How Does User Connect?

[Guest dave m]

Basic question but cannot find answer.

 

Terminal server setup on W2003 SP2 server, licensing correctly applied.

User logs on to a LOCAL PC at their location, then uses "Remote Destop

Connection" to logon to Terminal Server.

 

How is this SUPPOSED to work, or put another way, when the user sits down in

front of a PC, how do they directly logon to the terminal server? We want

most users to do away with individual workstations and use a "dumb" terminal

to log on to terminal servers.

 

dave Admin

(and one lacking knowledge, obviously)

[Guest Jeff Pitsch]

Re: How Does User Connect?

 

one of the options of the RDP client is to save an RDP. you can

preconfigure the connection then kickit off using the run regkey or you can

set it up in the start menu or if your daring enough, you could replace the

shell (normally explorer). I personally use Group Policy to completely lock

down the endpoint and only allow mstsc to run with the preconfigured rdp

file.

 

--

Jeff Pitsch

Microsoft MVP - Terminal Services

 

"dave m" <dmackler@mds.acsol.net> wrote in message

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> Basic question but cannot find answer.

>

> Terminal server setup on W2003 SP2 server, licensing correctly applied.

> User logs on to a LOCAL PC at their location, then uses "Remote Destop

> Connection" to logon to Terminal Server.

>

> How is this SUPPOSED to work, or put another way, when the user sits down

> in front of a PC, how do they directly logon to the terminal server? We

> want most users to do away with individual workstations and use a "dumb"

> terminal to log on to terminal servers.

>

> dave Admin

> (and one lacking knowledge, obviously)

>

>

[Guest dave m]

Re: How Does User Connect?

 

Thanks Jeff,

 

Is there a KB article of doc somewhere that explains how to do this??

 

dave

 

 

"Jeff Pitsch" <jeff@jeffpitschconsulting.com> wrote in message

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> one of the options of the RDP client is to save an RDP. you can

> preconfigure the connection then kickit off using the run regkey or you

> can set it up in the start menu or if your daring enough, you could

> replace the shell (normally explorer). I personally use Group Policy to

> completely lock down the endpoint and only allow mstsc to run with the

> preconfigured rdp file.

>

> --

> Jeff Pitsch

> Microsoft MVP - Terminal Services

>

> "dave m" <dmackler@mds.acsol.net> wrote in message

> news:e9tALD%239IHA.2332@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> Basic question but cannot find answer.

>>

>> Terminal server setup on W2003 SP2 server, licensing correctly applied.

>> User logs on to a LOCAL PC at their location, then uses "Remote Destop

>> Connection" to logon to Terminal Server.

>>

>> How is this SUPPOSED to work, or put another way, when the user sits down

>> in front of a PC, how do they directly logon to the terminal server? We

>> want most users to do away with individual workstations and use a "dumb"

>> terminal to log on to terminal servers.

>>

>> dave Admin

>> (and one lacking knowledge, obviously)

>>

>>

>

>

>

[Guest Jeff Pitsch]

Re: How Does User Connect?

 

Unfortunately none that I'm aware of. I am working on one in general on the

subject and I already have this but it isn't dealing with specifics:

http://www.dabcc.com/blogs/jeff/post/Blast-from-the-Past-Understanding-Group-Policy-in-a-Terminal-Services-Environment

and

http://www.dabcc.com/blogs/jeff/post/Blast-from-the-Past-Understanding-NTFS-Permissions-in-a-Terminal-Services-Environment

 

--

Jeff Pitsch

Microsoft MVP - Terminal Services

 

"dave m" <dmackler@mds.acsol.net> wrote in message

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> Thanks Jeff,

>

> Is there a KB article of doc somewhere that explains how to do this??

>

> dave

>

>

> "Jeff Pitsch" <jeff@jeffpitschconsulting.com> wrote in message

> news:%23FT9sq%239IHA.4820@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> one of the options of the RDP client is to save an RDP. you can

>> preconfigure the connection then kickit off using the run regkey or you

>> can set it up in the start menu or if your daring enough, you could

>> replace the shell (normally explorer). I personally use Group Policy to

>> completely lock down the endpoint and only allow mstsc to run with the

>> preconfigured rdp file.

>>

>> --

>> Jeff Pitsch

>> Microsoft MVP - Terminal Services

>>

>> "dave m" <dmackler@mds.acsol.net> wrote in message

>> news:e9tALD%239IHA.2332@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>> Basic question but cannot find answer.

>>>

>>> Terminal server setup on W2003 SP2 server, licensing correctly applied.

>>> User logs on to a LOCAL PC at their location, then uses "Remote Destop

>>> Connection" to logon to Terminal Server.

>>>

>>> How is this SUPPOSED to work, or put another way, when the user sits

>>> down in front of a PC, how do they directly logon to the terminal

>>> server? We want most users to do away with individual workstations and

>>> use a "dumb" terminal to log on to terminal servers.

>>>

>>> dave Admin

>>> (and one lacking knowledge, obviously)

>>>

>>>

>>

>>

>>

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