Questions tagged [remote-desktop]
Software and/or protocols allowing a user to access the graphical desktop on a system from a remote computer. Common protocols are RDP from Microsoft, and RFB (used by VNC).
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Alternative to x-forwarding, or how to speed up x-forwarding
I do my development on VM's, and pass windows back to my Host via X-forwarding with the following command:
ssh -Yc [email protected] me@local-vm-ip
This works fine except that it tends to be slow;...
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Restrict RDP access via Username but Allowed via Computer
Can anyone help me with my configuration? So I need to configure RDP access restrictions for certain users and machines. I've managed to do this by creating a GPO rule on Allow log on through Terminal ...
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How do I limit Remote Desktop Connection access using GPO's in Active Directore
I am pretty new to designing Active Directory domains and using GPO to make settings ont he local machine. However, I have been set a task and am struggling.
I have a Server 2019 virtual instance ...
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RDP to Virtual Machine now asking for user sign in
We have a Windows Server 2012 VM that I installed a product on: Smart Bear TestExecute(v15.43 - latest): https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/other-tools/testexecute.html
I was trialling ...
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Trying to set up a remote desktop connection via ssh proxy
I am trying to use Remote Desktop to connect to a Windows server that is on a private LAN. I am doing this via an ssh proxy through a Linux server on the private LAN. I can ssh to the Linux server but ...
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VNC server on Ubuntu 22.04 only show blank screen
On Ubuntu one can enable a VNC server via Settings > Sharing > screen-sharing > VNC (my Desktop is german, I just guessed).
Another way is to start a vnc-server via shell, i.e.:
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What Microsoft licenses do I need for this scenario? [duplicate]
We would like to deploy a program to multiple users via remote desktop. Now we are trying to find out what kind of licenses we would need for this. Unfortunately, none of us have a clue about Windows ...
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Remote apps instead of a remote desktop?
I wanted to check on some software I used 10+ years ago and see if it is still available.
I'm not after specific programs, more the name for this kind of technology.
Basically the remote desktop ...
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Unable to remote to VM instance with Oracle Linux 8.6 and XRDP using Remote Desktop Connection
I created a VM instance on Oracle Cloud, using Oracle Linux 8.6. I added TCP 3389 port in VCN on OCI before installing GUI.
I want to install GUI and allow RDP connection to VM instance, so I ...
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RDP Idle Session Logout Exclusion not working
We just set up a GPO which logs out inactive/disconnected RDP sessions after a 1 hour timeout, as so...
which works great, exactly as expected.
We then have a group to which we can add users, in case ...
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How to run a Python script in interactive desktop session on Windows 10 remotely?
In other words: how do I run a GUI app on Windows 10 remotely?
Background: we build and test plugins for third-party CAD engineering software. In order to run tests of our plugins, we need to first ...
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What's it called? Feature in remote desktop software? Client is told to put a code in a website which starts a remote desktop session?
I saw it once while I was fixing this someone's computer.
We went to a website and put some numbers in a box. These numbers then prompted an executable which we downloaded and ran, which then started ...
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How to confirm whether I am running in a RDP mstsc /admin session?
Inside an already started RDP session how would I confirm whether I am indeed running inside a session successfully started with the admin switch (mstsc /admin)?
I think with older server versions you ...
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One user unable to connect to non-domain joined computers
On Wednesday, I lost RDP access to all non-domain-joined computers (Windows OS) from my Windows 11 laptop at work. It only affects my local user profile. I can sign in with a different domain account ...
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Remote Desktop and Citrix both intermittently freezing / disconnecting/ reconnecting
We are having an issue that arrives and then goes away by itself each day for the last week.
Users accessing via RDP (and this is via the RD Gateway to one of our multiple servers OR just directly ...
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