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rdp is Remote Desktop Protocol, used by Windows to view and control other Windows systems

RDP allows remote windows users to view and interact with a remote windows server as if they were sitting at that server's desktop.

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Allow RDP for user from commandline

Is it possible to add a user to the allowed rdp accounts from the commandline?
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Remote Desktop Encryption

My client is RDP 6.1 (On Windows XP SP3) and Server is Windows Server 2003. I have installed an SSL certificate on server for RDP. In the RDP settings (General tab), the Encryption method is set to SSL/TLS 1.0 and Encryption level is set to "Client…
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RDP Sessions are slow ...what does the affect of Color Depth have on the user experience?

We have an array of terminal servers to which our customers RDP and launch a Windows Forms application. We get a lot of complaints that the sessions are slow. So, when one our technicians shadows the customer session, the customer says, 'wow,…
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Multiple RDP connections on one session

I've found out how to have multiple sessions per user, but I need multiple connections to ONE session, like the program TeamViewer is able to do, where multiple people can connect to 1 computer, and see the same windows, etc. I am running Windows…
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RDP exits immediately with no warning on Server 2008 R2 with NLA on

You know the CVE-2019-0708 is around and everyone is looking for a PoC, and I followed this article to do some workaround to harden my old windows server. Yes, I enabled NLA. The NLA is working. But after a reboot, the NLA is not working properly, I…
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RDP Disconnected! Error Code: 2308 Error Description: Socket closed

We restarted our Windows 2003 server R2 last night (09/27) and since that day we can not connect through RDP. We have this kind of error using mRemote: RDP Disconnected! Error Code: 2308 Error Description: Socket closed Using Remote Desktop…
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RDP to the server, and then start another RDP from the server, not getting original client name

We have wyse winterm stations login into a terminal server via a RDP session, from that server they rdp into a separate terminal server 2008. My question is, how can I get the original client station name on the second terminal server. I currently…
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RDP successful but RPC server unavailable error for QWINSTA

I am using Windows 7 machine as a client. The server is a Windows Server 2008 machine. When I access the server using Remote Desktop Application (mstsc), it is successfully connected. But when I execute the following command in command prompt, I get…
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RDP indirect connections

I currently have a need to RDP from my laptop to server A and then RDP from server A to server B. So far, the only way I've found to go back to Server A is to log out of Server B. Is there something I'm missing? I'd really like to be able to…
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RDP Console / Admin Session

When i connect to Windows 2003 machines i can use the /console switch and essentially get a third remote administration session on the server. This doesn't seem to work on Windows 2008 R2, only 2 sessions are allowed. Has this feature been removed…
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RDP file setting: "use redirection server name"

Can anybody offer an explanation for the "use redirection server name" setting in an RDP file? It can be set as either: use redirection server name:i:1 or use redirection server name:i:0 I have a small number of clients for whom connections via an…
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RDP error while trying to establish connection

I get this message while trying to connect to a remote host through RDP (I'd like to point out the fact that until yesterday things went smoothly) This computer can't connect to the remote computer. Try connecting again. If the problem continues,…
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Issues trying to RDC into Win7 domain member

I have one workstation Win 7 Pro, that we can't RDC to ONLY WHEN IT'S CONFIGURED IN THE DOMAIN, regardless of the logaon with IP or DNS Name, using Admin user ID for domain and even the local machine (logging on as Domanname\username). When the…
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Remote Desktop without NLA

Let me start by saying I fully understand the purpose of Network Level Authentication, its benefits, etc... I am trying to find a way to connect to a Windows 7 box from another Windows 7 box without using NLA. This is for a proof of concept I want…
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Access multiple machines externally via RDP

I currently port forward port 3389 on my router to the internal IP address of the machine I want to RDP to the most. I really want to be able to RDP from external to many internal machines. Can anyone suggest a list / range of ports I could…
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