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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 images or a single large one taking the whole screen.

I have unchecked all bells and whistles to make the operation as fast as possible.

I have disabled the "Large Send Offload v2" on the network interface of the client.

I have tweaked the receive window auto-tuning on the client:

> netsh interface tcp show global
Querying active state...

TCP Global Parameters
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Receive-Side Scaling State          : enabled
Chimney Offload State               : automatic
NetDMA State                        : enabled
Direct Cache Acess (DCA)            : disabled
Receive Window Auto-Tuning Level    : highlyrestricted
Add-On Congestion Control Provider  : none
ECN Capability                      : disabled
RFC 1323 Timestamps                 : disabled

The .rdp file looks like this:

screen mode id:i:1
use multimon:i:0
session bpp:i:16
winposstr:s:0,3,0,0,800,600
compression:i:1
keyboardhook:i:1
audiocapturemode:i:0
videoplaybackmode:i:1
connection type:i:1
networkautodetect:i:0
bandwidthautodetect:i:1
displayconnectionbar:i:1
enableworkspacereconnect:i:0
disable wallpaper:i:1
allow font smoothing:i:0
allow desktop composition:i:0
disable full window drag:i:1
disable menu anims:i:1
disable themes:i:1
disable cursor setting:i:0
bitmapcachepersistenable:i:1
audiomode:i:0
redirectprinters:i:0
redirectcomports:i:0
redirectsmartcards:i:0
redirectclipboard:i:1
redirectposdevices:i:0
drivestoredirect:s:C:\;
autoreconnection enabled:i:1
authentication level:i:0
prompt for credentials:i:0
negotiate security layer:i:1
remoteapplicationmode:i:0
alternate shell:s:
shell working directory:s:
gatewayhostname:s:
gatewayusagemethod:i:4
gatewaycredentialssource:i:4
gatewayprofileusagemethod:i:0
promptcredentialonce:i:0
use redirection server name:i:0
rdgiskdcproxy:i:0
kdcproxyname:s:
desktopwidth:i:1680
desktopheight:i:1050

Nothing seems to help.

What am I missing?

Edit: responses to comments:

The processor on server-side (XP) is an old Athlon 3500+ but it should be up to the task.
The resolution is 1680x1050. Full screen (1920x1200) is even slower.

The bandwidth and latency of both machines, tested on May 1st:

XP Server:
XP Server

Win7 Client:
Win7 Client

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    What's the CPU load on the XP box? (I assume you're not seeing any slowness on the Windows 7 side other than in the RDP connection.) If it's not very powerful, and especially if you're also using a very large RDP window (e.g. 1920x1080), you may just be asking more of it than it can handle.
    – Aaron Miller
    Apr 30, 2013 at 16:58
  • To paraphrase Aaron, try not using full screen and see if it works better.
    – user 99572 is fine
    Apr 30, 2013 at 17:19
  • You gave us the bandwidth of both connections, but not the latency, which may be the problem here
    – golimar
    Apr 30, 2013 at 17:33
  • answered comments in the body of the question. Latency should not be the issue since mouse tracking is fast.
    – Alex O
    Apr 30, 2013 at 19:00
  • @alex VERIFY what the latency is exactly!
    – Ramhound
    May 1, 2013 at 0:59

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Nothing out the ordinary I reckon.

You say the XP host's upload speed it 0.98Mbs. This is the limiting factor.

I've just connected to my work PC, at a high resolution (~1700x900).

It took a good long while to load up a full screen of google images.

The upload speed at the host is 0.96.

So I would suggest that you have no problem (other than the problem we both have: terrible upload speeds)

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