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Remote Desktop is Microsoft's software that allows a user to access applications and data on a remote computer over a network.

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How to mix windows from different Remote Desktop servers on the same client's screen?

I'm in front of a thin client capable of running mstsc.exe, which I use to connect to a couple of remote systems. Each individual RDP-session works fine, but each creates a full Windows desktop of ...
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RDP copy paste working unidirectionally

I have a windows 10 PC (as the client) through which I RDP to Windows Server 2012 R2. I can copy paste files from the Server to the client, but cannot do so from the client to the Server. Is there ...
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My Remote Desktop Error connection is in my side or in the remote host? [CredSSP sugestion]

I trying to connect with Remote Desktop Connection to other computer. In my side I have Windows 10 (up to date), FortiClient 5.6.6. In the other side I have Windows 8.1 (up to date) With my phone ...
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Windows 10 remote wakes automatically after sleep

I connect to a Windows 10 Pro machine via remote desktop connection from another Windows 10 environment. When I try to put the remoted machine to sleep manually (via the start menu power button) the ...
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Unlock a remote desktop- Citrix Thin Client

I login to a remote PC using Citrix thin client. accidently I pressed start Lock PC.(Windows 7) Now the screen shows "Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete or use windows security button" I am not sure what is ...
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How Can I Use RDP as Client and Have Router Firewall

I have a Motorola Arris SBG6782-AC router. This morning RDP stopped working (I use RDP as a client connecting to remote machines). Also ping wouldn't work for any address. In order to get RDP and ping ...
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Remote Desktop Settings Missing

I'm trying to setup remote connection to my Windows 10 machine. During the setup I noticed that my installation is missing some settings all the tutorials have. Can anyone tell me why I'm stupid and ...
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Problems with RDP over OpenVPN Only to Win 7+ computers

I am having problems RDPing from a Win 7 client to a Win 7 box on the other side of an OpenVPN server. Connecting from my Win 7 client to an XP box works wonderfully. The destination machines do not ...
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Microsoft May Security Update - CredSSP [duplicate]

I'm experiencing something very strange after deploying the May security update on our test machines. Here is the thing - client machines: Win 7 with May security installed, CredSSP patched server ...
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Why Non commercial use / Unlicensed product with Shared Computer Activation? [closed]

I have Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus installed a few months ago on RDP computer. In Group Policy enabled Shared Computer Activation, and it applied to installation: But I can't use Office products ...
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Remote desktop not visible over LAN when using VNC (SSH tunnel confirmed to be working)

There are two machines on LAN: user@intel(server) and greg@dom(client) - both Xubuntu 18.04. The server installation/deployment was done using: user@intel:~$ sudo apt-get update user@intel:~$ sudo ...
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One server with multiple desktops "heads" with VNC

I am managing a system of kiosks. Each kiosk currently is running a web browser with the application for the kiosk running in the browser. Each kiosk needs to be able to display separate content. ...
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How exactly does a remote program like Team Viewer work?

If you make use of Windows RDP or Remmina, you normally use the IP (public) or attached hostname of the server to log on. I was wondering how a remote program like Team Viewer works? And also, how ...
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Unable to RDP to a second computer on the same router after changing default RDP Listening Port

I have one Linksys WRT54GL router running Tomato firmware. Connected to it via ethernet are two computers with Static IP addresses. The first computer is using the default RDP port 3389. I set up ...
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Change RDP Port of Windows 2012 R2 server running in amazon AWS [duplicate]

How do I change the RDP port number of Windows 2012 R2 server running in Amazon AWS? I could change the port number by going here: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\TerminalServer\...
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Remote desktop issue

In my local network there are several computers. All computers are members of domain. My computer's name is Abs02 Remote computer's name is Abs01 From my computer, Abs02, I am trying to access ...
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Can not connect via RDP to computer when VPN connection is established

I need to be able to use RDP to connect to computer with VPN (Cisco Any connect client) connection established. There are lots of closely related discussions on the Internet, however, being a regular ...
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Windows 10: How to make a task run in user space on startup without unlocking local machine?

I have a machine that will be deployed at a customer's location. The machine will be headless and only be accessed via RDC. (Unless there is a catastrophe.) There is a piece of software that must run ...
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Windows scheduler - Tasks not running when user not logged in

I have Windows Server 2003, with schedules setup via Remote Desktop under one account. That account appears in the 'creator' column too. I have 'Run only if logged on' unticked. When I have logged ...
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Firefox 57 Quantum doesn't play remote audio over a remote desktop connection

Why does Firefox 57 Quantum not play remote audio over a MSTSC remote desktop connection?
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Occasionally Internet disconnect on Ubuntu

Edit 1: I have found the problem(hope so),and edited the question to be more precise. Sometimes the internet connection on my Ubuntu 14.04 desktop is disconnected(even when I'm using it directly or ...
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Windows Server 2012R2 with RDS using UPD's stopped displaying thumbnails on a network drive

Windows Server 2012R2 with RDS using UPD/UVHD's doesn't display thumbnails on a network drive, well they do for a second but then revert to the file icon. We've unchecked (and checked X 100's) the "...
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FreeRDP 2.0 in Windows is failing silently

Just downloaded the more recent binaries (static compilation) for Windows from: https://ci.freerdp.com/job/freerdp-nightly-windows/lastBuild/ Extracted to a folder and launch the executable: ...
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Strange issue in running Remote Desktop after installing a MUI package

I have a machine with Windows 7 Professional SP1. I wanted to change to S.O. language from Portuguese to English, but due to the fact that I wasn't running an Ultimate version of Windows, I wasn't ...
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Issues setting up remote desktop access on Win 10 through NETGEAR Router

Having some issues connecting a remote laptop to a desktop computer. OS is Windows 10. Windows Defender is disabled; Kaspersky Anti-Virus is enabled. IP Address is Dynamic, so I have a DDNS name and ...
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Remote Desktop account always on

Assumptions: 1. I have set up a Remote Desktop Server 2. I have set up an account on the RDS namely RA01 3. LAN based network Scenario: 1. I logged in on my remote account namely RA01 on computer ...
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Is it possible to make a desktop shortcut of a Microsoft Remote Desktop host (not classic mstsc)?

As a consecuence of the latest Windows Updates, we're migrating some classic mstsc connections to use Microsoft Remote Desktop application. We're doing this manually (adding host and credentials one ...
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Remoteapps on Server 2016 running app inside virtualbox

Hey all I have a program that just wont run on Server 2016 (it's a quite old program) and so I setup a VM using Virtualbox inside the Server 2016 and installed Windows XP SP3 (this is only for my home ...
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RDP work over mobile networks not from home network

I setup one PC at remote location with the RDP connection port forwarded to 10 and changed the RDP port to 10 on PC. I can access this PC from internet using public IP if I use the mobile internet ...
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Windows RDP accent and special characters

Windows 10 RDP behaviour seems to have changed post April update. Same hardware, same mouse, same OS, same everything. I'm connected to a remote session (Windows Server 2012 R2) and am experiencing ...
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MS Access 2003 - Disk or Network Error - NOT a Network Issue - Remote App - Win 2008

We have a Windows 2008 running terminal services, but as remote apps, not full desktops. There is a single database file, calc.mdb, that gives "Disk or Network Error". If it is accessed by a user ...
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long delay evaluating programs when connecting via Windows Remote Desktop

When I connect through to my PC using Windows Remote Desktop and try to elevate a program's admin privileges, for example when running a program installer, I get the UAC prompt. However, after ...
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Remote desktop to Windows 7 always forces me to go through login screen

I'm trying to connect to a Windows 7 box via Remote Desktop. I have saved the correct credentials for the connection, but the Windows 7 box always forces me to login manually anyway: I have to choose ...
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ALT+F4 logs me off immediatly in remote desktop connection

I am using a remote desktop connection to a Windows Server 2016 Std. My Client is working on a windows 10. If I press Alt+F4 at the desktop in Fullscreen all of my remote programs are closing and the ...
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How to toggle between the windows of native desktop and windows within vnc viewer? [duplicate]

I am using Windows 10 Operating System, and i have installed VNC Viewer 6.7 on top of it. And using VNC Viewer, i will be connecting to a remote server running some *nix flavor of OS. So again there ...
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Command line to delete folder in remote Windows from Linux host

I use Linux and I have a remote Windows. I would like to try to delete folder in remote Windows (ex: C:\Temp) from my Linux by using command line. My attempts are: rm -rf [email protected]/C/Temp ...
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chrome-remote-desktop in fedora 27/28 or in wayland in general

I've got my desktop computer behind a NAT from internet provider without public IP and I still want to access the computer from outside world. Has anyone succesfully configured chrome-remote-desktop ...
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Connect Remote Desktop via putty

I am using Windows 7 as a client system and remote desktop was Windows server 2012. I am not able to connect remote system through Putty from my local system. It shows Network connection time out. I ...
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RDP: Some applications take a long time to paint on initial load

When remoting into my Win 10 Pro machine from my Win 7 Pro laptop, certain applications such as Chrome, VSCode, Slack, and (until the April Windows 10 update) Edge, take a long time to paint the first ...
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Remote Desktop connection and physical monitor black screen

I was connected to a Windows 10 PC via Remote Desktop Connection (RDP) from another machine. I didn't close the connection and when I had physical access to the machine I just turned on the monitor. ...
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cant connect to windows remote desktop using win10 app, using ipv6

i used to be able to connect to my home pc from work using ipv4, but i got a new router that gave my home pc an ipv6 address, and since then i can't connect. created port 3389, tried putting [ipv6-...
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How to VNC into active session in Ubuntu from Mac's Screen Sharing

I have setup my ubuntu machine to allow remote connections (with a PIN), and then I used Mac's VNC viewer Share Screens to connect to it, and it works. However, it always connects to a new session, ...
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How to Compile and Install Remmina From GIT Repository for Ubuntu (KDE)?

Gentlemen, I would like to compile a version of Remmina directly from the GIT repository, because I need to apply a patch to fix a problem. With the command sequence below I can compile it and ...
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Routing Traffic in OpenVPN

I encountered some troubles with OpenVPN this morning. EXISTING CONFIGURATION This is my installation : my server.conf: ################################################# # Sample OpenVPN 2.0 ...
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How to Connect and Send Commands to Windows 7 / Server Using RDP Command Line?

I am trying to automate connections to a windows 7 / Server box using RDP and from there I want to be able to use putty from command line and issue some commands on the linux box. The output should ...
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Remote Desktop Client which allows to use some displays fullscreen [duplicate]

I am looking for a remote desktop client which allows to use two displays in fullscreen as remote, and use one display to run local apps. So far I have tried Remote Desktop Connection (windows ...
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Cannot login to Windows Server Essentials with administrator

I have Windows Server 2016 Essentials and created two users. Both users are in the Administrators, Domain Admins and Domain Users groups. However, one can log in, the other can't. When trying to log ...
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Can a Windows Server detect the OS of a connected RDP client?

So I have a set of servers that connect that clients connect to via an RDP Remote app. We also use a custom RDP pluggin that utilizes virtual channels. The problem is these pluggins are only designed ...
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Why does my credentials dialog freeze?

Everytime I try to login into some network resource, the windows credentials screen freezes (for example, when connecting to a Terminal Server via RDP or trying to access network folders). Already ...
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How to not allow other user to interpret my remote session?

In my work sometimes i need to remotely access a user pc to do some work using the default windows remote desktop application. my problem is that when a user tries to login into his account it will ...

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