There are times when accessing a computer with remote desktop is essential. However, what do you if you forget to enable remote desktop before you deploy the machine at a remote location. The only difference between enabling remote desktop and disabling it is a simple registry setting. Thankfully we can remotely edit the registry to enable remote desktop.
Tags: registry editor, remote desktop, Terminal ServicesTerminal Services Remote Administration mode is a great tool for gaining access to servers at remote sites. It allows for a maximum of two sessions to allows administrators to connect and perform their duties. By default broken connections are set to go into a disconnected state rather than resetting. This allows system updates, patches or other tasks being performed on the server to continue even if the remote session gets interrupted.
Tags: administration mode, rdp client, Terminal Services, terminal server
The company I work for uses Citrix to deliver Terminal Services desktops to users through-out the organization and remotely. One of the applications used relies heavily on allowing the “Print Screen” button to generate a print job. Within the walls of the organization this work quite well. We have Wyse Winterm 1200LE’s that pass the “Print Screen” key press through to the Citrix servers quite effectively. However, when using the Citrix Web Interface remotely the “Print Screen” function is captured by the host operating system and not passed through the Citrix ICA web client to the server.
Most people are accustomed to having a clock in the notification area (also known as the system tray) on their windows desktop. In the Microsoft Terminal Services world that isn’t the default behavior. The clock is hidden by default for remote sessions to save network traffic caused by screen refreshes occuring at minute intervals. The problem I’ve found is that when users are used to having something as simple as a clock in their notification area, they aren’t very understanding when it is no longer there.
Tags: Citrix, clock, microsoft terminal services, notification area, policy settings, Terminal Services, terminal services
