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Terminal Services provides the ability to host multiple, simultaneous client sessions on Windows Server 2003.

Terminal Services provides the ability to host multiple, simultaneous client sessions on Windows Server 2003. Terminal Services is capable of directly hosting compatible multi-user client desktops running on a variety of Windows-based and non Windows-based computers.

What Is Terminal Services?

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Emulate terminal services

I am a seasoned Delphi developer and would like to create something like seamless terminal services where an application is executed on a server but appears on the the desktop of the client. To someone working on the server I don't want them to see…
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Technique to limit number of instances of our application under Terminal Server

I'm looking for simple ways to monitor and limit the number of instances of our application under Terminal Server (2003 and 2008). The purpose of this restriction is to make sure we don't overload our servers. This is an internal administrative…
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.NET Framework - Per Application Overhead

Does anybody have any concrete information on the overhead of using the .NET Framework 2.0/3.0/3.5? I am mostly interested in per-instance overhead and whether there is a "fixed cost" regardless of the number of instances, e.g. in a Terminal…
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Intrasession Communication with .NET Remoting

I have an application that needs to be called upon by a second application. These applications need to find each other without configuration (preferably without touching the registry) and function in a terminal services environment properly. I…
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Remote Desktop Web Connection

I understand pretty well that Windows RDP works on TCP port 3389, I came across Remote Desktop Web Connection feature in IIS that adds tsweb access, my question is, does Remote Desktop Web Connection use http protocol as a transport protocol over…
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Check whether application is running under Terminal Services as opposed to Remote Desktop

I have a .NET application where I need to be able to disallow running it on a Terminal Services server for licensing reasons. I am aware of the SystemInformation API to determine if a program is running under a remote session (as detailed in this…
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Difference between GetWindowsDirectory and GetSystemWindowsDirectory?

I'm trying to test the different system paths that is supposed to be returned by GetWindowsDirectory and GetSystemWindowsDirectory APIs on a console and via a remote connection. According to the documentation: With Terminal Services, the…
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Remote session from client name a exceeded the maximum allowed failed logon attempts. (Every 10 sec in my Event Log)

I got the following INFO in my event log every 10 sec, any idea what does it mean? and why getting this info? Windows 2003, managed by 1 user (me) and I only have the account. Event Log Message: "Remote session from client name a exceeded the…
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Keep alive code fails with new RDP client

For our Secure Terminal Server project, we have a need to keep the RDP session open, that is, to prevent the remote computer from timing out and locking the session. A little background: We have several virtual servers configured as go-between…
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is there online citrix testing available?

Is there any way to access CITRIX remotely for doing some simple QE testing, our customer has a compatibility issue with our product and we dont have CITRIX in house PS: Also VMWARE image would be an option
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What is a Windows 8 'Child Session'?

I'm currently writing a broker service which launches a process into arbitrary sessions based on certain criteria. Upon looking up the documentation for one of the APIs I use, I noticed that some new APIs have been added for Windows 8, controlling…
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How to stop initial form maximising when run as startup RDP program?

The startup form in my VB6 app is behaving strangely when started in a Terminal Services (Remote Desktop) session, with both the host and client being XP Pro machines. The form is meant to be centered but it actually maximises and its content goes…
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Find Terminal Services user's document folder

I'm trying to allow users to use their local scanners with a Terminal Server via an IIS aspx page containing a browser plugin. The plugin can scan files and pass the data to an aspx page which uploads files to the server. I'm using…
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Windows session APIs not loading in time on Windows XP and ways to bypass it

I'm writing a service application that needs to enumerate all current user sessions, and obtain their session IDs, and later see what processes are running for what session. I'm using the WTSEnumerateSessions() API, as well as…
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API to Mapping client printer to Windows Terminal server

I am writing an utility to map the printer available on a local machine to the terminal server when the user uses RDS client. I found http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312135 which enables us to do it manually but i just want to get started with doing…
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