Remote DesktopTasks |
Add a User to Remote Desktop Users Group
You can grant users
the rights necessary for them to log on
to WS2003 machines using Remote Desktop in two ways:
- Add them to the Administrators group
This is not recommended as administrators have powerful rights, and
membership in this group should therefore be restricted as much as
possible.- Add them to the Remote Desktop Users group
This is the preferred method of granting users the right to remotely
manage servers on which Remote Connections has been enabled.
You can add users to the Remote Desktop Users group using Local Users
and Groups in Computer Management, or you can do the following:Control Panel
Enable Remote Connections
Control Panel
Install Remote Desktop Connection
Remote Desktop Connection is
included in WS2003 and XP but needs
to be installed in downlevel Windows platforms. Here are two ways to
install a Terminal Services Client on a downlevel Windows machine:
- From the Internet
Visit www.microsoft.com/downloadssearch for Remote Desktop Connection Software
download and install appropriate client for your platform- From a shared folder on a WS2003 file server
First, log on to the file server and create a
Tsclient share:Windows Explorerright-click on
\System32\Clients\Tsclient folder
Sharing and SecuritySharing
Share this folderThen log on to the downlevel Windows machine and do the following:Start
Run
\\fileserver\Tsclient\Win32\Setup.exefollow prompts
Connect Using Remote Desktop Connection
- From a WS2003 or XP machine
StartAll Programs
Accessories
CommunicationsRemote Desktop Connection
specify IP address or DNS name of server on which Remote Desktop for
Administration has been enabledConnect
- From a downlevel Windows machine
Install the appropriate Terminal Services Clientcontinue
as above
Configure Remote Desktop Connection
Start
access to keyboard, sound, disks, printers, and ports
Disconnect Without Terminating a Remote Session
Remote Desktop Connection window
gadget on the Remote Desktop Connection window. The next time you
connect to the remote computer, you will be reconnected to your
session.
Terminate a Remote Session
Remote Desktop Connection window
Install Remote Desktop Web Connection
Do the following on a
WS2003 machine on which IIS has
been installed:Control Panel
installed on the web server. To install the control on the client, do
the following:Internet Explorer
Connect to Console Session on Remote Server
A console session is a Remote Desktop session that mirrors the
session of the locally logged-on user on the remote machine. For
example, say you log on interactively to a server on which Remote
Desktop for Administration has been enabled and open
msn.com using Internet Explorer. Then, you go to
a second machine and remotely connect to the first machine using a
console session. You will see Internet Explorer open and display
msn.com in your session window!
If you then return to your first machine, you'll
find that your session has been locked out. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to
unlock the machine, go back to the second machine, and
you'll find that your remote session has been
disconnected! The moral of the story is that a WS2003 machine can
have only one console session running at any time, whether a local
console session or a remote one!To open a remote console session, use the Remote Desktops Console in
Administrative Tools:Administrative Tools Remote