Questions tagged [rdp]

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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Server 2012 RemoteApp Disconnects/Reconnects Constantly

I have remote desktop services running on Server 2012 with high availability. I'm running 3 gateways and a farm of session host servers. Gateways all seem to be running fine, they take connections no problem. Each are running around 200 connections…
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Securing RDP for Internal Servers

Background: Currently, we manage our servers through an IP KVM, but we're slooooowly migrating to VMWare ESXi. The KVM interface is clunky and user management is a little cumbersome and I'd like to keep people away from the VIC Console if possible.…
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Allow RDP only over VPN

I want to do allow 3389 port(RDP) only through VPN connection, not normally. How can I do this? I have configured VPN server in Mikrotik. I have blocked all traffic except http and https by firewall filter. I allowed 3389 by filter rule and right…
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Server address requested and the certificate subject do no match

I'm trying to setup Remote Desktop Gateway (Terminal Service Gateway) on virtual Windows Server 2012 R2. But when connect over internet (from Win7 RDP client) getting an error: Your computer can't connect to the remote computer because the Remote…
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Mikrotik router RDP brute force blocking with whitelist

Masters, We have a miktorik router, and we would like to block RDP brute force, but we need whitelist also to allow our collegaues to connect without blocking them. (they sometimes hitting wrong password..) So as an earlier post and @Regan…
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You do not have the proper encryption level to access this session

I'm getting this error when I try to log into our Windows Server 2003 SP1 32-bit server via RDP console. you do not have the proper encryption level to access this session Any ideas why this is coming up?
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How to make RDP drive redirection read-only?

I have linux clients that connect to my Windows Server 2008 using xfreerdp. The clients have a single folder that is redirected to the Windows server and this works fine. My question is if there is a way on the Windows server to make the tsclient…
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RDS, RDWeb, and RemoteApp: How to use public certificate for launching apps on session host?

Question: How do i tell RDWeb to launch apps from remote.domain.com rather then host.internaldomain.local? Environment: Existing org with AD forest. New single Server 2012 running all Remote Desktop Services roles for session host. Used the new 2012…
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Simultaneous Remote Desktop Connections in Windows Server

I would like to remote control the administrator user of my Windows Server 2008 R2 simultaneously from 3 remote computers. To do that, in Group Policy, I disabled "restrict to a single remote desktop session" and I put "limit number of connections"…
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Supply username and password to mstsc

In previous versions of the remote desktop client there were methods of passing in the password through various methods. Has anybody found a good method using the latest remote desktop client? I'm aware of LaunchRDP but that doesn't meet our…
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Why can't I RDP to a new Domain Controller with an account in Domain Admins group?

I just set up a Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controller. Since the reboot of the domain controller I have been unable to RDP to the domain controller with my Admin account. I get this message: To log on to this remote computer, you must be…
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Windows 2008 R2 Server with 2 ip address, how to only enable RDP to one address

As the title says we have a Windows 2008 R2 Server with 2 IP address. Currently, we can connect via RDP to both IP addresses, however, we want to block/disable RDP connections that attempt to connect to one of the addresses. I've spent quite a while…
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Is it possible to create an RDP session without connecting to the terminal server via an RDP client?

To clarify, what I want is to create an RDP session on the server, without having to open up an RDP client and connect to port 3389 on the server and log in. I want to create this RDP session at boot and run a GUI app. (Sidenote: I have heard about…
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Does Citrix XenApp use less network traffic than VNC or Remote Desktop?

I read in Wikipedia that XenApp is based on GDI commands sent over the network instead of based on images sent over the network like VNC does; does XenApp use less network traffic then Terminal Server? I ask because when our users use the VPN to…
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OpenVPN resets connection repeadly

I have a OpenVPN server installed in an Amazon instance with Windows Server 2008 R2, and there's my client. First i connect to my VPN For some reason when i try to connect to my VPN server and RDP to it, the RDP's screen freezes after some seconds…
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