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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Windows RDS - Make each users use specific NIC
I have the following situation:
I have one Windows Server, configured as RDS for 5 users.
These users need to use this RDS to access a specific website, accessed with Pulse Secure.
For multiple ...
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Why a unlocking a locked out local account on a Windows Server immediately gets locked out again?
There's a Windows Server 2022 with two administrator local users. This is not Active Directory topic. One of the admins got locked out. I go ahead and uncheck the locked out status in the Local ...
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Windows Remote Desktop slows down within a day
We have a beefy Windows 10 Enterprise PC with 128GB RAM, 20 Core CPU and 4 GPUs which is being used through remote desktop.
After a restart it is as fast as you expect it to be, but in a matter of 24 ...
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Black Screen Issues with RDP from Windows 11 to Windows 10
While supporting a network where multiple remote employees connect to their Windows 10 desktops through RDP, I've run into a vexing problem. Several users have reported black screens upon RDP ...
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RDP RemoteApp with virtual drive - subst command not honored
We have set up a RemoteApp with Windows Server 2019 which works fine. However when a app is opened through RemoteApp which has access to the remote computers file system a problem emerges: Virtual ...
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Unable to unlock screen under lightdm in XDMCP configuration
On my setup, whenever the screen gets locked, I cannot unlock it anymore. I tried all three known(to me) implementations: light-locker xfce4-screensaver xscreensaver.
Special on my setup: it's a ...
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Trouble Accessing Azure Windows VM File Share
I'm encountering an issue with my Azure setup, and I could use some assistance. I have two Windows VMs, named vm1 and vm2, both running Windows Server 2022. They are part of the same virtual network (...
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How to simulate keystrokes on not connected Remote Desktop Connection
I have a Windows VPS running remotely and use Remote Desktop Connection to do some macros everyday. I have a Windows app that simulate keystrokes and mouse clicks using native Windows API , to do the ...
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Use Smart Card for login using 'Microsoft Remote Desktop' from macOS
I am using MacBook Pro 2020 macOS 12.6.8
I have to connect to Window 10 Desktop.
I have 'Microsoft Remote Desktop' Version 10.9.2 (2147)
My compony enforces users to use only PIV card login.
I create ...
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Struggling to get h.264 encoding working for RDP with NVIDIA A2
I have a server VM where I have enabled the three group policies:
Use hardware graphics adapters for all Remote Desktop Services
sessions
Prioritize H.264/AVC 444 graphics mode for Remote Desktop ...
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VNC - How to give permission on only certain part of screen?
I'm looking for VNC software that allows me to display the entire remotely accessed desktop but with one part in read-only mode and the other in write mode.
In essence, I need to access the ...
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RDP Dynamic resolution: how to know the current resolution?
The dynamic resolution feature updates the resolution of the RDP session based on the size of your RDP window.
So if enlarge the RDP window, the resolution is increased.
Now the problem is, how do I ...
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How do you reverse tunnel to a different local ip
I have a reverse tunnel following this answer... How to get a persistent reverse SSH tunnel using autossh?
Both ends are RaspberryPis. MotionEyeOS is on a eero router with no routing options and a ...
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Does remote desktop redraw the entire screen or just the part that was changed?
If I have a more colorful image on an RDP lock screen, will it redraw the entire screen (thus requiring slightly more bandwidth) or does it just send the parts of the screen that change (i.e. the dots ...
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Returning to Remote Desktop from local desktop
I'm using Remote Desktop on Windows 11 to connect to a work computer. I was able to come back to my local desktop with the Ctrl-Alt-Pause, but now I can't get back to the remote one. I can actually ...
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RDP from (OSX, Android) to WIN vmware keyboard map
I've seen a lot of posts regarding this issue but non answered my setup issue.
I am on a OSX laptop RDP into Win 10 machine. When I RDP into windows everything works fine, keyboard maps correct and ...
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Remote Desktop into the current auto-logged-in user
I have a windows machine acting as a server for a few different things. In order to have windows run what I need on startup, I set a user to autologin and start the programs I need. This works fine ...
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Remote Desktop barely any load but network connection is really slow
We currently have a solution that consists of:
2 RD Gateways, 2 RD Connection Brokers and Licencing Servers and 4 RD Session host machines.
2 of the RD Session host machines seem to connect and work ...
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How to add MFA to Windows 11 Professional RDP
I want to add MFA to my Windows 11 computer when connecting with RDP from outside my home network. I don't own Azure AD and this is not for a corporate environment. Is this possible? If MFA is not ...
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Squid Proxy Block it RDP Connections, Solution?
This is my scenario:
I create my blocking rules inside the Squid proxy to block pages and ports. And my problem is that when I want to connect to a Windows Remote Desktop via IP, it doesn't connect ...
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Remote Session + Remote Session from Inside first session = Smart SIzing not working
I've looked around a fair bit in search of an answer, but no luck so far.
The issue I have, is that I have a work laptop and a personal desktop with 3 monitors.
I remote into the work laptop from the ...
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Keyboard Shortcut to Switch from a Full-screen Remote Desktop Session to your Local Machine?
Is there a way, using the keyboard, to switch from a full-screen Remote Desktop session back to your host OS?
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Remote usage to better unit as headless
I have a great HP Z2 G5 work station connected to 4k 55" TV that I use.
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But sometimes I remote in using TS/RDP (remote desktop) from my old reliable Dell E6410 with Windows 10 Pro (back ...
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RDC through VPN not working on 1 particular computer
I am remote worker and my working environment is set up this way :
I use Cisco AnyConnect client to connect to my company's VPN.
then I use Remote Desktop Connection to connect to my virtual machine (...
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Why is windows remote desktop switching window sizes to ultra wide? Is there a way outside of reboot to fix it?
There is no doubt that this is a bug. I am just wondering if anyone has any knowledge about the root cause, or perhaps a way short of reboot to fix it.
Relevant bits o information:
Occurs in Windows ...
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Send CTRL-ALT-DEL to SECOND (double-hop) remote desktop in Windows
I have a remote desktop that I can only access from another machine that I have to RDP (remove desktop) into. I need to send CTRL-ALT-DEL to that second machine. In otherwords, I need to 'double-hop' ...
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Unable to connect to my remote desktop
I want to remotely access my desktop PC (server) that has a static IP, from my laptop. Both are running Linux Mint 21.2.
I have opened the port 3306 on my router settings because I want to access a ...
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RDP/NLA/CAC Smartcard authentication fails
I am able to RDP into VMs through username and password, but not with CAC. I receive the error "The remote computer that you are trying to connect to requires NLA, but your Windows domain ...
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Remote VNC from Mac in to Linux machine only shows top left corner of the Linux machine
I only have access to the top left corner of the desktop and cannot enlarge the screen to view the rest of the Linux machine desktop. I can still move things around and click things within that small ...
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Linux with desktop enviroment using XRDP on Archlinux on WSL does not working
A newbie here.
Well I spent a couple days trying to make work xrdp for Archlinux on WSL. Actually WSL does not support Arch but can be installed using docker.
I have ubuntu on wsl too and I use xrdp ...
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Two Bluetooth Keyboards - 2 Different Sets of Home & End buttons Actions on Windows via Remote Desktop
I use Microsoft Remote Desktop on my MacBook Pro (Ventura 13.5) to access my office desktop (Windows 10 Pro Education 22H2) via our VPN.
If I use Apple's Magic Keyboard the Home and End keys on the ...
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After some sessions, Windows 10 Pro RDC displays a black screen
We are using 2 Windows 10 Pro computers, and an issue arises after using several Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) sessions.
Specifically, during some RDP sessions, the screen turns black, and after a few ...
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Enabling Audio Transmission from GCP Cloud VM using Remote Access App
I have set up a Google Cloud Platform (GCP) virtual machine (VM) running Ubuntu Server. As expected, the VM doesn't have any audio hardware installed. Currently, I'm using Google's remote desktop app ...
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RDP connect to work computer
I'm working from home, and i have a work laptop in my house, at the moment i have to switch the keyboard and mouse between my pc and the work laptop i was wondering if i can RDP to my work laptop from ...
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Remote Desktop Slower Connecting Times Windows 10
I have setup an old computer to be used as a kind of server with Windows 10 Pro installed.
I have connected it with an ethernet cable and is on the same network as the computer that I am using for ...
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RDP Access on Whonix
I'm trying to access to access to my RDP on Whonix (over Tor and despite all dangers) this way
rdesktop myip
but I'm always getting error
Autoselecting keyboard map 'en-us' from locale Core(error):
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Can you use xfreerdp to get a console (cmd.exe, command line) session with Windows 10?
I am using a Windows 10 computer remotely, over Remote Desktop / RDP, on a Linux host typically running remmina.
Unfortunately, the Windows 10 got completely locked for some reason, it would not start ...
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Change default display resolution of remote desktop
I have a remote desktop computer without a monitor with the default display resolution set to 1024x768, but I need the default resolution to be 1920x1080.
When I try to change the display resolution ...
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"Unspecified error" when copying file via Remote Desktop Protocol [duplicate]
A have a file with size 4.638.646.348 bytes (4.31 GB).
When I try to copy it from Windows Server 2016 (1607) to Windows Server 2019 (1809), I get an "Unspecified errror" as soon as I use ...
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Chrome/Edge/Matlab not response to keyboard after remote desktop reconnect
I face an issue when using remote desktop(RDP that comes with Windows)
Some apps will not response keyboard input sometime after reconnect
RDP(Apps are running on the remote server). Currently I find ...
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Windows 11 RDP keeps locking
Using Microsoft's Remote Desktop Connection client (mstsc), I can RDP into a local account on Windows 10 and it will never enter into a locked state, even after hours of direct inactivity. However on ...
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Do I need to enable Remote Desktop Connection for it to work over Tailscale?
I've enabled Remote Desktop Access and it works fine on my local network. I want to be able to use it via Tailscale as well but it doesn't connect, using either the DNS name, IPv4 address or IPv6 ...
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How shall I set up embedded Remote Desktop connection through two firewalls
I am trying to configure remote desktop to Target PC external network as shown in Image below.
The idea is to do a remote desktop connection from External Network to Buffer PC and then to take one ...
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Pyautogui Quits / throws Exception when Remote Desktop is Minimized
I'm running a remote desktop connection that is running PyAutoGUI. When I minimize the remote desktop Window, pyautogui automatically throws an exception relating to the fail safe (which is when you ...
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Remote Desktop Access : know which user is already connected
I use Remote Desktop Access to access a distant computer. Sometimes I am told another user is already connected (which is no issue in an of itself) but I want to know who it is to get in touch with ...
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Remote Desktop Connection session hangs randomly over HDMI display
At random times, when I connect my laptop to my monitor via HDMI and open my remote desktop session on the monitor while running other things on the laptop, the remote desktop session hangs and I ...
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Does Windows 11 support auto-adaptive resolution when opening a window of a remote desktop?
When accessing a remote desktop with the remote desktop tool that comes with Windows 11, how do I get the remote desktop window to adjust its resolution based on the window size?
The problem I'm ...
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How to transfer a file from local computer in windows to remote computer in linux without installing anything additional softwares?
The local computer is in Windows 10.
The remote server also has windows.
Inside windows they're running a server on VM.
The remote server is in Linux.
Using anydesk you can copy-paste files between ...
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"Remote desktop connection low virtual memory" with connection from Win 10 to Ubuntu 22.04 using ipv6 address
I have exactly the same question as this question. The difference is my client is Windows 10 and my server is Ubuntu 22.04. Because I don't have enough reputations in this community, I can add nothing ...
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Simultaneous routed WIFI and ad hoc WIFI
I would like to have two separate networks within my home. One would be strictly limited to my home PCs (i.e. no internet access). This would allow me to Remote Desktop between my desktop and my ...
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