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Accept Remote Desktop Connections in Windows 7 Home Premium

Windows 7 Home Premium does not support incoming Remote Desktop connections by default (i.e. as a Terminal Services server). But, do ways exist to enable Remote Desktop (server) via a registry ...
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Windows: How to make programs think they're not running in a terminal server session?

I am using the program "SoftXPand 2011 Duo" by Miniframe on my Windows 7 PC. It makes two workstations out of one computer. It uses the terminal services built into Windows to create the additional ...
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Is there any way I can make the connection bar "more difficult" to display using the Microsoft Terminal Services Client?

The Microsoft Terminal Services Client (Also known as "Remote Desktop" or RDP) is an awesome remote access tool that I use all the time. It has but one major annoyance -- there's a bar at the top of ...
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WinXP: How do I allow read-only remote desktop to non-admin users?

Using (WinXP flavored) Server 2003, how do I allow read-only remote desktop to non-admin users? I don't want to use the "invite for Remote Assistance" feature of MSN Live Messenger. I would rather ...
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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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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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How do I enable terminal services on Windows 8?

How do I enable the feature in Windows 8 that will let me connect to my computer remotely via Microsoft's terminal services client? Is there a way to change the connection limit, so that more than ...
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What is this hashed Session Name when I run qwinsta on my Win10 workstation?

Question is title, I can't find any information about what this session is. I googled 7a78855482a04 and got some random results mostly from a couple people that were wondering the same thing. I don't ...
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MSTSC (Windows Remote Desktop Connection) alternatives for Windows

I've got an odd issue where Microsoft Terminal Services Client is sending random uppercase and lowercase junk from my magnetic card reader. In Linux, rDesktop works just fine. I've got no idea what'...
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