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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Windows Remote Desktop: “configuring remote session” closes without error
I have a desktop/laptop pair at home operating x64 Windows 7 (the desktop was upgraded from Windows Vista, works just fine). I remote desktop to them on a daily basis when outside.
In recent weeks, I ...
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ssh to Windows server sitting behind Linux firewall
I have been looking everywhere and still can't get an answer. I am sorry if this is a re-post somehow.
I Have a home network setup as follows:
OUTSIDE -> Linux Firewall/Gateway -> Windows Server
I ...
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Free solutions for exporting a single window from one system to another in windows - the equivalent of x11 forwarding between windows systems
For various reasons, i need to forward a single window, as transparently as possible from one windows system to another.
Raw performance is not an issue, there should be a dedicated gig-e connection ...
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Outlook Desktop Alert doesn't work while in a full screen RDP Window
User isn't getting his Outlook desktop notifications while remoted into another PC/server.
It works on my Windows XP machine with Outlook 2010 SP1 in a maximised RDP window so I'm wondering if it's ...
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Remote connect to OS X from Windows - is there dual monitor support?
I have a computer running Windows 7 with two monitors connected to it. I would like to remote connect to a Mac Mini and use both monitors.
Is this possible, or am I stuck with the KVM solution?
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How do I lock my mouse within the Remote Desktop window with a dual monitor setup?
I have a dual monitor setup, 24" widescreen primary and 19" 4:3 secondary, turned vertically, on the right side.
My workstation is Windows XP, and I am using Remote Desktop to get onto a Windows ...
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Using alt + print screen in remote desktop session produces strange wrapped image
I've got a remote desktop session from my XP machine to a Windows Server 2008 machine.
With focus on a small window within the remote desktop session, I press Alt + Print Screen and this is the ...
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Remote Desktop Connection breaks laptop's connection to network
Background: I have three computers at home. Two (XP and Windows 7) need to control a laptop (Windows 7 64bit) via RDC (over wifi). I can see the computer on the network (via Explorer).
Problem: ...
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Cant control computer via apple remote desktop
I'm trying to use Apple Remote Desktop to access my computer at work. I forgot to give myself permissions via the gui and I am now trying to set it up via SSH. I've logged in to the computer and ran
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Remote Desktop Connection (Mac) does not share drive/folder to the Vista target
I have a Mac OS X 10.5/Intel system, runnging RDC 2.0.1 (latest as far as I know).
When I connect to the remote Windows Vista system, I can control the remote desktop, and everything behaves as ...
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Remote Desktop Dropouts: “Because of an error in data encryption, this session will end.”
I'm getting some strange connection problems when trying to remote desktop to a Vista box. It connects and works for a while then disconnects with the following message:
"Because of an error in ...
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How to connect to remote desktop from Lucid Lynx (with tsclient) to XP (with UltraVNC)
I am trying to connect to my laptop using tsclient in ubuntu and UltraVNC in XP.
I open tsclient in linux, enter the laptop IP and protocol = RDP, hit connect and it opens the windows logon, I can ...
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Remote desktop in XP?
I have enabled remote desktop on my XP SP3 system.
If my friend takes remote control of my system without my permission my system is connected to him. But a few day before I got the authentication ...
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How secure is Remote Desktop from Mac OS X to Windows Server 2003?
It's unclear to me exactly how secure Remote Desktop access from Mac OS X to a Windows Server 2003 machine is. Is the communication encrypted by default? What level of encryption?
Are there best ...
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Can you reach back into the local machine and execute an application with parameters from your remote session?
I am writing a program that is used as a RemoteApp from server to the client machine.
I know that using System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation.TerminalServerSession I can determine if the current ...
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How to increase performance for cost of appearance in Windows 7 RDP connection?
I am searching for method to increase Windows 7 speed, via RDP. I mean, I need better performance. I know, I searched for solutions and already followed them up, but maybe there is something else to ...
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Very slow remote desktop from Win7 to XP
I am trying to RDP from an x64 Windows 7 to an x86 Windows XP SP3.
The connection is very slow: a screen redraw when switching full-screen windows takes several seconds, up to 20s if there are many ...
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How to open up firewall for incoming Remote Desktop connections in Win 7?
How do you open the Win 7 Firewall for incoming Remote Desktop connections?
I get this message in System Properties:
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Remote Desktop ActiveX control does not match version of client shell
When I try to launch "Remote Desktop Connection" in win7 ultimate 64 I get the following message:
The Remote Desktop Services ActiveX control (mstscax.dll)
does not match the version of the client ...
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Remote Desktop microphone forwarding on Win7 Pro
I'd like to use the microphone forwarding over RDP on Win7 Pro. Unfortunately this is only available on Enterprise and Ultimate editions. Do you know of any workaround for this?
I'l like those ...
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Incorrect username appearing in Terminal?
The other night, I was looking around on my MacBook's files and I came across a program that was like screen sharing or remote control. I guess it came by default on the computer or something, because ...
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Raspberry Pi Fedora 18 ARM Remix Remote Desktop from Windows 7
I've installed the Fedora 18 ARM Remix for Raspberry Pi onto the SD card of my RasPi (type B). When connected by HDMI, Fedora and XFCE4 come up fine and without the HDMI i'm able to login through SSH ...
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Mac Internet Sharing and Remote Desktop
I've got an iMac running OS X 10.8.3. I connect to the internet via ethernet and have ICS setup to share the ethernet connection over wi-fi.
I then have a Windows XP Dell laptop that connects to the ...
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Are there other softwares like VNC in Linux like Windows Remote Desktop Connection Tool?
Are there other softwares like VNC thats is a remote desktop viewer like VNC but connects to the original screen rather than a virtual one. I m using ubuntu and i would really like to have a tool in ...
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How to establish fully gpu-accelerated session to localhost xen virtual machine via RDP or VNC?
Done so far: I have setup xen-hypervisor on LinuxMint and successfully passed through my secondary GPU HD6850 to virtual machine running windows 7 Ultimate. The card is successfully recognized from ...
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Remote Desktop was working, but isn't since installing MS Security Essentials
The full story (in case it matters): yesterday Windows Update installed 6 new updates on my PC running Windows XP. On restart, it failed to boot properly. I used System Restore to roll back, but ...
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ClearType keeps turning off on Windows 7 over RDP
Every time I log onto the computer, ClearType is turned off. I can turn it on manually, but after the session ends, everything is back to ugly. Especially the Consolas font in Eclipse looks very bad. ...
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Remote Desktop cannot connect to the remote windows 8 computer from windows 7
I have computer with installed windows 8 pro at home. This computer plugged in to router via LAN cable. I configured remote desktop on this computer: System Properties -> Remote -> Allow remote ...
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Trying to access Ubuntu 12.10 rdp via SSH tunnel
So I have a Ubuntu 12.10 sitting at home. I SSH to my DD-WRT router. I use the Bit Vise SSH client to SSH from my Windows 7 laptop at work to my router. I have terminal access to the Ubuntu PC thru ...
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RDP windows to Ubuntu: dual monitor possible?
Some older questions here so I'll try again:
I'm using standard Remote Desktop Connection on windows to connect to a Ubuntu instance (through Hyper-V) . Extremely simple setup on the ubuntu -side ...
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Enabling Remote Desktop across different domain
Have a system with Win8 within Domain A and remote has been enabled in that. Users from Domain A are able to login reomtely using admin credentials. how ever using the same credentials users from ...
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Access virtual server with no Remote Desktop
I have a virtual server with 1 and 1. I always used to access this using Remote Desktop however all of a sudden this has 'died'. The server has been rebooted but this has not fixed the issue. I am ...
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Remote Desktop Connection: ALT key is blocked?
I used Remote Desktop Connection under Windows 7 to connect to a linux machine (Ubuntu 10). ALT + key is not working under linux. For example, in Emacs, I cannot use ALT + X. Is there any solution for ...
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While in a remote desktop session in Windows 7, alt-tab to go back to the host machine
I use alt+tab all day long to switch between windows. When I'm working remotely, I'll use Remote Desktop to log in to my Windows 7 PC at work.
From the host machine, it's simple to alt+tab to switch ...
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Are there any VNC-compatible virtual video cards for Mac?
Microsoft's Terminal Server protocol RDC supports a virtual display architecture which means you can set your client to whatever resolution you want regardless of the physical monitors on the server. ...
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how to open a java vpn within parallels (8, with “coherence”) under a mac
I use Parallels 8 with Windows XP 64-bit, and during the installation I opted for the option to have mac-like windows for applications (is this "Coherence"?).
However, now I am confused how to do the ...
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Windows 7 64 RDP Client Hangs at “Securing remote connection …”
I can access the machine via RDP from another client, from exactly the same network, through exactly the same forwarded port.
What might be causing remote desktop client to hang today? It usually ...
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DirectShow capture devices disappear while connected with Remote Desktop
I use an excellent videosurveillance Windows app named Blue Iris that saves audio/video from 4 USB webcams + 1 IP cam.
All the 5 cams have integrated microphones.
For the IP cam, the app receives and ...
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RDP connections keep dropping
I have an odd problem on my notebook (HP Pavilion dv7). My Internet connection seems OK for the most part. But lately I've been having trouble with Remote Desktop connections. While I can connect ...
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Windows 8 Pro Remote Desktop issue
I have a weird issue here.
I'm running Windows 8 Pro.
The client computer is also running Windows 8 Pro.
Remote Desktop works when I'm in the same network.
I tried connecting using my external IP ...
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Secure access to ESXi guests from outside of my home network
I have an HP Proliant DL380 G4 running ESXi 4.1. So far, I have Server 2008 and Linux Mint guests running on the host. What I want to do is access either of these VM's from outside of my home (i.e. ...
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Why don't computers accept RDP connections with only a user name specified?
If I input only an account name, without specifying the machine name, e.g. "forTest", not "computerName\forTest", the RDP client does not connect to the target machine.
After I append the ...
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Am I using the best/fastest method of connecting to a remote database?
In my work, I often need to connect to a remote database.
so I use a virtual private network(VPN) Client called "ShrewSoft VPN Client" , and that has some configuration. Then I use Windows "Remote ...
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Single fullscreen application via remote desktop in headless vm
I want to set up a virtual machine (kvm/qemu) that runs on a headless host. The guest should run a Linux system (preferebly Ubuntu Server) that runs a single non-headless application. This should be ...
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“Windows 7 SP1 Remote Desktop Enabler” after upgrade?
There is no remote desktop available into Windows 7 Home Premium (although you can remote desktop into other computers). Actually, it is just disabled. Using the Windows 7 SP1 Remote Desktop Enabler, ...
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Remote Desktop refusing connections
I am running into a unique situation with Remote Desktop that I have never seen before. I have 3 PC's, two laptops and 1 desktop, all running Win 7 64B retail. Under normal circumstances I use the ...
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RDP RemoteApp in Windows 7 Professional
it is possible to enable RDP RemoteApp in Windows 7 Professional? I used successfully RemoteApp (https://sites.google.com/site/kimknight/remoteapptool) On Windows 7 Enterprise, but it doesn't work on ...
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Remote Desktop connect
My work computer is running on Windows 7 Ultimate, and my home laptop is running on Windows 7 Home Premium.
I want to connect my work computer from my home laptop, but whenever I try to do it gives ...
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Remote Desktop doesn't recognize username change
There are two active user accounts on the Windows 7 Professional server, Owner, and Guest.
Owner is an Administrator with a password.
Guest is the default Guest account with no password, but has ...
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Access localhost, RDC, ports, etc. from behind school firewall?
As an avid designer and developer I work with software on my laptop while at school. Because I'm on my school's network, I have no access to things like:
the web server I run on my personal computer ...
