Terminal Services
Troubleshoot RDS
This is a good article, from Microsoft, on how to troubleshoot RDS/RDP logon issues. https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/37841.remote-desktop-services-rds-logon-connectivity-overview-and-troubleshooting.aspx
Access Denied error connecting to RDS
Issue Users are seeing the Access Denied error message when trying to connect to an RDS server/workstation. Resolution We've found that the Chrome browser is seeing various fields in webAdmin as matching those that it has credentials saved for. It ...
SSLVPN TS webapps through Safari on Mac with Java 1.7 not connecting
The customer is trying to launch an SSLVPN Terminal Server webapp using Safari on their Mac. They are receiving the following error: "Received and error connecting to 127.0.0.1" Webapp connects fine using Firefox. The customer is using the latest ...
Missing RDP ActiveX Control
When you login to 6.0.5.0 with IE9 in compatibility mode and try to launch a ts proxy webapplication you get a message from IE that says : Missing RDP ActiveX Control. Click the Information Bar to allow installation of RDP ActiveX control. The yellow ...
Explanation of Microsoft Terminal Server (RDS) Features
Is there a place that explains each of the options in the Microsoft Terminal Server (Remote Desktop Services) manager? The following information came from ...
Terminal Server (Remote Desktop Services) licensing.
When Remote Desktop Services role is installed you will be given 3 options. Configure Later - You can postpone your decision and simply select Configure Later. You'll have a grace period of 120 days to configure licensing and select a licensing ...
Remote Desktop cannot verify the identity of the computer you want to connect to.
When connecting to older machines with RDP sometimes I get the message : Remote Desktop cannot verify the identity of the computer you want to connect to. This problem can occur if: 1) The remote computer is running a version of Windows that is ...
What features are in RDP 7 and RDP 8?
RDP/RDC 7 information - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969084 RDP/RDC 8 information - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2592687
Installation tips for Microsoft Server 2012
Are there any tips for integrating Microsoft Terminal Server 2012? * 2012 Terminal Server Session Based deployment http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2012/11/02/windows-8-windows-server-2012-session-based-desktop-deployment.aspx * Microsoft ...
How do I change the max color depth for a RDP/TS connection?
The following URL explains how to set this on the terminal / Remote Desktop Services server. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772048.aspx The following registry path is the entry that controls this. Many times it is defaulted to 4, ...
Unable to RDP into Microsoft Server 2012 with non-admin account.
When I try to RDP into a windows server 2012 with a non-admin account, I get the following message : To log on to this remote computer, you must be granted the Allow log on through Terminal Services right. By default, members of the Remote Desktop ...
Terminal Server 2008 allow remote app
How do I allow an app to be run as a published app / remote app. I can make a webapp that logs in the user to the desktop, but when I try to set a published application, it says access denied. To do a remote app / published app to a terminal server ...
Cannot connect to Terminal Server
I'm using Remote Desktop Connection to connect to my Terminal Server. When opening Remote Desktop Connection, I put in the FQDN (ts.example-cloud.com) in the Computer field, switch to the tab Security in the Remote Desktop Connection (the last tab or ...
Create a Terminal Server application
How do I set up a terminal server application in webNetwork? If you go to the manual, the link is under your Admin menu. Or you can go to https://customer.lenovosoftware.com/help/index.html Go under Services, Web Applications, Web Application Types, ...
Error connecting to Terminal Server 127.0.0.1
Customer getting Error connecting to the terminal server: 127.0.0.1 after he updated the RDP client on his Windows XP and Vista machines. The customer was running 5.2.0.2 and needs to update to 5.2.0.4 or higher. The certificate used to code sign the ...
Double quotes in password
User entered in a password with double quotes and is having issues with the terminal server. They entered in a password like "mypassword" and when using IE and terminal server VPN, they just get a blank white screen. Double quotes in a password will ...
IE Crashes with szModName: hungapp
User has hp Tablet with IE 7 and XP SP2 and when they run a terminal server proxy webapp that connects to the terminal server and uses third party plugins like ScrewDriver (from Tricerat http://www.tricerat.com/ ) IE crashes with szAppName : ...
Unknown publisher with ActiveX RDP
With the ms ActiveX RDP ( TSAC ) when we connect a warning box comes up saying Publisher: Unknown publisher why does this happen? This URL to a Microsoft forum helps explain the problem. It is not a webNetwork issue but rather a Microsoft ActiveX RDP ...
js error when launching RDP webapps
The customer is getting a js error when launching an RDP webapp. The error says: Expected end of statement and type mismatch ’startRDP’ The customer had double quotes in the parameter list for the webapp. This caused the issues. Once removed, things ...
RDP Span and ActiveX
Does the MS ActiveX client support the SPAN parameter? No, Microsoft has not updated the ActiveX client to support the monitor spanning parameter.
WNssoclient Access Denied
I’m trying to setup SSO for a TS application, and it’s getting an error message saying " The WebNetwork Server returned the following error: Access denied for the client: 10.101.100.23". That IP address is the address of the TS that I’m trying to run ...
RDP Issues after upgrade
Customer upgraded from Stoneware WN 5.3 SP3 to WN 5.4. After the upgrade, we found that RDP applications no longer worked from Mac OSX Clients. They would get a Java Null Pointer Exception. In the past, we had to place ...
Full screen Web Client
How do I get the Microsoft ActiveX RDP client to go full screen? Add the parameters FullScreen = True **Requires the webapp's link to be set to open with "Native Window Override".
SSO to Windows 2000 Terminal Server
I am unable to SSO to a Windows 2000 Terminal Server. Windows 2003 Terminal Server works just fine. In Windows 2000 Terminal Server there is an option to always prompt for a password. This causes windows to ignore the password you are passing. Turn ...
VBScript error connecting to Terminal Server VPN connection
Getting message error connecting to terminal server:127.0.0.1 This means that the users machine is unable to connect to the backend server. This can happen for a variety of reasons Some things to check: 1) Make sure your workstation is fully ...
Where to install Windows printer drivers
Customer wants to know where printer drivers should get installed when working with Terminal Server webapps. If you are using terminal server then printer drivers go on the term server. Those will let you print from term server to a network print ...
FireFox on Mac does not launch app
When an RDP webapp is configured and has an application assigned to launch upon login to term server, it fails to load the app and gives the user a desktop login. This happens if the user has Microsofts RDP client for the mac installed, it picks up ...
SSO to Microsoft Terminal Server
The customer can’t get SSO to work when putting in the credentials in the webapps. When they login by hand it works fine. If you are able to login by hand but not when you enter the credentials in the webapp, then try entering the username in the ...
License error
While using Microsoft Terminal Services things just stop working. No error message, or after a while it would say that it could not connect at the browser. In the EVENT VIEWER on the terminal server it would say "the terminal server cannot issue a ...
TSAC MS ActiveX Terminal Services Client FAQ
Is there an FAQ for the Microsft ActiveX terminal services RDP client? http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/administration/terminal/tsacfaq.asp http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwts/html/w2ktsac.asp ...
Missing TSC ActiveX control
Customer has windows 7 and is trying to use a Terminal Service VPN webapp. When it is launched a pop up shows the message : Missing TSC ActiveX Control(s). Click the Information Bar to allow Installation of TSC ActiveX control System check says that ...
Launch native RDP client
How can I have an RDP webapp launch the native client instead of the web client? RDP User Select option: Selects the type of remote client that will be loaded at the workstation. Web Client will load the ActiveX (for IE) or Java WebRDP (Firefox, ...
Microsoft native client RDP parameters
What are the common RDP parameters for the Microsoft Native Client. Here is a sample of some RDP parameters, found in an .RDP file. An explanation of these parameters can be found at: ...
Launch more than one app from RDP
How can I launch more than one application on a Microsoft Terminal Server using a published application? On the terminal server, create a file in a directory like c:\launchers call it launcher1.vbs Dim objShell Dim objExec Dim strAppExe Const ...
Terminal Server 2000 asks for a password
Customer set up webnetwork to SSO into terminal server and it keeps prompting for the users password. Customer then tried using mstsc.exe RDP 6 client and that also asked for password. Problem is with Windows 2000 server terminal server. By default ...
Client side SSO errors
The customer is getting the following errors when trying to use the client side SSO features in webNetwork for RDP / Citrix. The first error: The relay path of 192.168.9.29/axis/services/WebNetworkPortalService is not a valid format. The second ...
Terminal Server questions
Where can I find information on TS server licensing? By default, when the Per Device licensing mode is used, after a client logs and authenticates to a terminal server for the first time, and after the terminal server locates a license server, the ...
No sound from machine when using RDP
When I RDP to a machine I am unable to get the sound to work. Many times sound is disabled unless the OS is running on a machine with a sound card. However, it may be possible to activate it for RDP. First thing is to change the windows audio ...
How to enable font smoothing in Terminal Server 2003?
Microsoft has a patch and registry entry for font smoothing in server 2003 RDP sessions. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946633 can be used to obtain the path. You should also check the registry key : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows ...
Slow connections when launching app
When user would launch a published app it would take a while. When closing an app blue screen won't disappear. Web browser was set to prompt when running activex controls. Also found that Time Live was set to 0 which was causing the application to ...
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