TS 2008 R2 and Windows XP RDP clients…some kind of disconnect?

Posted by: Justin

I recently was working with a client that had an odd, yet steady issue – remote control of desktop sessions from the 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services Manager mmc console would disconnect the remote user when the administrator ended the session shadow.
After some research related to the issue, I found this to only occur with Windows XP [...]

A “Friday job” perhaps?

Posted by: Justin

Just when you believed you could trust that Microsoft stuff was case-insensitive when it came to virtually all kinds of sys admin tasks, MS dev guys show you a thing or two.
Recently ran into this bizarre error message when a user utilizing TS 2008 RemoteApp Office 2007 applications (namely Word, Excel) – “This RDP file has settings [...]

When it doesn’t work as advertised…

Posted by: Justin

I recently had a challenging experience with Windows XP clients using single-sign-on (SSO) for terminal server (TS) 2008 RemoteApp.
After Windows XP service pack 3 is applied, you are able to “turn on” the feature by following an article such as this…Description of the Credential Security Support Provider (CredSSP) in Windows XP Service Pack 3. Note [...]