"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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Several RemoteConnectionManager failed attempts - Triggers restart
Questions: How to Change the number/time duration when
Window triggers the 'restart'.
It seems that 700+ failed login attempts RDC is a bit much
01/12/2012 1:48:34 AM TerminalServices-RemoteConnectionManager To
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Does Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials support multiple concurrent remote desktop users?
I'm investigating the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials product for a client, but it's unclear if it supports multiple concurrent remote desktop users, or even remote desktop at all. It mentions "remote access" on Microsoft's site, but…
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Remote Desktop Services and Oracle 9i
I have an Oracle 9i forms application installed on clients. I am looking at moving this to RDS. Is this possible?
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Run Microsoft SCCM Remote Control Viewer on Client Machines?
I've install SCCM 2012 on a server and have successfully used the Remote Control option to take control of a system I've setup to be managed by SCCM. Now, I don't want to have to log in to a server every time I want to access this client...is there…
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Multiple Remote Desktop Connection in Windows Server 2003?
My company is transitioning all user PC's to Windows 7 64-Bit in anticipation of the 2014 cutoff for Windows XP support. So far everything has been going great except for one specific piece of software that will not run in Windows 7. The current…
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After upgrade to Office 2010 Standard in RDS environment, ribbon has gone missing
Last night on my RDS server (Server 2008 R2) I upgraded Office 2007 to Office 2010 and Outlook has no ribbon. It's even missing the tab titles in the minimized ribbon view. That is, on my machine, when the ribbon is minimized I can still see the tab…
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Remote branch networking
We currently have a remote branch office connecting to the main office through a remote vpn client. Recently we had to upgrade the software application used there. This application talks to the server installed in the main office through VPN. This…
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Monitoring logged on users in Active Directory
There is a bunch of Windows Server 2008 R2 computers in the domain. They are used as workstations both for local and remote access. What is the right way to collect the information about logged on users? Including:
Who are logged on locally…
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Windows Server 2008 Remote Desktop Problems
I've got an installation of Windows Server 2008 (not R2), and I was previously running Remote Desktop via the Terminal Services 120 day free license. That has since expired, and I un-installed the Terminal Services Role, I also believe that you are…
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Remote Desktop profiles vs. Scripted login
I have a Windows SBS 2011 Essentials Server that has three clients with RDP connections. They need to use the same program but with three different serial numbers. The serial number resides in a simple text file in the same directory as the…
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VPN and Remote Desktop Stopped Working (Windows Server 2008 R2)
Recently, both the VPN and remote desktop stopped working. See below for details.
VPN:
Error 800: The remote connection was not made because the attempted VPN tunnels failed. The VPN server might be unreachable. If this connection is attempting to…
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Remote desktop not continuing to run programs when I close it
I am using remote desktop to install and setup Windows Server 2008 R2. I'm having an issue when copying hundreds of GBs of files to the server. When I close remote desktop it is supposed to keep my session running and the copying running.
The…
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Remote desktop without log off the user out
I have windows server 2003 with active directory and my users running on windows xp pro and I would like to use remote desktop without to log them out when I login with my account in other words I would use the PC as same time the user using it both…
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote desktop services (RDS) & Certificates
We are using Server 2008 R2 as RDS server and clients use RDC client to access the server remotely. I want to know how can I assign self-signed server certificate to the clients so that they have to install the cerifitcate on their computer before…
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Detect RemoteApp in logon script
I have a fairly basic vbs logon script which currently detects if a user is on a physical desktop or a remote desktop by checking if the %SESSIONNAME% Environment String is 'Console' or not, and then runs the correct elements. This works…
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