to keep the SSL certificate by making it "exportable" when I imported it into IIS.
Just FYI.
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External FQDN for RDS server? or sub-domain?
You need to configure your nameserver/s that is/are responsible for the aaa.com domain and add an A record there. It doesn't have to be your hosting provider, may be that's why they can't help you ...
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Change IP of RDP server for thin clients on Windows domain
It depends on your model. Like a Wyse terminal, you can deploy an .ini via FTP, and push by DHCP where to get it.
Network Mode (Stateless) FTP/DHCP server and profile setup
This
section ...
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Need to setup depend services of tomcat and mysql
Try
sc config tomcat6 depend= mysql
Note the space after depend=
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TS Easy Print on specific driver
Nevermind I fixed it. Luckily I have another Terminal Server with the same setup but this one had a different driver version on it. I took the ini file and copied it to the trouble server and ...
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