Questions tagged [terminal-server]

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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XP Remote Desktop not passing save credentials to server

I have XP clients whereby I am setting up some remote desktop connections and saving the credentials and shortcut on the desktop. When the user double-clicks the shortcut, the connection is made to the server, however, they are being prompted with…
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How do I hide Administrative Tools on Windows Server 2008 R2 using group-policy?

We're locking down our terminal server machine for remote desktop users and can't seem to find how to hide Administrative Tools from the Start Menu for remote desktop users. thank you!
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TS 2008 Per User CAL Report

I am having an issue with a Win7 machine rdping into a windows server 2008 std TS server. I get the following error in the event log when I try logging in. Event ID 1004 The terminal server cannot issue a client license. It was unable to issue…
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Flash Plugin for Firefox on Terminal Server

I have 3 TS on Windows Server 2008. One of the user need to have Flash plug in on her Firefox. She could not install the plugin as she does not have administration access to do that on the TS. My understanding is the plugin can only be installed as…
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"Create global objects" rights on a terminal server

Talking about this security setting: link text We have been having problems with the oracle 10g client on our Citrix servers. Through google I figured out that granting users this security right fixed the oracle problem. However, this right seems…
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Can Google Chrome Frame be installed on a Windows Terminal Server?

Thinking about installing it on our Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server, but I cannot find any documentation if it work correctly in that environment. I'd want it to be the default renderer for all of our users within IE8. Thanks!
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Running a Linux terminal server (multi-user) which is compatible with Microsoft Terminal Services Client

My situation is that I have a VPS that I have recently purchased just to tinker with (through Linode, if that matters) and I would like to setup a 2-3 user Terminal Server compatible with the windows terminal services client. I've searched quite a…
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Windows Server 2003 Terminal server easiest way to view all mapped drives for all users and the drive status

The Net Use command will only show me what drives that only I have mapped when I am logged into the server. What is the easiest way to see all mapped drives for all users and the status of the drives? Thanks. EDIT I'm specifically looking for all…
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Terminal Server not respecting one association in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT

I am running the Terminal Services role on Windows Server 2003. Yesterday, all users started experiencing a problem where double-clicking a PDF file opens it with the NTFS short name (8.3 format), so if any changes are made, the file is saved under…
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How to check if a program really works under under Terminal Server/Remote Desktop Services

I'm some kind of newbie to Terminal Server/Remote Desktop Services and I wanted to know if it's possible to check the proper functioning of a program that has not been certified to work under TS/RDS. I mean, I think that most of the problems will…
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Slow open file dialog in Excel on Terminal Services 2008

Got a really frustrating problem with one of my clients systems. They regularly create Excel spreadsheets with loads of hyperlinks to other files in. Intermittently when they do this the open file dialog that appears when choosing to insert a…
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Hide system tray icons - Terminal Server 2003

We just got a new backup device that installed a client on our Server 2003 Enterprise TS servers. I would like to hide this system tray icon from all users so they don't tinker around with it. The program itself doesn't have a setting to hide the…
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redundant/multi-site terminal server

We have a Hyper-V cluster running 5 virtual terminal servers using HA. We need to be able make this system redundant and so if this site was to fail our users could log into the backup system at another location and access their data via the…
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Terminal Services - RDP Printing

We are looking for a terminal server printing application to help fix our remote printing issue. We looked at TSPrint from TerminalWorks but found it had a few bugs and so was not a complete solution. Does anyone have any experience with any other…
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Automate the RDS SSL certificate configuration

I am trying to find a command-line tool or script that I can use to select which certificate my Windows 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Session Host (Terminal Server) will use. I have the certificate installation automated, but my google-fu is failing and I…
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