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Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is a proprietary protocol developed by Microsoft, which provides a user with a graphical interface to another computer.

The protocol is an extension of the ITU-T T.128 application sharing protocol. Clients exist for most versions of Microsoft Windows (including Windows Mobile), Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, Android, and other modern operating systems. By default the server listens on TCP port 3389.

Microsoft currently refers to their official RDP server software as Remote Desktop Services, formerly "Terminal Services". Their official client software is currently referred to as Remote Desktop Connection, formerly "Terminal Services Client".

Source: Wikipedia (Remote Desktop Protocol)

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Trying to login to RDP using AS3

I am trying to login to RDP using AS3 (air). I am doing ok, considering the lack of resources out there to understand the actual process. I have gotten past the initial sending username, received a response from server, and I am now at initial…
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AltGr key not working, instead I have to use Ctrl+AltGr

I encountered this problem several times. I want to use a character accessible using the AltGr Key but for some reason it doesn't work. As if I didn't press the AltGr key. Usually I experience this in remote Desktop but not on my local machine. I…
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Can RDP clients launch remote applications and not desktops

Can RDP clients launch a remote application and then only display that application (and not the desktop)? The application would appear fullscreen within the client and if the application were closed the session would end.
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Copying large files using Remote Desktop

I have a 4 GB text file, compressed to 1.4 GB zip file. I need to copy it over to a Windows secure server using RDP. I am able to copy small files but not this file. It takes 15 mins and then shows an error. Any tips?
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Run mstsc.exe with specified username and password

I realize that in Windows 7, it is not possible to save different credentials for the same host, but I need some workaround. Can I provide the username and password manually in the code? Store them in a temp .rdp file?
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Powershell Log Off Remote Session

I am trying to formulate a Powershell command to remotely log off a user. We have a terminal server with a very unstable program that sometimes locks sessions. We have to remotely log off a user but I'm trying to write a Powershell statement that…
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Why is RDP so fast compared to other remote control software?

I use RDP-based Windows' Remote Client Desktop utility to connect to my desktop from my laptop. It's much faster and looks better than remote control applications like TeamViewer etc. Out of curiosity, why is RDP better? Thank you.
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Can't rdp to Azure on Mac OS X

I am trying to Remote Desktop onto an Azure instance from Mac OS X, but can't find a tool that allows me to do it. Address and username is fine, but none of the clients seem to have the capabilities to include the instance information. I have so far…
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Alternative to SendKeys when running over Remote Desktop?

I have an application which injects keystrokes into applications via SendKeys. Unfortunately, the application will not work when I am running it via Remote Desktop because of the well known issue that SendKeys doesn't work with Remote Desktop. Has…
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Is pwnat still an applicable solution

I need a solution for NAT traversal to transmit RDP data across the internet. I came across the following tool and it's really amazing - pwnat. I have tried it with the two different machines behind different router, but i am unable to make it work…
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RDP session is slow

So I am connecting to my work computer from home and the Remote Desktop Connection app is annoyingly slow. I pinged my work pc from my computer and it returned at a reasonable time of 50ms~ with 0 loss. I then attempted to ping my home IP from the…
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Access Windows 2016 Server Container (Docker container) via GUI?

I need to use Docker / Windows containers on Windows 2016 Server and prepare it Windows applications to run on it. Configuring Windows via Powershell just is not as convenient though as it is on Ubuntu, especially if you never worked with Windows…
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Unity mode for Remote Desktop

I typically have several remote desktop sessions going at the same time. Within these sessions I might be running different applications. VMware Workstation has a Unity mode that allows you to integrate guest applications with the host. I'd like…
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How do I tell if my application is running in an RDP session

I have a .net winforms app which has a few animation effects, fade ins and scroll animations etc. These work fine however if I'm in a Remote Desktop Protocol session the animations start to grate. Can someone suggest a way of determining whether or…
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Terminal session when minimized\disconnected returns a blank screen upon capturing desktop snapshot

I am using the below JAVA code to capture the desktop of a remote machine Robot robot = new Robot(); BufferedImage screenShot = robot.createScreenCapture(new Rectangle(Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize())); ByteArrayOutputStream…
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