How do I make Remote Desktop always on?
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This figure shows the General tab of the Remote Desktop options. On this tab, you can enter the name or IP address of the computer you want to access remotely and the username you want to connect with. You can also save the settings you’ve created via the other tabs or open a settings file you’ve previously saved. When you click the Save or Save As buttons, your settings are saved to an .rdp file. .rdp files are associated with the Remote Desktop Connection program, so you can double-click an .rdp file to open a saved connection. In other words, an .rdp file is a handy shortcut to a remote connection. The following sections describe the additional options that are available on the other Remote Desktop Connection tabs.Setting the Display optionsThe figure shows the Display tab of the Remote Desktop Connection dialog box. The following paragraphs describe each of the options available from this tab:
Setting the Local Resources optionsThe Local Resources tab, shown in the following figure, lets you set the following options:
Setting the Programs optionsThe Programs tab, shown here, lets you specify a program that will automatically run when you connect to the remote computer. You can specify the path to the program’s executable file, and you can also specify the working directory for the program.For example, if you always want Active Directory Users and Computers to start when you log in to your domain controller, you can set up an .rdp file with the start program set to the path to Active Directory Users and Computers (%SystemRoot%System32\dsa.msc). Then, you don’t have to manually start this program when you log in to your domain controller. Setting the Experience optionsThe options on the Experience tab, shown in the following figure, control various settings that affect the responsiveness of your remote connection. The options are as follows:
Setting the Advanced optionsThe Advanced tab of the Remote Desktop Connections window, shown here, lets you control two features:
I'm on a Windows 7 workstation and have to connect to an offsite virtualized Windows 2008 server through RDP to use an app for work. After about 15 minutes of idle time the whole thing freezes up and I have to kill the process from the task manager and re-open the connection. This is not very practical but I do not have any control over what happens server side. Is there anything I can do on the client side that will keep the connection active for a longer period of time?
1 The Remote Desktop Connection (mstsc.exe, RDC, Microsoft Remote Desktop) allows you to connect and control your computer from another device. One small problem is that a user can save their credentials and automatically connect. In this tutorial, we can change the default setting, so the client must enter a password every time they connect. -=- Advertisement -=-We can enable or disable prompting for a password with Group Policy Editor or the registry. 1: Enable or Disable Always Prompt for Password in Group Policy Editor Open Group Policy Editor and navigate to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Remote Desktop Services > Remote Desktop Session Host > Security. In the right window, double-click on Always prompt for password upon connection. 2: Enable or Disable Always Prompt for Password in Registry Editor You can download the registry files from MajorGeeks to simplify the process. There are two files included:Disable Always Prompt For Password RDC.reg (Default)Enable Always Prompt For Password RDC.regDouble-click Enable Always Prompt For Password RDC.reg or Disable Always Prompt For Password RDC.reg to enable or disable prompt for password. Click Yes when prompted by User Account Control. Click Yes when prompted by Registry Editor. Click OK when prompted by the Registry Editor. Advanced users can create a new DWORD named fPromptForPassword, with a Value data of 1 in: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services. 0 would be no prompt, or you can delete the fPromptForPassword DWORD.This tweak is included as part of MajorGeeks Registry Tweaks. comments powered by |