remote-desktop

Starting Remote Desktop Client. No Control Over PID Kill. PID Changes After Start...WTF?

I am writing a program (Visual Studio 2010 in C# Windows Forms) which keeps track of multiple instances of the Remote Desktop Client (mstsc.exe - tested with Windows 7 version). I have been attempting to launch this program and grab its PID with the following code: Process mstsc = Process.Start(mstscLocation, mstscConString); int mstscP...

How to run multiple macro instances using Remote Dekstop Connection and Amazon AWS EC2

I am trying to to run multiple Remote Desktop connection instances with Amazon's AWS EC2 and keep a macro file running on each instance via Macro Express (installed separately on each node), but each time I minimize an instance, the the mouse movement of that macro freezes and the process is suspended. Since these macros that I am runni...

Are business applications which depend on remote desktop are obsolete

We are planing to invest in new software for our factory. Targeting application is standard users application for handling data of goods (bills, finances, accounting management, goods, simple manufacturing with human inputs of data). One of our partner whit the highest chance for getting job, have pretty good application, most of things...

[C#] Need help with raw bitmap data/scan lines (mirror driver raw data)?

I'm coding a live control/remote desktop solution using DFMirage's free mirror driver. There is a C# sample on how to interface and control the mirror driver here (http://www.demoforge.com/sdk/MirrSharp.zip). You would need the mirror driver installed first, of course, here (http://www.demoforge.com/tightvnc/dfmirage-setup-2.0.301.exe). ...

WTSOpenServer returns "access denied"

I'm trying to use the Remote Desktop API on a remote machine that I have Administrator rights on, however the WTSOpenServer call always returns error 5 ("Access denied"). I even tried calling WNetAddConnection2 to establish a session, which works fine (I can connect to IPC$ or C$) on the machine). I can also use the Remote Desktop client...

Launching External Executable in Windows Azure

Hi, My current ASP.NET site requires to launch FFMPEG.EXE to convert uploaded videos. With shared web hosting server, can't be done but via a Virtual Private Server (VPS) or a dedicated server. I've been reading some info about Windows Azure but haven't found any info regarding: 1. Be able to launch external executable 2. Be able to...

X11 Feature for MS Windows

Hi, For decades, X11 has provided the possibility to have many virtual desktops that can be accessed by different people from different machines. The virtual desktops are thus independent of the real physical desktop. I'm wondering whether there is something similar already on MS windows OS. I would think this could be easily done if v...

How does UltraVNC achive "Server Monitor Blanking"

UltraVNC is able to blank the monitor of the computer being remotely accessed. My question is, how is this possible? In my understanding, due to the nature of the Windows OS, remote desktop applications are limited to remotely displaying only snapshots of the current physical screen. I believe UltraVNC is also subject to this limitatio...

Is there a way to detect an "almost" Remote Desktop disconnect (i.e., a brief period of high latency)?

I work for a trading company where our users interact with the primary trading application via a Remote Desktop connection to a server that's physically located within the exchange's facilities. A feature of our software is that it disconnects and pulls all quotes automatically if something goes wrong with the network and the RD session...

Developing a tool to know who connected to remote machine?

Hi All, Scenario: We are a team of 22 members who daily log on to their local machines with their unique IDs and then connect to remote machines with a set of Logins. Here the logins used to connect to remote machines are not unique..I mean more than one machine can be connected with same user name.. In one line 22 remote machines wil...

The mouse stops working when sharing between two machines

I've written a program in C# to share the desktop between two win7 computer stations, the Sharer and the Viewer. When I Start sharing it all works right: The viewer displays the sharer's desktop and the remote mouse follows the local mouse when it moves. (I'm using interactive mode.) But when I try to click anywhere, it stops the remote...

Looking for a way to disable special handling of CSS on IE8 over an RDP connection?

I'm currently working on a website, and when I test the website locally, everything looks fine, but when I test the website over an RDP connection to the same machine the styles handling is all jacked around. The fonts are all fixed height, the browser settings haven't changed, I just refreshed the page after I reconnected over RDP. He...

Capturing screenshots of a minimized remote desktop

I have the following C# code, which I am using to capture a screenshot inside a remote desktop (RDP) session. It works fine when the session is active, but fails with an invalid handle exception if I minimize the session. Is there any way to make this work, or is the screen essentially "gone" when the session is minimized? string filen...

AppleScripting an edit to computers' info in ARD

So there's this weird behavior in Apple Remote Desktop where computers will report self-assigned IPs back to the console before they've gotten their real IPs from the DHCP server, and then since ARD contacts computers based on this IP address, they become "lost," in a manner of speaking. I can fix this by wiping out the 169.x.x.x address...

Terminal Services

HI, Im using Delphi and I want to make an application that can do the following When started from within Terminal services (remote desktop), if another user logs into another terminal services session they should be able to see the application running in the desktop tray. However if a user sitting at the server logs in then they shoul...

How to host a terminal session (mstsc) in a WPF applicaiton?

There are some tools out there for managing multiple terminal (mstsc) sessions. How would I go about achieving something similar in WPF? ...

Virtual channels for VNC?

Does anybody know weather VNC (RFB) supports virtual channels and add-ins to them like it is in the RDP (Microsoft Terminal Services)? I just want to transfer my own data across a VNC connection... ...

Program with license key specific to computer won't run over remote desktop connection

I have a program (Minitab 16) that is licensed, registered, and activated on a computer on my network, and I need to be able to run that program via remote desktop. I thought it would still run as it is still being used on that computer, but apparently it knows that I'm logged in remotely and will not run. Is there a way to do this? I k...

OpenMsgStore fails with MAPI_E_FAILONEPROVIDER in Remote Desktop session

I'm developing a window service to send email through MAPI, utilizing the MAPI33.dll library. I installed the service in Windows Server 2003 and it works well, even with a MS Outlook application running in foreground. However, when I login into the server through Remote Desktop session, I'm getting error MAPI_E_FAILONEPROVIDER at the O...

Monitor Remote Access of Vendors and 3rd Parties

Is there any other way or setup that you can have a recording of actions performed on certain systems .For example vendors connect to a terminal server/desktop and you can video record them using ObserveIT or TSFfactory.The use of agent based licensing model is not in accordance with the company's pricing policy.Is there any other soluti...