Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is a proprietary protocol developed by Microsoft, which provides a user with a graphical interface to another computer.
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Scrolling in Microsoft Remote Desktop on a Mac w/ Magic Trackpad 2
I'm experiencing wonky behavior using a Mac to remote into a Windows 7 PC using Microsoft's Remote Desktop app for the Mac, and using a Magic Trackpad 2 as my primary input device. The problems arise primarily when scrolling in various applications…
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How Can I connect to Amazon Linux instance using Remote Desktop from Windows 7?
I created an EC2 Amazon Linux instance (yes, an amazon version of linux..)
it is launched but I can't connect using Remote Desktop...
am I trying to do something crazy here?
I got a message that Remote Computer is not available on the network
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How to admin a remote Windows Server with a command line interface?
When I was a Linux admin I could do anything from the SSH command line. Now, as a Windows admin, I have to deal with the Windows Remote Desktop graphical interface, which I found to be inefective (slow) and hard to automate tasks in it.
a) Can I…
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How to simulate keybard input to a remote desktop session?
i'm trying to send fake keyboard input to an application that's running in a Remote Desktop session. i'm using:
Byte key = Ord("A");
keybd_event(key, 0, 0, 0); // key goes down
keybd_event(key, 0, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0); // key goes up
Now this code…
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Chrome remote desktop AND android emulator
I remote(chrome remote) to my desktop which runs android studio. When I try to run the emulator from android studio, i see the window with the virtual device open. But the device doesn't power on. This is not the behavior when I use the desktop…
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Why is remote SmartCard not found when using RDP
I'm using Windows Server 2008 R2 which runs a VB6.0 application that uses a smartcard locally.
I then connect to this machine remotely using Remote Desktop Connection (6.3). However now the application shows the following error…
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qwinsta /server:somesrv equivalent in Powershell?
When I run the qwinsta /server:somesrv command in cmd I can get a listing of all the current RDP sessions that are logged into a particular Windows server.
SESSIONNAME USERNAME ID STATE TYPE DEVICE
console …
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windows remote desktop can't connect even if the firewall is off
I am trying to let my pc, which run at win7, accessible remotely, but I am able to. I did the following:
checking "Allow Remote assistance connection to this computer.
a set a password for my account.
I setup the port forwarding on my router.
set…
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Does an RDP client library under Linux exist?
Are there any libraries for connecting as a client via Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) in Linux? The language used is secondary to the issue of existence. Any mainstream language would do (e.g. C++, Perl, Java, Ruby, PHP, Python), and even less…
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VS 2008 SP1 over Remote Desktop: Constant Repainting?
The text editor in Visual Studio 2008 was very fast over Remote Desktop.
The text editor in Visual Studio 2008 SP1 is very slow over Remote Desktop, causing way too much repainting (and resulting flickering). The slower your connection is, the worse…
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Visual Studio on remote desktop from a Mac - any issues?
I am in need of a new laptop, and I'm considering going for a Mac. However, an import part of my day-to-day work involves remote desktop'ing to my office computer (Vista), and running Visual Studio 2008. Has anyone done this? Are there specific…
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using google gcloud to ssh tunnel into linux machine inside network
I have an Ubuntu 16.04 VirtualBox machine (i.e. machine A) running on OSX connected to a university campus network. I would like to occasionally ssh into the machine from my laptop to remotely assist my colleagues, and I looked at different options.…
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C# application keeps freezing on remote
I am developing a C# application (.Net 3.5, Win Forms) which is run on a server, and is accessed by Users using remote desktop. The application keeps freezing on seemingly random occasions on the remote machine (i.e. all GUI components turn to…
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How to proxy RDP via Nginx
I'm using the below config in nginx to proxy RDP connection:
server {
listen 80;
server_name domain.com;
location / {
proxy_pass http://192.168.0.100:3389;
}
}
but the connection doesn't go through. My…
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Can I use an Mac Mini Snow Leopard Server as a development machine for multiple people?
We are a Microsoft shop with C++ experience looking to get into some iPhone/iPad development.
Before we make a large investment in individual development machines, we would like to test our abilities with a modest investment.
Can we use one Mac Mini…
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