Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is a proprietary protocol developed by Microsoft, which provides a user with a graphical interface to another computer.
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windows remote desktop can't connect even if the firewall is off
I am trying to let my pc, which run at win7, accessible remotely, but I am able to. I did the following:
checking "Allow Remote assistance connection to this computer.
a set a password for my account.
I setup the port forwarding on my router.
set…
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How to ignore the certificate warning on remote desktop connection
I am trying to ignore the certificate warning on remote desktop connection - the one in the image:
So far I have found that when I check the "don't ask again" checkbox it is generating registry key over here:
HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Terminal…
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VS 2008 SP1 over Remote Desktop: Constant Repainting?
The text editor in Visual Studio 2008 was very fast over Remote Desktop.
The text editor in Visual Studio 2008 SP1 is very slow over Remote Desktop, causing way too much repainting (and resulting flickering). The slower your connection is, the worse…
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Visual Studio on remote desktop from a Mac - any issues?
I am in need of a new laptop, and I'm considering going for a Mac. However, an import part of my day-to-day work involves remote desktop'ing to my office computer (Vista), and running Visual Studio 2008. Has anyone done this? Are there specific…
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C# application keeps freezing on remote
I am developing a C# application (.Net 3.5, Win Forms) which is run on a server, and is accessed by Users using remote desktop. The application keeps freezing on seemingly random occasions on the remote machine (i.e. all GUI components turn to…
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How to simulate keybard input to a remote desktop session?
i'm trying to send fake keyboard input to an application that's running in a Remote Desktop session. i'm using:
Byte key = Ord("A");
keybd_event(key, 0, 0, 0); // key goes down
keybd_event(key, 0, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0); // key goes up
Now this code…
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Error:1722 Getting session names
I am trying to check if anybody is connected to the server in my team with the following command: query session /server:. But Every time I end up getting the following error:
Error:1722 getting session names.
Error[1722]: The RPC sever…
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qwinsta /server:somesrv equivalent in Powershell?
When I run the qwinsta /server:somesrv command in cmd I can get a listing of all the current RDP sessions that are logged into a particular Windows server.
SESSIONNAME USERNAME ID STATE TYPE DEVICE
console …
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Can I use an Mac Mini Snow Leopard Server as a development machine for multiple people?
We are a Microsoft shop with C++ experience looking to get into some iPhone/iPad development.
Before we make a large investment in individual development machines, we would like to test our abilities with a modest investment.
Can we use one Mac Mini…
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C# Custom Remote Desktop Client using RDP 8.0
I have searched MSDN forum for this, but it seems everyone(i think) suggests to revert to RDP 7.x (uninstall MS Update KB2592687).
I have an custom Remote Desktop client written in C#/WPF,the Remote Desktop ActiveX control is hosted inside a …
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How Can I connect to Amazon Linux instance using Remote Desktop from Windows 7?
I created an EC2 Amazon Linux instance (yes, an amazon version of linux..)
it is launched but I can't connect using Remote Desktop...
am I trying to do something crazy here?
I got a message that Remote Computer is not available on the network
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Remote desktop connectivity from Windows 7 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
What would be the best way to establish remote desktop connectivity from a Windows 7 machine to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6? The machines reside on the same network.
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"Remote machine is AAD" but "The logon attempt failed"
I setup Remote Desktop Connection and the computer says: AzureAD\username already has access:
Very good, let's try to connect using AzureAD\username:
Unfortunately it says:
Your credential did not work. Remote machine is AAD joined. If you…
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Capturing screenshots of a minimized remote desktop
I have the following C# code, which I am using to capture a screenshot inside a remote desktop (RDP) session. It works fine when the session is active, but fails with an invalid handle exception if I minimize the session.
Is there any way to make…
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Recovering from ipconfig /release on a remote PC
Not strictly a programming question, but I was programming at the time and couldn't find an answer, so I thought, "Hey, I'll give StackOverflow a try!"
So I'm connected to my Windows XP work PC over a Remote Desktop connection through VPN. In a…
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