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Questions tagged [terminal-server]

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Terminal Server - RDP with local admin

I have a Terminal Server setup on Windows server 2008 R2. I am trying to log in to it with RDP, using the local admin account. (Not the domain admin) I have placed the local admin in the remote desktop users group, but I am still getting the…
Just a user
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How can I disable "ConnectedPDF"? (When Foxit PDF Cloud is unwanted)

Abstract Since Version 8 the Foxit Reader every user gets this Starupscreen and is urged to connect to the PDF Cloud. This feature is unwanted on our customers terminal servers (and, as I suspect, on the most comercial used systems.) I found a way…
marsh-wiggle
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Windows remote desktop keyboard mapping issue

We use Windows Remote Desktop to access our business system where they launch our business app directly via RemoteApp -- in other words, they don't actually launch the desktop environment, only the application window(s). For most users, this works…
Donovan
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MSI installed add-in for all terminal server users, how do I configure it just for one user?

A MSI I have installed for an Excel add-in (Invantive Control), installed the add-in for all users. I am running on terminal server, so now all users have this add-in, while it is only used by one single user. I had like just this single to user to…
Jan van Dooremaal
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SVN UPDATE fails because system runs out of sockets

I am setting up a terminal server for a small group of developers. They will all be using the SVN client to access the central SVN repository. Every project in our SVN repository contains lots of externals (some 180, some 300). All externals go…
Patrick
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Terminal server for accessing serial consoles behind USB FDTI-based interfaces

I've long used terminal servers (like this) to access the serial consoles of various devices like switches and routers. These terminal servers can be configured to make a serial console available over TCP port and SSH. So, instead of connecting to…
teego1967
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RDC drops at "estimating connection quality" - Terminal Server, Remote Desktop

When trying to connect to our Win 2012 R2 Terminal Server via RDC, the connection process gets to the "estimating connection quality" step and just disconnects. The Terminal Server was working all okay until the host died. We since then migrated the…
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I can not connect to RDP or microsoft edge, but other applications work

I have a problem with my laptop. I cannot connect to any RDP session while other laptops can do this. I also cannot connect to Microsoft Edge. I can connect to Google Chrome though. When connecting tp an ip addres i got this error: An internal error…
user3201911
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Windows 2008 says "not a valid Win32 application" launching from network share, but it works when launching locally - why?

I have a mysterious problem on a win2008 terminalserver. Sometimes a specific programm on a network share throws the "not a valid Win32 application" message at me that could only be solved by restarting the server. Malware and consistency checks…
mr.moe
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Changing default program for all users on Terminal Server

I need to change the default program for all users on a terminal server (Windows Server 2008 R2). I have seen another article on SuperUser (How to set default programs for all users on a Windows Terminal Server 2008?) that describes how to do this…
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Can an LTSP server use a GPU for client rendering?

I am setting up an LTSP (Linux Terminal Server Project) server and some Raspberry Pi's as thin clients. Could the server make use of a GPU to increase the performance of rendering the thin clients' screens?
Phoz
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Internet Explorer clearing browser history mid-session, causing the back and forward buttons to be greyed out

Recently we've had a problem with some of our users; it seems as though IE is clearing it's browser history, forcing the back and forward buttons to not function (both greyed out for the rest of the session). It seems that after you go one layer…
Syncai
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Can't Connect to Terminal Server with Mac OS X Client

I downloaded Microsoft's RDP client for Mac OSX and when I try to connect to the Terminal Server at work it won't allow me to connect. I get the following error: Microsoft Error Reporting log version: 2.0 Error Signature: Exception:…
leeand00
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Allow users to restat programs on terminal server

Our TS is locked down so people can't even get onto task manager to restart a process that is hanging. I don't want to compromise the security of the TS but I would like to give users the ability to close certain programs when they hang? I also…
Michael Morgan
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How can I change the default theme for every new Opera user on MS Terminal Server?

Running Opera on a Terminal Server became slow somewhere between Opera version 10 and 30 when graphical themes were introduced as the default theme. On the other hand Opera 36 does contain a theme with minimal graphics (grey) that updates screens…
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