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a device that terminates serial connections and provides a way for those terminals to connect to services across the network. Terminal servers can also connect modems to the network providing for PPP service aka dial-up Internet.

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I want a user to see a shortcut on their desktop only when they log into a virtual terminal session

We have a set of Windows Virtual Terminal servers, with some connecting to them via PCs (allowing them to see their roaming profile desktops on the PC's desktop, and on their VTS desktops) and some connecting via thin clients (so they can only see…
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Server 2008 Domain Setup. Users or Rooms

I'm currently setting up a Server 2008 domain for one of my clients. The client has requested that some of the Thin-Clients being used to connect to the domain are setup in certain rooms and logged in all the time. What's the best procedure for…
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TMG with client certificates for TS Gateway

How to set up client side certificate authentication using an enterprise CA for a TS gateway via Forefront TMG 2010? To date I have executed the following: I have a Terminal Services Gateway configured and working in house. I set up a basic…
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Performance of Citrix XenApp 6.0 vs just Windows 2008 R2 RDP

Did anyone notice any performance gain while using Remote Desktop via Citrix XenApp 6.0 vs just plain Terminal Services on Windows 2008 Server R2? I understand that Citrix offers a lot of great features but this question is just about how…
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Is it possible to ensure that multiple applications run in the same terminal server session using RemoteApp?

We are interested in implementing RemoteApp on Windows 2008 R2 to serve out a few programs. Since the developers use shared memory to pass messages between processes, it is necessary that we provide them with a solution that will allow this. They…
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Disabling roaming profiles on a single server in a network

I want to disable the roaming profiles on a single server which is used as a terminal and RemoteApp server. This option should be applied to all users in the active directory.
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What limits the maximum number of connections for a Terminal Server?

We have a several Windows Server 2008 application servers in our organization. Some of them have Terminal Server role enabled. What is the mechanisim that limit the number of user connections for Terminal Server computer?
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Terminal Server on DC: When user closes his environment program there is no logoff, also no Remote Control

I installed Terminal Services on Windows 2003 DC, configured everything and successfully connected as a Terminal user from another ws. I configured in AD Users and Computer under the 'Environment' tab, 'Start the following program at logon' the…
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Windows 2008 - printer redirection excludes

Anyone know if theres a way to exclude certain redirected printer queues from being created under windows 2008. It seems to be all or nothing and I would like to be able to just exclude certain printers which show up all over the place and which…
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Windows Terminal Server: occasional memory violation for applications

On a virtualized (ESXi 4.1) Windows Server 2008 SP2 32-bit machine which is used as a terminal server, I occasionally (approximately 1-3 event log entries a day) see applications fail with an 0xc0000005 error - apparently a memory access…
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How to launch local system application from Remote Desktop Application (Windows 2008R2)

I'm new to using Remote Desktop Services on Windows server 2008 R2. I'm trying to find out whether it's possible to fire up a local application [based on file extension?] on the local client when opened from another published application running on…
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Skype call via RDP on terminal server - Windows Server 2003

I tried calling with Skype on terminal server on Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2. I enable sound over RDP with a Windows Server 2003 virtual machine. (Link) I used the latest Skype but I have problem with audio transfer via RDP. I use an HP Thin Client…
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For iis-express on terminal services, can I limit connections to just the current user/session

I'd like to run iis-express within a user session on a windows terminal services server. However, I'd like only my current user to have access to the iis-express hosted site. Is there a way of achieving this, or does localhost have to be available…
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Slow printing using Windows Server 2008 easyprint, Lexmark example

Morning, We're currently in a project of moving a big customer (~300 users) from a Server 2003 terminal server environment to a 2008 to get around Tricerat licenses and some other old software. Earlier we've used Tricerat's "Screwdriver" to manage…
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Win2003 reports an error on RDP login: Could not open a TCP/IP socket

We have a Win2003 sp2 server that reports the following error when you log into it via RDP-- 'Could not initialize communication profile: TCP/IP. Could not open a TCP/IP socket. Address already in use. The combination of IP address and receive port…
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