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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How do I make a shortcut of a remote desktop connection and include the password?
I want to open a remote desktop connection directly from a shortcut, and I want to embed the username password within the shortcut.
How do I get the path of a remote desktop from an RDP shortcut, and ...
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RDP into VirtualBox on Windows
My co-worker has an old Mac, and needs to test something on Windows. His Mac is not powerful enough to run a VM, so he needs the ones I have. I have a few VMs that fit his needs.
The solution I ...
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How to copy files from local machine to remote virtual machine?
Is there an easy way I can copy files directly from my machine to the virtual machine?
I have downloaded a lot of .HTML files on my desktop and I need them on the virtual machine, I noticed that I ...
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Where is the OS X Remote Desktop Client
An update to the remote desktop client was recently applied to my MacBook via the software updater. I can't find this application anywhere. What is this application called and where is it located?
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How do I get User Friendly Names in Remote Desktop?
Is there a way to get 'user friendly' names to show in remote desktop connection tool?
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How do I keep an RDP session alive from the client side?
I'm on a Windows 7 workstation and have to connect to an offsite virtualized Windows 2008 server through RDP to use an app for work. After about 15 minutes of idle time the whole thing freezes up and ...
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Run application or script on Windows RDC connection
I checked another thread (Automatically run a script when I log on to Windows), but it did not solve my exact problem.
I need to run a script on when a connection is made across my network using ...
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Windows Remote Desktop Connection for just a single window (or a single program)
Is it possible to have just one program running on the remote Windows machine appear in the local monitor, rather than the whole remote desktop?
I heard SeamlessRDP provides something like that but ...
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Multiple remote desktop connections to same session
I need to connect to the remote desktop twice - because of pair programming on the remote machine - now, when one coder connects, other is disconnected.
My idea is to install tightvnc or some other ...
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Can't enable remote desktop in Windows 10 Pro
I can't enable remote desktop in Windows 10 Pro (build 1803).
I toggle the button.
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click confirm.
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but the service is not toggled on.
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However, when I check the classic way of enabling RDP, it ...
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Why remote desktop (RDP) isn't fast enough for watching videos on a remote PC?
On my iPad, I tried to remote control a computer on my local network and open a video on it, but it wasn't fast enough (the video refresh rate was terrible). I've purposely tried to connect to the ...
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Remote desktop: Fullscreen is limited to the resolution of my primary monitor. How can I get a full screen rdp session on my second (bigger) screen?
I have 2 monitors, unfortunately one is smaller than the other.
I want to use the 1920x1200 monitor for a fullscreen RDP session (this is where I do my main work).
And I would like to use the ...
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Remote Desktop Client in Windows 7 Full Screen Issue
I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium on a new laptop and I'm having one of the most annoying issues with the RDP client (mstsc.exe). If I restore the full screen RDP window, I lose the ability to go ...
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Remote Desktop password field doesn't have focus
I am on a corporate network, on a Windows Server 2016 Standard box.
When I try to open Remote Desktop (mstsc.exe) from this box to go to any other one (mostly Windows Server 2012), I normally expect ...
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Use remote computer without disturbing local user
I have a Windows 7 computer that is acting as a Media Center so it is always on but not always in use.
I would like to be able to log in to this machine remotely and launch some scripts that take ...
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Remote Desktop or Streaming Software/Services that Supports Gaming
I've simply been amazed by the quality and speed of Onlive, as this technology has the potential of making hardware requirements irrelevant to the average user. However, at the moment Onlive is only ...
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Can't remote into a computer because "the remote computer requires Network Authentication"
I'm trying to remote into one Windows 7 computer from another Windows 7 computer, and am getting this error:
The remote computer requires Network Level Authentication, which your computer does not ...
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Remote desktop session closes immediately after logging in
I have a Windows7 Ultimate x64 machine that I connect to via RDP from multiple places (a few WinXP/Win7 machines, a few iOS devices using different RDP clients). Everything works like a charm.
But ...
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Windows 7 remote desktop hangs after a successful login
I had the below symptoms:
I remote to my computer, and after I login, the welcome screen comes out and hangs, I minimized the window and maximize again, then the remote desktop window became black ...
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Save Remote Desktop connection bar size and position
Using RDC on Windows 10 connecting to a VM (also running Windows 10), I always have to manually change the size and position of the connection bar at the top of the window.
But when I disconnect (or ...
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How to get back the 8bit (256) color on RDP with Windows 8?
Until recently (until I updated to Windows 8), I had Windows 7.
I had an *.rdp file which I could edit its session bpp value to 8, which implies using 256 colors mode when remote desktop is on.
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How do I keep my same 4-monitor setup when using Remote Desktop in Windows 7?
I'm using Remote Desktop to connect from a Windows 7 Professional client machine to a Windows 7 Enterprise host machine. Both machines have identical quad-monitor setups. I want the Remote Desktop ...
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Remote Desktop with multi-monitor support in XP?
In Windows 7 I get the following checkbox option in Remote Desktop options:
Is there any way to update my Remote Desktop / Terminal Services on my XP (SP3) machine to the same version so I can have ...
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Can I run games smoothly on a server via RDP? [closed]
Is it possible to run games on a hosted server smoothly via RDP?
I have a dedicated server running Windows Server 2012 R2. It has 144 GB of RAM, an Intel Xeon E5 and GeForce GTX 750 Ti GPU. It's a ...
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Windows 10 Remote Desktop into Admin/Console session
I have been trying to remote desktop from a Windows 10 client into a headless computer running Windows 10.
I have not been able to log into the console session as shown by qwinsta.exe. I have tried ...
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Set display scaling when using Remote Desktop from Surface Pro
I use my Surface Pro to remote desktop to various other machines. When I do, the display is crazy small because Surface Pro uses 150% scaling for it's local Windows display, but this is not the ...
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Multiple RDP sessions on a single computer?
I've got users using RDP to connect to a Windows 2008 with Windows Server 2008's Terminal Server Application mode. (Users RDP in and get an app that looks like it's running locally.)
It works great. ...
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Remote Desktop app can't connect through VPN or through RDP load balancer
Using the regular Remote Desktop Client (in the desktop environment) I can connect just fine to remote servers when connected through Cisco VPN or when accessing a server behind a load balancer.
When ...
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Preventing Remote Desktop from kicking current user on Windows 7
We're using remote desktop to connect to a remote machine running windows 7. The problem is, that when one user is logged on, the others have no way (AFAIK) of knowing it. Thus, when a second user ...
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Windows 10 Remote Desktop With RemoteFX and Hardware h.264 Using Nvidia NVENC
I have Windows 10 Pro as a server and Windows 10 Pro as a client. Server has a GTX 1070 card with the latest driver and is fully NVENC capable of h.264 / AVC 444 hardware encoding. Steam streaming ...
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Directly accessing Hyper-V console via RDP
I am wondering if there is a chance to directly connect to a VMs console via RDP. It seems the hyper-v manager is basicaly doing the same when connecting to a VMs console.
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How can I create a remote connection between Mac & Windows computers?
My office has 30 Windows PCs and 5 iMacs, all of which are connected to a LAN and the internet.
I have seen TeamViewer being used for accessing other computers remotely, and want to know if it is ...
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query session command gives error code 5 even when AllowRemoteRPC is set to 1
in cmd, 'Query Session' command is returning,
Error 5 getting sessionnames
Error [5]:Access is denied
on Windows 10 Remote desktop - Administrator user.
we have set, AllowRemoteRPC 's value to 1
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Remote Desktop into Windows 8.1 PC with high DPI scaling
I recently attached two high DPI displays to my Windows 8.1 desktop PC. As a result I put the scaling (found at Screen Resolution > Make text ... larger or smaller) to 200%.
This has been an ...
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Mouse with forward/back buttons and remote desktop
I have a logitech MX518 that has nice forward and back buttons built onto the mouse directly. They work great locally. However anytime over remote desktop these buttons do nothing. This happens both ...
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Restart PC via remote desktop with Explorer.exe dead
I have a very unusual situation in which I am remote desktoping to my Windows 7 PC from my laptop. The Explorer.exe process has been killed so therefore the Start menu etc isn't available. So there ...
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Enabling RDP, or installing a VNC server, on Windows 7 from the command line
I've got a remote Win7 box that I can SSH into (via Cygwin). I apparently forgot to turn RDP on before leaving it. I've got wget accessible, but obviously no way of getting to a GUI.
Is there a way ...
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Disable Lock Screen after Remote Desktop session in Windows 10
I would like to disable the lock screen after disconnecting from a remote desktop session in Windows 10.
Either natively, or with something like a .exe shortcut to disconnect from the session on the ...
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Why do my desktop icons get re-organized when I Remote Desktop in?
Whenever I remote into my work computer from home or vice-versus the shortcuts, folders and files get reorganized which is extremely frustrating since I often group things into clusters on my desktop.
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How do I remotely view a Linux desktop from Windows XP?
I'm using Windows XP and need to remotely connect to a CentOS-5.X server.
I'm looking to visually, securely and with as small a footprint as possible manage a remote Linux system via an GUI. It's not ...
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Windows RDP (Remote Desktop) can I force to disregard GPU?
I want to remote desktop into a Windows 10 host but want to force the rdp host service to only consume CPU resources not the GPU at all. When I generally rdp into my host machine I can see that there ...
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Window Remote Desktop return to host shortcut [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Keyboard shortcut to minimize Remote Desktop
Is there any shortcut key to return to the host?
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PuTTY and Remote Desktop
I recently needed to access a Windows machine with Windows Remote Desktop, but I was unable to connect due to a firewall on the network. (While on the network, I have successfully connected to the ...
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how do you remote desktop to mac osx from windows? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicates:
Remote desktop to Mac from various platforms (Windows, Ubuntu)
Fast VNC from Windows to Mac?
Hey any one know of a free application i can use to remote desktop to my mac ...
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How to enable RemoteFX for a Windows 7 machine
I wanted to take advantage of the new "RemoteFX" feature. However, all the blogs are talking about having a Windows 2008R2 Server with SP1 and running a virtual macihne with RemoteFX.
In my case, I ...
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How can I turn off screen on remote computer with LogMeIn?
I'm using log me in to remotely connect to a computer, however, when I do so, the screen turns on (its a laptop, so no chance of physically unplugging it), and if people are where the computer is, ...
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What are the different ways of remotely connecting to your computer?
I'll be leaving for uni soon and would like to know the different methods of connecting remotely to my home pc.
I know about VPN but are there any other ways? Also how secure is each of this method ...
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Connect to Computers in different router network
I have two routers, router1 one is wireless where I connect my laptops and the router2 is just a regular router that I connect the desktops to. Router one has its own subnet and router two has its own....
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How can I leave the remote screen locked when I ARD/VNC/etc. to my Mac?
I'm currently using Jolly's Fast VNC and Mac OS X's built-in VNC server (System Preferences, Sharing, Screen Sharing) to access my iMac remotely.
Here's my problem: When I'm using the iMac remotely, ...
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Running rdesktop through a SSH tunnel in one command
I am running ssh server -L 3392:192.168.1.138:3389 in one terminal window, then running rdesktop 127.0.0.1:3392 in another to connect to a Windows machine through an SSH tunnel. How can I merge this ...