rdesktop for windows?

Question

I'm looking for a good RDP client for Windows. The built-in one for WinXP doesn't do sound and puts black padding around the window for some reason.

Something like rdesktop would be perfect. I've tried getting it to run on windows, but I've run into problems. Even though I had XminG running as an xserver, it said it couldn't connect to the local display. Eventually I installed x/cygwin and compiled rdesktop myself, and that ended up working, but the sound still didn't work.

Is there any good rdesktop-like client for windows, or a stand-alone version that wouldn't require installing x/cygwin and compiling just to work?

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 18 '10 at 18:36

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Try the Microsoft Remote Desktop client 6.0. It is newer than the one that ships with XP.

answered Mar 18 '10 at 18:36

devSpeed

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score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 14 '19 at 17:21

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Søren Schimkat has a post on his blog.

The prebuilt binary Cygwin versions are available here:
http://www.soren.schimkat.dk/Downloads/

You will need a Microsoft Windows compatible Xfree/X Window server such as Xming, MobaXterm or VcXsrv

edited Nov 14 '19 at 17:21

davidbaumann

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answered May 27 '19 at 14:15

user7568519

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 18 '10 at 18:38

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Win32 RDesktop may be what you want. This was linked from wikipedia.

answered Mar 18 '10 at 18:38

Kevin Panko

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