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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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The Desktop Window Manager has exited with code (0x40010004)

We are running a Windows 2008 R2 server in a terminal server environment. Every time a user logs in and out of the server we get the following notifications: EventID 9003 The Desktop Window Manager was unable to start because a composited theme is…
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Getting a working remote desktop server running on Ubuntu 14.04

OK - here is something that I have had working a ton of times in the past - an XDMCP enabled X server that serves nice and shiny sessions including a login handler. What I have: A virtual Ubuntu machine running on ESXi - I want this machine to be a…
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Web site works fine on Terminal server, but has problems as a RemoteApp

I have set up a Windows Server 2008 R2 terminal server for the sole purpose of running a web-based application that has utterly ridiculous system requirements (IE7, Java 6 update 3, Acrobat 9.5). It's terrible software, but we're stuck with…
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Store cached credentials on terminal server

Is it possible to store cached login credentials on a terminal server, allowing users to login if the domain controller is unreachable? If it is possible, can you set a time limit? E.g. DC authentication will be needed after X days. Terminal Server:…
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RemoteApp duplicate Session

We have implemented RemoteApp on Windows 2008 R2 to serve out a few programs,everything work fine except one issue,when a user connects to Server a new session opens and a instance of application runs and work correctly but when this session…
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Deploying Windows Server 2012 R2 Terminal Serivces - Use a domain controller in a Hyper V on same machine?

I desperately need to run Windows Server 2012 R2 Terminal Services on a standalone machine. To this end I've set up a Terminal Server with it's own license manager and installed 8 licenses. When I'm connected to our domain it works great, but once…
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Does there exist a software-based virtual graphics driver?

I am trying to set up a Server 2008 R2 terminal server as a Hyper-V VM on a brand new Cisco UCS blade running Server 2012 R2. I need the terminal server to support modern display resolutions at 32-bit color, as it will be used to display medical…
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Deleting Local Profiles when using Roaming Profiles at Log off

I'm currently building an environment that will host about 5,000 users over 20 AppServer. I have finalized my GPOs but I'm experiencing an issue with the user's local profile when roaming profiles is implemented. The roaming part works perfectly, as…
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Is the common use of 'Add-ons' (on Firefox) recommended for terminal server installs?

Is the use of 'Add-ons' on Firefox safe (stable) and secure on a terminal server? The install of a few Firefox add-ons has been recently proposed to us for our Terminal Server users. Has anyone had experience with enabling some very user oriented…
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Would I need a VPN when using Terminal Services over the internet

I am looking into providing remote access to some applications where I work. We plan to use Terminal Services on Server 2003, and after reading up on it, it seems to encrypt all traffic that passes over RDP. Even though the RDP traffic is…
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TS Gateway support for Mac?

With Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services you can utilise the Terminal Services Gateway Server to allow RDP access over 443, eliminating the need for VPNs or firewall re-configurations for external users. On windows, you need the RDP client 6.1 to…
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Terminal Server not allowing users to log on

We use 4x Terminal Servers that allow users to log on correctly, but a newly added 5th TS is only allowing Admins to log on. When trying to log on as a user who is not in the built-in 'Administrators' group the following error is displayed - To log…
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Agetty terminating during login on serial connection

I'm trying to login to a server through the serial port using agetty. When I start agetty and open the serial connection, I see the login prompt but as soon as I enter the username (in my case root), agetty gets killed. Not only that, along with…
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OSX server setup suggestions

I am looking into the possibility to setup an OSX server for my employees, and would like some input on what is the best approach to meet my needs, and perhaps some suggestions if I am moving in the wrong direction. I am thinking of a Mac Mini OSX…
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How to restrict user to have single session on Windows terminal servers

I have two windows 2008 R2 Terminal servers and have given users access to both server to keep redundancy/ load sharing. How to restrict users from logging on both servers at same time?
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