USB 2.0 Redirect Options with Native 2003 Terminal Services

[Guest Tim S]

All,

I have a two part question:

 

1. With terminal services in Windows 2003 and WYSE terminals running

embedded XP, is it possible to have reliable USB 2.0 redirection? We have

tried this shareware without a lot of luck and their support is less than

adequate. http://www.usb-redirector.com/downloads.html

What we are trying to do is install digital camera software on the terminal

sever and load pictures from the USB 2.0 cable locally at the WYSE terminal.

The camera needs to be a drive letter for the workflow to be acceptable.

Are there known third party solutions that will do this without breaking the

bank?

2. Is this even an issue with Windows Server 2008?

Thank you kindly.

Tim

[Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Re: USB 2.0 Redirect Options with Native 2003 Terminal Services

 

Tim S <TimS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> All,

> I have a two part question:

>

> 1. With terminal services in Windows 2003 and WYSE terminals running

> embedded XP, is it possible to have reliable USB 2.0 redirection?

> We have tried this shareware without a lot of luck and their support

> is less than adequate. http://www.usb-redirector.com/downloads.html

> What we are trying to do is install digital camera software on the

> terminal sever and load pictures from the USB 2.0 cable locally at

> the WYSE terminal. The camera needs to be a drive letter for the

> workflow to be acceptable. Are there known third party solutions that

> will do this without breaking the bank?

 

What happens if users select the option to redirect local drive letters in

their TS sessions? They should see their cameras show up in Explorer as a

drive letter, if it's doing so on their local PC.

 

That said, I don't see the value in most bundled digital camera software.

Photoshop (or Elements) can work, but neither works well on TS. I'd just

copy the photos in Explorer if it were me.

> 2. Is this even an issue with Windows Server 2008?

 

Dunno.

> Thank you kindly.

> Tim

[Guest Patrick Rouse]

RE: USB 2.0 Redirect Options with Native 2003 Terminal Services

 

Did you try contacting their support?

 

http://www.incentivespro.com/support.html

 

 

--

Patrick C. Rouse

Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

Systems Consultant

Quest Software, Provision Networks Division

Virtual Client Solutions

http://www.provisionnetworks.com

 

 

"Tim S" wrote:

> All,

> I have a two part question:

>

> 1. With terminal services in Windows 2003 and WYSE terminals running

> embedded XP, is it possible to have reliable USB 2.0 redirection? We have

> tried this shareware without a lot of luck and their support is less than

> adequate. http://www.usb-redirector.com/downloads.html

> What we are trying to do is install digital camera software on the terminal

> sever and load pictures from the USB 2.0 cable locally at the WYSE terminal.

> The camera needs to be a drive letter for the workflow to be acceptable.

> Are there known third party solutions that will do this without breaking the

> bank?

> 2. Is this even an issue with Windows Server 2008?

> Thank you kindly.

> Tim

>

[Guest jolteroli]

Re: USB 2.0 Redirect Options with Native 2003 Terminal Services

 

only a thought, but why don't you use a good linux TC-OS like openthinclient

on the wyse TC's? the underlying ubuntu will map the camera to

/media/somename. this local share is accessible from within the TS session

by \\tsclient\media\somename.

 

then you subst the path \\tsclient\media\somename to the driveletter I: in a

logon script and tell the camera software to use this letter. so each user

has her/his local attached camera pictures available in the session.

 

this way we use RSA key files on USB pens, where the software only allows

driverletters to select.

 

-jolt

 

"Tim S" <TimS@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag

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> All,

> I have a two part question:

>

> 1. With terminal services in Windows 2003 and WYSE terminals running

> embedded XP, is it possible to have reliable USB 2.0 redirection? We

> have

> tried this shareware without a lot of luck and their support is less than

> adequate. http://www.usb-redirector.com/downloads.html

> What we are trying to do is install digital camera software on the

> terminal

> sever and load pictures from the USB 2.0 cable locally at the WYSE

> terminal.

> The camera needs to be a drive letter for the workflow to be acceptable.

> Are there known third party solutions that will do this without breaking

> the

> bank?

> 2. Is this even an issue with Windows Server 2008?

> Thank you kindly.

> Tim

>