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.
Questions tagged [terminal-server]
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Remote Desktop Issues
After I ran some windows updates (remotely, using terminal services) and hit restart, I couldn't connect to the remote server via RDP, my client program just says it can't connect. I know the server did restart, because apache and filezilla etc are…
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Can MS Access Projects be run by different users on a Windows terminal-server simultaneously via RDP?
An existing MS Access 2003 project frontend with a MS Sql Server 2005 backend needs to be accessed from different locations (not just one LAN anymore). Instead of implementing a VPN, we are thinking about moving the SQL Server as well as the MS…
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Terminal Services Server - local printer redirection errors help
I am using a Windows Server 2008 Standard set up with Terminal Services.
Generally it has worked well, including when printing to locally attached printers / printer redirection.
Today at a particular site all 4 machines are unable to print to their…
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Enabling USB access on HP Terminal client
I have an HP terminal client (t5550 Thin) connected via network to an ubuntu server. However, the terminal doesn't seem to support USB access to the server (as simple way to upload files, for example). How can I enable usb support? thanks.
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Terminal Server - Program Data issue
We are looking at setting up a terminal server at a company we work with.
They require an application installed on the terminal server which puts configuration files in the Program Data location on Windows 2008.
This application needs to be used by…
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Remote Desktop Services - remove adminstrative tools
I have setup Remote Desktop Services on my Windows 2008 Server and having some issues with the permissions. I made a GPO that removes the Administrative Tools from the Start menu but normal users can still gain access to those tools via the normal…
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Slow Web Performance on two Windows 2008 R2 Terminal Servers
We have two Windows 2008 R2 servers that we use for agents to log into to access our customers systems. Saturday morning we received complaints that on both servers the web is running horribly slow. This happens on all websites and the majority of…
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Win 2003 Terminal Server Keeps Crashing
Welcome to my morning emergency:
System is Windows 2003 SP2, operating as a terminal server. There are several printers shared from this system, and users connecting also map their locally mapped printers in their TS session. Intermittently, and…
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Windows directory (%WINDIR%) on Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services returning wrong path
I have a program installed on Windows Server 2003 (Terminal Services role) which should be reading its INI file from C:\Documents & Settings\$user\Windows, but has suddenly started reading it from C:\WIndows.
This is causing problems as it is used…
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Enabling Session Directory under Terminal Server Configuration Tool and Server Settings
I'm trying to add a Terminal Server Session Directory client to an already fully functional Session Directory cluster which today runs two clients as well as the server.
I've been reading up on both Google, Microsoft KB's as well as old…
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Use Client Side USB port from Citrix/Terminal Server
Is it possible to use a scanner connected to the client PC via a USB port via Citrix or Terminal Server?
If it is can you provide a pointer to some information on how to set it up. We are using TWAIN to talk to the scanner.
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Terminal Services Session Broker: can I set it up with just one Terminal Server?
I have two Terminal Servers: one is 2008 R2, the other one (that's currently in production) is 2003 Standard, which is not supported by the 2008 Session Broker/Load Balancing service.
What I'd like to do is setup the 2008 Session Broker service…
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Can we disable/hide Automatic Update notifications for Local Admin users on Windows 2008 TS?
We have a Windows 2008 standard Terminal Server which runs our business management software, which itself requires local admin access to run.
When Automatic Updates are available users are presented with the option to restart, and it only takes one…
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Win 2000 Terminal Server won't let users connect due to no licenses....?
I have an old Windows 2000 server in Terminal Server Application Mode which has recently started to issue errors to some users that the number of licenses has run out.
When I look into the Terminal Services Licensing tool I can see many old clients…
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Com port redirection from Windows 7 to Windows Server 2008 R2
We use "Copy file.prn to \tsclient\com1" to print from a TS session to a locally attached serial printer.
This works fine from Windows XP, but when trying it from a Windows 7 client computer, we get an "Access is denied" error message.
And yes, the…
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