Confused by 2008 r2 "5 included CALs"
Are these cals to be used with RDS? I have multiple copies of 2008 r2 all of which came with a card that says CALs for Microsoft Windows Server 2008, but none of which actually include a license which...
View ArticleRDP Slow or Choppy through ICA (Citrix)
Whenever I use RDP through a ICA session it was always choppy since windows 7 / 2008. XP / 2003 was never an issue. I found that in windows 7 / 2008, you chose the "Basic" theme under personalize and...
View ArticleAppData\....\WER folder growning....
Hello,I have a 50 user TS box and I've noticed that the 'users' folder has grown to 25GB+. After some digging around I find that most of the data is in the following folders:...
View ArticleVBscript to determine %clientname%
I have a vbscript that runs when a user logs onto our terminal servers, which writes the username and time logged on / logged off to a text file.I am wanting to also capture the %clientname% (the name...
View ArticleUnable to login to a server
Hello, I am fairly new to using Terminal Services. I have setup Terminal Server and it was working fine for about 1 month. I have implemented GPO and now I can not get into the server. I changed...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 Essentials - Remote Desktop Services
Hi Experts,I was hoping someone would be able to provide me with some guidance.We have recently purchased Windows Server 2012 Essentials as well as 5 RDP user CALS.We do not have a domain or any other...
View ArticleHow do I get the Printer Driver Stress Test?
I have a Windows Server 2008R2 Standard with SP1 x64 on VMWare ESX running as a Terminal Server. The users Log in from all over and use Printer redirection via RDP to print. This has been causing...
View ArticleDeleting print driver on a Windows Server 2008 R2 - Role: TS
Hi,I have a problem with deleting 3 print drivers on one of our Terminal servers, it keep saying this: Failed to remove driver HP LaserJet M3027 mfp PCL6. The specified printer driver is currently in...
View ArticleRD Connection broker failed to initialize
We have an RD farm with two session hosts and a gateway that has been working. It has been in use for several months and I don't think anything was changed. I was informed that it stopped working and I...
View ArticleCertificate Error When Using Remote App
I'm doing an emergency deployment of a program using RemoteApp and I'm getting a certificate error on the two WinXP SP3 computers at the remote site. I can login to the farm through Remote Desktop...
View ArticleHow do you manage RDS session timeouts with Windows Server 2012?
I'm having difficulty finding where to change session timeouts and other session parameters with RDS in Windows Server 2012. I know that tsconfig was removed between versions of RDS and that...
View ArticleRDS Farm using NLB on the Session Host Servers, combined with dedicated...
I'm trying to modify our existing RDS Farm to proved more stability and reliability. Specifically, I want a Session Host server to be able to drop out of the Farm at any time without new users...
View ArticleRemoteApp Disconnected - Your remote desktop session has ended
I setup a TS server and published two remote apps. When I lauch the first app from outside the network everything is fine. When I launch the second one I get the following:"Your remote desktop...
View ArticleWindows Terminal Server 2008 and roaming profile problem
Hi,I do not seem to be the only one with this problom, however eventhough I've search the internet, I have not found a solution yet.The problem is as follow.I have a window 2003 domain and have added...
View ArticleSessionBroker 1306, 1296, 802 errors
Situation: Windows Server 2012 standard- with NO virtualization enabled. Machine is NOT a DC. It is a single WS 2012 file server among 6 other WS 2008R2 machines. All servers are members of a single...
View ArticleLanguage switching problem with Server 2008 R2 RemoteApp
[sorry for the formatting which was lost at the point of submitting this to the forum] Hi All, In a few words: language switching in any published RemoteApp works but more often doesn't work in an...
View ArticleWindows 2008 Terminal Server "user must change password at next logon"...
Hi,I have a fully patched Windows 2008 SP2 Terminal Server and a fully patched Windows 7 client.I have logged into the Windows 2008 SP2 Terminal Server server with a test account via RDC before.When I...
View ArticleRemoteApp Disconnected - Your computer can't connect to the remote computer...
Hello,I have recently setup RemoteApp and a RD Gateway on a 2008 R2 Standard server. The server is in the DMZ and has 80/443 open to the internet. I have created a self signed cert with the name...
View ArticleCan a user with no Admin rights Shadow another users Remote Desktop session
HiAs subject title - we have Windows Serrer 2008 r2 running a terminal services. Multiple users are logged on at any time and we do not wish to grant everyone ability to have mutiple sessions...
View ArticleWeird "Invalid parameter" error while creating VDI collection (Server 2012)
Hello,I don't know if I should celebrate this, it had eaten my whole mind... ;)Some time ago I ran into an error in a previously well-known dialog of creating virtual desktops pool (Pooled-Managed).I...
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