"Remote Desktop Services" is a component of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and newer. It allows its users to run applications on a remote server, sending only mouse/keyboard input and screen updates across the network. In previous versions of Windows Server it was known as "Terminal Services".
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External access to RDS not working
So I have an issue where I have setup a RDS environment:
All servers are win 2008 R2
RDS1 - Licensing, gateway, broker
RDS2,3,4 and RDS5 - Session Hosts.
All in a farm called Farm1.
I have a cert from a 3rd party trusted CA installed.
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Excluding single user from global Remote Desktop Session Host setting
I'm having a problem with printers and remote desktop (terminal server).
At the moment, I have set the Session Host settings to not allow default local printer to be set as default in the terminal-session. The opposite was done via GPO earlier.…
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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 - for the Terminal Server it is still an normal…
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How do I configure a single Windows Server 2012 as Remote Desktop Services installation
we (a small 5 employee company) ordered a hosted server to use it as a use-from-everywhere database frontend. Our database basically is a SQL Server 2008 with an MS Access frontend, which I intend to install on the server, so every employee can…
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Disable RDC Welcome Screen in Windows 2008 R2
Is there a way to disable or bypass the "Welcome" screen I see when I'm using RDC to log in to a machine using saved credentials?
I have startup task which launches an RDP session automatically to localhost when the machine boots. This works,…
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Windows 2008 R2 RDS - Double Login
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Double logins when connecting to RemoteApps or Remote Desktop
Environment:
Gateway = 1 server 2008 R2 - Roles = Gateway, Session Broker, Connection Mgr, Session Host Configuration server
Session hosts = 2 servers 2008 R2 - Roles = App…
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RDP Windows 7 to Windows XP
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WarningMsg
10/16/2012 2:34:05 PM
RDP disconnected!
Remote Desktop can’t connect to the remote computer for one of these reasons:
1) Remote access to the server is not enabled
2) The remote computer is turned off
3) The remote computer…
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Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Gateway Role and IIS7
I am attempting to setup a RD Gateway for a client. When I first set it up I noticed that IIS did not have the 'Defualt Web Site' so I created it and assigned it an id of 1 and set the bindings to port 80 and 443. I then re installed the RD Gateway…
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Permissions for RemoteApp but not RemoteDesktop
I'm running WinServer2008R2 with Remote Desktop Services. I want users to have access to RemoteApp, but not RemoteDesktop.
Can permissions be granted for only RemoteApp?
Thanks-
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Remote Desktop Services roaming profile leaving local copy after logoff
I have a Windows 2008 Remote Desktop Server and a GPO redirecting Remote Desktop Services profiles to a netapp share. This works with one caveat. I am getting a local profile written as well as the roaming profile. An actual full local profile, not…
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How can I launch RemoteApp on Windows Server from server itself at startup
I have Windows Server 2008 R2 with RDS and custom desktop (GUI) application installed on the server. The app is started as RemoteApp on server by user from his desktop computer (or, sometimes, he can work from notebook over VPN).
Some details about…
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User-based HTTP Host to IP redirection on a Windows Terminal Server
I've just setup a Windows 2008 R2 Terminal Server with IE9, it's intended to be used for testing. Unfortunately the web-bods tell me they ALL have a local apache on their machines and they've all edited their hosts file with lots of entries pointing…
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Sometimes RDP shows certificate warning and kerberos single sign-on does not work
I'm using Windows 7 and the Servers are Windows 2008 R2. So far there are at least 4 Servers that show this behavior.
Sometimes I get a warning when trying to connect via RDP stating the certificate name is wrong. When I reboot the server this…
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Win server 2008 change port of RD Gateway
Is it possible to change the port used by RD Gateway. I know its integrated with IIS and it uses port 443 (SSL) so i've changed my IIS bindings to use a different port for SSL communications. however, I can't find any way to specify the RD gateway…
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How Do I separate Windows 7 Roaming Profiles from Remote Desktop Services Profiles?
I have over one hundred users that have Windows 7 roaming profiles on a couple of Windows 2008 R3 servers. I have implemented a GPO for folder redirection for their Home directory (My Documents) and folder redirection for their Music, Downloads,…
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