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rdp is Remote Desktop Protocol, used by Windows to view and control other Windows systems

RDP allows remote windows users to view and interact with a remote windows server as if they were sitting at that server's desktop.

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RDP works on wired connection, but it gets stuck on "estimating connection quality" over WIFI

I'm trying to connect to a Windows Server 2012 R2 using RDP. It works fine using the ethernet cable, but it gets stuck on "estimating connection quality" if I try to connect using WIFI. The WIFI router gives me access to the exact same network the…
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RDP successful but RPC server unavailable error for QWINSTA

I am using Windows 7 machine as a client. The server is a Windows Server 2008 machine. When I access the server using Remote Desktop Application (mstsc), it is successfully connected. But when I execute the following command in command prompt, I get…
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How to diagnose RDP with commandline?

I have a server with 1and1 and they have given up trying to restore RDP access (not trying at all) and told me to re-image the server. As this is a production machine, I'd like to avoid this since it would involve a slow FTP restoration, and I'm not…
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Remote desktop client cannot find the remote computer

The Remote Desktop client on Windows XP x64 (SP2) sometimes gets into a state where it can't find certain remote computers by name. For instance: dc.example.local = 10.123.0.27 Attempting to RDP to dc.example.local yields the error message: This…
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Keyboard shortcut for "Use another account" in RDP

When using RDPing into a Windows Server 2008 server, it will often prompt you for credentials before you login. I noticed that tab will skip to the option to Remember my credentials, totally skipping Use another account. Is there a keyboard shortcut…
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Create a Lockout policy for RDP

In my city there was a recent incident that some hackers login to a server by using brute force attack on RDP. I have got a server and I want to enable some security policy to lockout the account if more than 3 constitutive unsuccessful attempts…
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RDP and New Accounts

I created a new user account on the domain and added them to the Remote Desktop Users group. I could login just fine locally, but when I logged in remotely I was basically told that I could not login from there using that user. I could login just…
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Is it a valid security decision to protected exposed RDP servers by restricting IP addresses with a firewall?

As you probably all know, new security flaws continue to emerge in RDP for Windows. I have googled and read about this issue, and possible fixes/solutions. It surprises me that no one mentions, to limit ip-scope in the windows firewall as a possible…
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RDP indirect connections

I currently have a need to RDP from my laptop to server A and then RDP from server A to server B. So far, the only way I've found to go back to Server A is to log out of Server B. Is there something I'm missing? I'd really like to be able to…
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Open source thin-client software

I have been looking for a open source alternate to windows thin-client terminals we use for remote desktop into a terminal server which is where users do all their work. I am often in the situation where i have multiple computers that would do great…
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Unknown and strange RDP successful logins in EventViewer

I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 with a valid IP, and recently I've found hundreds of unknown and strange RDP successful logins logged in EventViewer. Here are some details: They are not similar to normal logins, they happen like every second in a…
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How can I peer into a Windows user's RDP session for support, where I initiate the support session?

I've used both WebEx and GoToAssist, but neither of them have a story to tell for 'unattended' access of a user's desktop unless the user is using the machine's primary console. Unattended in the sense that they phone me and I then appear in their…
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How fast of an internet connection do I need for a smooth, seamless remote desktop experience?

I'm considering moving a lot of my development software onto a hosted server and getting a really lightweight laptop to do work on from anywhere by connecting to the server remotely through RDP. What kind of internet connection speeds do I need in…
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Run old 32-bit program on Windows 2008 R2 64bit

I am setting Windows Server 2008 R2 as an Application Server (RDP, SeamlessRDP). I was going to first install that app on the server and then provisioning it to the clients. The problem is that it's 32 bit app and when I'm trying to install it I'm…
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Can you limit VPN access to RDP only?

Right now, all developers in our organization have laptops so they can either work from home on occasion, or provide off-hours support. Our laptop hardware spec is, unfortunately, a business laptop spec, and we've had an uphill battle trying to get…
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