Guest ghines@aussiemail.com.au Posted July 4, 2008 Posted July 4, 2008 Hi, I have a 2003 Server that I want to connect with via RDP from XP clients, and start a program automatically on connection to the 2003 Server. This all works fine except the local printers on the XP clients are not available in the RDP Session. It makes no difference if the program is start via the RDP client or via the Environment Settings in the users Properties. If I use the same login details and don't start the program automatically, but start it manually after connection to the 2003 Server the local printer resources are available. Can anyone tell me why the printer resources are not available when I automatically start a program? TIA Greg
Guest Vera Noest [MVP] Posted July 4, 2008 Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Problem with local resources Does this happen with any application? Also when you define notepad as the starting application? _________________________________________________________ Vera Noest MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___ ghines@aussiemail.com.au wrote on 04 jul 2008 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services: > Hi, > > I have a 2003 Server that I want to connect with via RDP from XP > clients, and start a program automatically on connection to the > 2003 Server. This all works fine except the local printers on > the XP clients are not available in the RDP Session. > > It makes no difference if the program is start via the RDP > client or via the Environment Settings in the users Properties. > > If I use the same login details and don't start the program > automatically, but start it manually after connection to the > 2003 Server the local printer resources are available. > > Can anyone tell me why the printer resources are not available > when I automatically start a program? > > TIA > > Greg
Guest Jeff Pitsch Posted July 4, 2008 Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Problem with local resources How are you starting automatically? With an RDP file? Are the printer redirections configured in the RDP file? Jeff Pitsch Microsoft MVP - Terminal Services <ghines@aussiemail.com.au> wrote in message news:4c490586-f37b-463f-af1f-09bf98319f74@h1g2000prh.googlegroups.com... > Hi, > > I have a 2003 Server that I want to connect with via RDP from XP > clients, and start a program automatically on connection to the 2003 > Server. This all works fine except the local printers on the XP > clients are not available in the RDP Session. > > It makes no difference if the program is start via the RDP client or > via the Environment Settings in the users Properties. > > If I use the same login details and don't start the program > automatically, but start it manually after connection to the 2003 > Server the local printer resources are available. > > Can anyone tell me why the printer resources are not available when I > automatically start a program? > > TIA > > Greg
Guest ghines@aussiemail.com.au Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 Re: Problem with local resources > How are you starting automatically? Via RDP program tab or via Environment Tab for user. Both with the same result. >With an RDP file? Are the printer > redirections configured in the RDP file? No RDP file, just start RDP put in the IP Address and printer redirections. > Does this happen with any application? Also when you define notepad > as the starting application? Yes any application including Notepad. BTW - Starting the applications via either a BAT or VBS files gives the same results. Greg
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