RDP connection goes black after a successful login
Here’s a quick and easy way to fix an issue on a Windows Server 2012 R2 terminal server where an RDP connection goes black after a successful login. I ran across this issue while...
Category: Terminal Server
Terminal Server restarted by a user
Have you ever had your Windows Terminal Server restarted by a user? That’s kind of annoying wouldn’t you say? You slave and work all your career to keep your server fleet up-time at a...
Restrict remote desktop users to a single session
You can restrict remote desktop users to a single session on a Windows RDS or Terminal server. This is the default behavior out of the box. However, I’ve seen instances where it can cause...
Display Windows Terminal Server Grace Period Balloon
Ever need to force the display Windows Terminal Server grace period balloon to find out how many days left you have of the 120 day grace period when first setting up an RDS or...
Because of a security error the client could not connect to the remote computer
Old CLI thin clients running Microsoft CE 5.0 receive the following error when trying to RDP to a Windows Server 2008 R2 Terminal Server: Because of a security error, the client could not connect...
Disable Windows Update Notification on Terminal Server
Terminal Server users logging on to terminal server continually receive the Windows Update popup ” Restart your computer to finish installing important updates” every 10 minutes. They’re only option is to select “Postpone” to make...
Slow Printing with Easy Print
Easy Print is a new feature of a Windows 2008 Server R2 Terminal Server. You’ll see the term “terminal server” and “remote desktop services” referenced throughout this post. These are synonymous. Microsoft changed the...
Windows Terminal Server Printer Substitution
I had to dig deep into the archives the other day when a customer, who was connecting to an older terminal server on a Windows Terminal Server 2003 server, began having problems printing. The...