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Remote Desktop to Windows 10 will not scale font size

I am attempting to remote desktop into Windows 10. I have adjusted the display size on the actual PC to scale fonts and such to 125%, which is what I had previously set on my WIndows Server 2012R2 ...
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Enable RDP on Windows 10 for non-admin users

I am able to RDP to an admin account but not a non-admin account to my win 10 machine as host Here is an equivalent question relating to what I want to do however for win 7: Allow Non-Administrator ...
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How do I Query User-Session Info and Pass in User Credentials for RDP Shadowing on Windows 10?

I'm trying to shadow my work desktop from my home desktop using RDP. My home desktop is running Windows 10 Home, and my work desktop is running Windows 10 Enterprise. Most of the articles I've found ...
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RDP / MSTSC resizing remote desktop resolution down

So i have both at work and at home Win 10 Pro at 1903 and 2560x1440 displays, both on scale 100%. But when i connect from home to work PC (always in fullscreen mode) all my windows with bigger window ...
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Connecting to Win 10 computer via Remote Desktop only works after 4 tries, any fixes?

This happens when I am using the latest and up-to-date Remote Desktop client on Mac OSX 10.11.3 installed via the Mac App Store. At the time of this writing the version is 8.0.26 build 26951. This ...
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How can I reduce the response time in RDP?

I have a personal computer on mac os, but I need windows to work. I used a virtual machine for a long time, but I want to get rid of it, and I would like to switch to mac on m2. Without thinking twice,...
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Log Out Local Admin Remotely

It's Friday night, hooray! Except that my colleague has left the local admin account logged in on a machine I need to access, and everyone (including me) is at home. I have a user level account that ...
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Windows: remote desktop into a virtual desktop

Windows 10 finally added virtual desktops as a built-in feature. Would Windows 10 remote desktop tool be able to RDP into a designated virtual desktop? The reason I'm asking is that if I ever do ...
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Windows 10 going to sleep while on remote connection

I have a windows 10 desktop machine and want to run this machine for an infinite amount of time. To do so, the following changes are made on my machine. With this change, I expect my machine to run ...
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Connecting to my computer via RD adds new keyboard layouts

My home PC, running Windows 10, has two keyboard layouts installed, as visible on this image: When I connect to this PC via Remote Desktop, I immediately get a few other layouts added automatically: ...
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Read USB HID Device through RDP

I have a smart card reader connected to my computer which I want to be able to read from my VM (Windows Server 2016) which is connected through RDP. RDP does have an option to migrate USB devices, but ...
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Tuning local Remote Desktop parameters

I am using Remote Desktop Protocol on Windows 10 in my local LAN. It works quite well but it feels not snappy in two situations: Scrolling Typing These affect my brain heavily on browsers and text ...
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how to get teamviewer to use entire, portrait oriented 3160 x 2160 monitor for remote laptop that is 3160 x 2160 landscape?

I'm remoting to two different laptops, both Dell Windows 10 with 3140 x 2160. My local monitors are both 3840 x 2160 physically oriented for portrait (tall, not wide). Connecting to Teamviewer on one ...
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RDP crashes in few seconds with mstsc

I have observed a weird issue with windows 10. If I use mstsc to connect to a Windows 10 VM, I get the error "Remote Desktop Connection has stopped working" However, if I initiate rdp from Remote ...
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Remote Desktop Connection - Stuck running @ 30 Hz?

I use a freesync monitor and when I run RDC to either my laptop or a hyper-v session I've noticed that freesync kicks in (borderless windowed mode) and will go between 30->60(doubled from LFC?)->75(my ...
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