User Profile Service failure at logon
I have a number of users who access a single application on my server (2008 R2) using an RDP client through a VPN tunnel or over the local network. All have been working well until recently when some...
View ArticleRDP screen goes black after successful remote login
I have a Windows 2008 Server that I have been connecting to once a month remotely to apply OS updates. Often, I reboot that server and it uses auto-logon to login and run an application. Today, I...
View ArticleThe group policy client service failed the logon access is denied.
This one is starting to get on my nerves now. We've had 2 users suffering this problem on our Remote Desktop server.We are running two Windows Server 2008 SP2 domain controllers, with two Windows 2008...
View ArticleSecure RDP access on Windows Server 2012 R2 with certificates
Hello. I've noticed that RDP certificates on all of our production boxes have self-signed certificates located in their respective "Remote Desktop" certificate store. I would like all of our servers to...
View ArticleAuto start an application - best practices
I'm looking for some thoughts and opinions on this issue.New 2012 R2 RDS farm, there is one application we did not put on the terminal server because out of 100 users, only one person ever uses it....
View ArticleWindow Server 2012 Remote Desktop CALs and Setup Questions
I'm using Window Server 2012, and have purchase Windows Server 2012 RDS User CAL x 10, after install the RDS CAL license to RD Licensing Manager, it can show Total licenses is 10 & Available is 10...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 DC - RDS - "Your computer can't connect to the remote...
Hello, I have recently setup RemoteApp and a RD Gateway on a 2012 R2 DC server. I have the 4 roles split out between 6 different servers. So 1 broker, 1 RD Gateway, 1 RD Web Acccess, and 3 Session...
View ArticleRD Session Host slows down program
Hi All, I have a problem with a new installed RD Server. The configuration is as following: The RD is running on Hyper-V. (VM host is Server 2012 R2 std) Server 2012 R2 Std CPU: 4 cores Mem: 8GB On the...
View ArticleUnable to connect to 2012 R2 using RDC inside a C#/WPF application
I wrote a C#/WPF app that can remotely connect to a Windows 7 (or prior) and 2008 R2 (or prior). It cannot connect to Windows 8 or 2012 R2 server though. Basically, the application is a "Microsoft...
View ArticleNo auto program run as per Environment tab
We are moving from an old Windows 2003 R2 server to Windows 2012 R2. The Terminal Services, now Remote Desktop Services, configuration in the old server runs fine, but, on the new server, we are not...
View ArticleUser Profile Disks require SMB 3.0?
Hi all,I have some netapp space available for User profile disks, the netapp does not support SMB 3.0 and when I try and apply the setting i get an RPC error: 0x800706BASimilar to this thread here...
View ArticleShadow failed, Error code 7044 and 120 with Multiple Monitors and Windows...
We are in the process of moving from Windows 2003 R2 and Citrix XenApp 5 to Windows 2008 R2, and Citrix XenApp6.5. About half of our users and our entire IT Department have multiple monitors. Most of...
View Article2012 VDI Pool storage - move to different drive (I just ran out of space!) :-(
HiI have 2012 R2 VDI host with approx 30 desktops in a single collection. The collection has the below setup:What i have found is that when machines are ccreated they are being created on the...
View ArticleVDI Deployment - Server 2012 R2
Hi,One of my customer is having a VDI requirement and we are going to implement it using server 2012 R2. They are having few Windows XP PCs and their intend is to use those PCs as thin clients. Major...
View ArticleProcess msiexec.exe initiated Server restart due to complete/configure MS...
Hello once again, today we had a strange issue. It appears that a plugin for Office Pro Plus 2013 or indeed Office itself initiated a restart of the Remote Desktop Server it was installed on. This is...
View ArticleRDS and NLB configuration
Hi,I'm currently building a RDS farm (with NLB) but not sure if my configuration is correct. After implementation, some users get disconnected and get a new session on another RDS server.My environment...
View Articleserver 2012 RDS- User Session cannot be logged off or disconnected (shows as...
I am running 2012 RDS. Occasionally a user session (no specific one user) will enter a state that cannot be disconnected or logged off. The session still shows as active in the connections listI cannot...
View ArticleLogon "Preparing Desktop" slow logon
Hello everyone;With Win2008 R2 x64 (NOT CORE), when I access with RDP, the login process "Preparing Desktop" work for about 30 seconds.Is possibile to configure a fast login?
View ArticleFinding servers that have TS/RDS installed
Is there a way to find out what servers have their licensing configured/pointed to a particular TS/RDS licensing server? I can likely scan the network for servers running the service (and/or firewall...
View ArticleChrome won't print from remoteapp
Hi,We are hosting Chrome as a remoteapp from a 2012 r2 farm. Things are working fine, but some users can't print from the chrome browser.When any printout is requested the job is sent to the queue and...
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