Windows Remote Connection Apps Freezing on remote machine

Question

Recently (last couple months) I started experiencing an issue with RDP. On my remote machine (desktop), when I remote into it any web browser that was open on the remote machine is frozen and unresponsive. Sometimes after waiting a few minutes it unfreezes but most the time not.

I haven't noticed it happening with any other programs. I believe it may have happened to Steam once.

Desktop (remote machine) - Windows 11 pro

Answer 1

There have been some windows updates that caused issues for Remote Desktop (RDP) use:

• Windows 11 2022 Update causes issues to Remote Desktop users
• Microsoft investigates Windows 11 22H2 Remote Desktop issues
• Recent Windows Server updates break VPN, RDP, RRAS connections

However, there is a purported fix in January, 2023 update KB5022360 .

Therefore,

• First, try applying KB5022360.
• If that fails to remedy the RDP issue, try some of the fixes suggested below.
  • RDP broken due to Windows Update - and how to fix it
  • Microsoft RDP problems Windows 11 22H2
  • KB5021653: Out-of-band update for Windows Server 2012 R2: November 17, 2022