Questions tagged [remote-desktop]
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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RDP: Black screen
I got a problem that I've spend most of today trying to fix, but unable to. I connect remotely to a computer, which is running Windows 10, but eventually it stops working. I can fix it with a reboot, ...
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Does port-fowarding expose true ip when using a VPN?
I have a commercial VPN (PIA) that allows port forwarding. As far as I've read this is required in order for remote desktop connection to work.
The question is whether port forwarding allows the RDP ...
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Windows server: letting a user use a desktop app without accessing the app's files
I have a Windows desktop application (written in .NET) that I have installed on a Windows Server machine.
Since it is a desktop app (not a web app) it needs to be used by accessing the server via RDP ...
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How to know *from macOS* if someone is already connected to a shared machine with Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol Connection?
In the environment I work in, our customers often provide a shared Windows jumphost with only a single shared account with access only via Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol. It is inconvenient to ...
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Remote Desktop Connection | Scrambles open app windows when reconnecting
Problem: When I connect to my pc inside my office bubble via RDP on a PC that is on the other room(Trading floor) all the application windows I had previously carefully placed on either monitor 1 or 2 ...
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How to check if my machine has 3rd party remote access software installed?
How do I find if someone who is not authorized can access my desktop remotely?
I know when someone knows my password, he can remotely access my machine using my user, password from RDP, How do I stop ...
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Remote desktop shows horizonal scroll bar when maximized even there are space for it on local PC
Resolution of local display is 1920 x 1080, and the display of remote desktop is set to
1440 x 1050. When maximize the window of remote desktop, both vertical and horizontal scroll bar showed.
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How to connect to a device that is inside a VPN using remote desktop?
I've been trying to connect to a Macbook using a remote desktop (Jump Desktop Connect, being precise) over the internet. I'm not in the computer's local network. However, turning on the VPN in that ...
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Wake-up pc AND get to the Desktop
I have a problem, please help me solve it.
I have a remote pc, i can set it up from Bios to wake up at a specific time (early morning).
The problem is there is a user list and i need to click on a ...
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Using RDP to access laptop in another room, I'm always logged in as "other user"
As the title says. I have a laptop that lives in another room of my home. I want to remote into it sometimes from the PC in my office. Windows 10 Pro on the laptop, 10 Home on my desktop. Any time ...
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Xrdp clipboard stops working after first login - Ubuntu 20.04
I've installed Xfce and Xrdp on my Ubuntu Server 20.04 with these steps
$ sudo apt install xrdp
$ sudo apt install xserver-xorg-core
$ sudo apt install xserver-xorg-input-all
$ sudo apt install ...
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Is it possible to run applications installed on my Hyper-V Win11 inside of my host Win11?
A few years back I had an older Macbook and I installed Parallels Desktop on it, and one of the options for Parallels was to run windows applications within OS X, rather than having to boot into ...
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how do I prevent user B remote login when user A also remotely using the same account on windows 10 computer?
I have a problem that bothers me for a while.
When there is a user A remotely login my windows computer(win 10),
user B will kick user A out if B remotely login with same account.
Can I prevent this ...
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Anydesk does not display unless the remote host connects to a monitor
I use Anydesk to connect to a remote host (windows 10 + RTX3080), but Anydesk does not show any image unless the remote host is physically connected to a monitor. Anydesk shows that the connection is ...
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is it possible to connect via VNC to a server behind the gateway?
I'm trying to connect to a server in our school, which is behind another server (named gateway), so connecting to the gateway with running VNC server on the host side and then VNC viewer (like ...
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Need assistance with virtual-desktop annoyances
I have some virtual-desktop-related questions.
What's the keyboard shortcut to switch between Desktop 1, 2, and 3 when in Win+Tab mode?
Neither the tab nor the arrow keys work.
Why does Win+Tab show ...
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Prevent one client to access "in-use" RDP session by another client on the same user (win 10)
We have 1 windows 10 PC.
We have 2 clients using the same PC on the Same user.
We now facing the issue that one client "kick" the other client from the session while in use.
I want to be ...
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Remote USB device (gamepad, specifically) over RDP or similar, over internet (not LAN)?
The goal is to have two Windows devices, A and B, on separate networks where router admin privileges may not be accessible; Device A connects a gamepad (e.g. Xbox One controller) via USB, then ...
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Remote desktop settings not working (Local Resources --> Keyboard --> Apply Windows Key Combinations --> On the remote computer)
I have received a new work laptop and the setting below is not working any longer. I use the Windows key + r key to open Powershell and the cmd prompt hundreds of times a day and my ability to do that ...
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Windows10: How to keep the display/monitor disabled while operating remotely?
I have tried disable or uninstall the 'Generic PnP Monitor' in Device Manager, totally no change.
I also tried some commandlines using postmessage function to set SC_MONITORPOWER to 2, this method ...
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AWS EC2 Instance Virtual Machine having RDP connection & network issue
On AWS, we have an EC2 instance -- a Windows 2019 Virtual Machine. This VM is created in a non-domain standalone VM with Public IP (enabled).
After successfully creating it, when I try to RDP from my ...
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Why is there a Remote Desktop Connnection link in Windows 10 Home?
In Windows 10 Home, why is there a 'Remote Desktop Connnection' link in: Start Menu > Windows Accessories, when I've read that Windows 10 Home doesn't support Remote Desktop Connection?
It is on a ...
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RDP client with really full screen without any bars
I using RDP client for connect to workstation. My client workstation has 1 screen FullHD 13" with 125% dpi, and 3 other FullHD 24" screens with 100% dpi. Only RDP Client from MS Store can ...
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I think my ex employer is remotely accessing my laptop
I think my ex-employer has been remotely accessing my laptop.
I am sure I caught a glimpse of a sign saying remote access logging out.
There have been a couple of funny mouse moments and I suspect ...
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Win-Server 2019 login screen blank on rdp
Every now and then we have 1-2 servers at a time that don't allow remote logins.
After connecting to the system via RDP (already providing login info) the login screen stays blank and doesn't log in ...
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Unexplainable RDP slowdown
I have a really weird problem that I can't wrap my head around.
Situation:
RDP server, running Windows Server 2019, with many clients.
A user connects to the RDP server from Windows 10.
They open a ...
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How to compare a remote host fingerprint to the fingerprint of a different host?
I have two ways of accessing my remote host ssh server:
using its local IP addres
using its public IP address
Yesterday, I reinstalled my SSH server on the remote host and I updated my known hosts ...
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IP Forwarding not working as intended
I have a Wireguard VPN configured on a Raspberry PI. All VPN peers have a 10.8.0.0/24 address and my home network is 192.168.1.0/24.
I have setup the main gateway to route 10.8.0.0/24 through the ...
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VPN traffic routing and RDP
I have been struggling with this for 4 days now and can't seem to solve it.
I am connecting to work network from home via windows 10 vpn. What I am trying to obtain is to only route my RDP connection ...
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How do I configure RDP host to allow only SSL connection in Windows 10 PRO?
Despite having set in gpedit.msc,
Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, RD Services, RD Session Host, Security:-
Require use of specified security layer... set to SSL
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Home router (or something) make a tunnel to Company
I have sort of some ideas, but not sure what it's called.
At home, I want the home router to connect to company vpn (something that direction), so I don't have to do a VPN connection on my computers. ...
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(Re)enable remote destkop on win 10
How do I enable that?
The device is connected to an AD but I have local admin privileges.
I tried:
Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server'-name "...
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connect to a device, from behind router, that connected to modem
Network Diagram Picture:
Is it possible to connect from "Android Device" to "Desktop PC",
or from "Laptop" to "Desktop PC" on the local network without ...
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Windows 11 - Microsoft RDP Dummy Entries
I use RDP daily, and often have 2 or 3 sessions open simultaneously.
I upgraded Windows 10 to Windows 11 a month ago, and suddenly started seeing a lot of dummy entries (see below). These never stop ...
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RDP to a machine tethered by phone in NAT
I need help with the following problem: I have different PCs connected to my WiFi router at home via cable, as none of them has WiFi module built-in. However, I've got another one machine, but ...
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Connecting to a Virtual Machine(Hyper-v windows 11) from outside the Network with Remote Desktop controll. have i done everything till now right?
thats another Post, almost the same Question, but this time i am almost done , and i want to ask if i did everything right up to this point.
So what i want to archieve?
I want to reach the my Virtual ...
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How to add a Static IP-Adress to a Virtual Machine in Hyper V to stop changing the ip adress when restarting the VM
I have two questions:
How can i set up a Static IP Adress on my virtual Machine, which is running on Windows 11 in Hyper v. Every time i do start The virtual Machine and write in the command Prompt&...
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xrdp only showing blue-green background screen after login
I have an RPi 4 on which I installed xrdp to connect to it via MS Remote Desktop. But after login with the pi's username and the password, the grey login window disappeares and leaves me with the blue-...
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Windows Remote Desktop on UHD monitor, how to scale the RDP window itself, and not on the remote host? [duplicate]
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I changed my monitor to an UHD monitor, using it 3840x2160 (UHD) native resolution, and scale my windows, to make text and icons to an ergonomic size.
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When I am connecting to my remote ...
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Remote Actions without Remote Desktop?
I have a Surface Book that I'm trying to use as a semi-sidecar-esque device, without relying on the laginess of Miracast, while retaining touch capabilities, however I am finding it quite clunky to ...
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Why do I see CUMRDPProtocolManager::CreateListener(RDP-Tcp) when I'm not using RDP?
What does this event mean?
Event 229, RemoteDesktopServices-RdpCoreTS
'CUMRDPProtocolManager::CreateListener(RDP-Tcp) DEBUG/VM/ReverseTCP/ReverseUDP/INET' in CUMRDPProtocolManager::CreateListener at ...
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How to sign out from Windows 11 in a Remote Desktop session?
I work for an ISV. We are not deploying Windows 11 to everyone's desksides/laptops any time soon, but we do need to check that our products work correctly on Windows 11. So we have some Windows 11 ...
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Set Client IP Address of an RDP Session as an environmental variable
My company uses some software that runs on our terminal server and connects back to a peripheral I have locally connected to my client laptop. The software defines an HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry key ...
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How to access PC via Remote Desktop Connection and access SMB folder
My home topology is like in the image shown.
My ISP (My Republic) gives me public IP, but I don't want to use their router (Fiberhome HG6243C) because my Asus router has more features and overall ...
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Can Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Remote Desktop Services User CALs be used on Windows Server 2019 Standard?
My friend already has Windows Server 2019 Essentials but no RDS licenses yet. He wants to use several (more than two) parallel Remote Desktop connections. It seems it is not possible on Windows Server ...
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Mouse Cursor Disappear While RDP
In our environment, users RDP to their company desktop through a remote desktop gateway. Occasionally, we heard users report to us that the mouse cursor disappeared while they were RDPing to the ...
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Chrome Remote Desktop Curtain Mode is "curtaining" my remote session
Host OS: Windows 11 Pro
I've installed Google Chrome Remote Desktop on both the host and client computers, and it connects with no problems when HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\...
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Automatically logon to Windows RDP session
I've been trying to find an answer for this for more than a year now, so I guess it's either impossible or there are way too many questions using the same keywords.
What I'm trying to achieve is this: ...
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How can I allow the access to my computer via Google Chrome Remote Desktop?
I am trying to allow the access to my computer via Google Chrome Remote Desktop. I see that my device (Windows 7 SP1 x64 Ultimate) is off-line:
I am trying to configure it but don't see any option ...
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Grabbing the output of Windows Message Box to a String
I have searched the webs for a solution to my problem with no avail. I need to assign the message box output of a specific command to a variable. The command is mstsc.exe /l. For a background this ...