How can I improve the display of Word in Terminal Server?

[Guest Jane Parker]

I have Word open on my local PC, I have Word open in my Terminal Server

session, and placing them side-by-side you can clearly see the Terminal

Server display is far inferior to my local PC instance of Word.

 

I have set all the display settings as high as possible for the Terminal

Server session and the quality is still inferior - what else can be done?

[Guest Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: How can I improve the display of Word in Terminal Server?

 

What is the OS on the server and the client, what are the display

settings and rdp client version, and what are the settings on the

server?

 

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Vera Noest

MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

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"Jane Parker" <jane.parker@tiscali.com> wrote on 14 feb 2008 in

microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> I have Word open on my local PC, I have Word open in my Terminal

> Server session, and placing them side-by-side you can clearly

> see the Terminal Server display is far inferior to my local PC

> instance of Word.

>

> I have set all the display settings as high as possible for the

> Terminal Server session and the quality is still inferior - what

> else can be done?

[Guest Jane Parker]

Re: How can I improve the display of Word in Terminal Server?

 

Server OS: Windows Server 2003 Release 2

Client OS: Windows XP SP 2

RDP version 5.1.2600.2180 (Shell version 5.1 build number 2600)

Display Settings on the client are 1280x1024, Colour Quality - Highest (32

bit)

Display Settings on the server are 1280x1024 colour quality medium (16 bit

bit)

 

Do you need anything else?

 

The server settings are the highest they will go. I understand the server

Terminal Server settings say limit to 24 bit (which is the highest), but

with all the checkboxes checked for my rdp client I can't get it any higher

than 16 bit.

 

thanks

 

"Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.noest@remove-this.hem.utfors.se> wrote in message

news:Xns9A44DF56422F0veranoesthemutforsse@207.46.248.16...

> What is the OS on the server and the client, what are the display

> settings and rdp client version, and what are the settings on the

> server?

>

> _________________________________________________________

> Vera Noest

> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

>

> "Jane Parker" <jane.parker@tiscali.com> wrote on 14 feb 2008 in

> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

>

>> I have Word open on my local PC, I have Word open in my Terminal

>> Server session, and placing them side-by-side you can clearly

>> see the Terminal Server display is far inferior to my local PC

>> instance of Word.

>>

>> I have set all the display settings as high as possible for the

>> Terminal Server session and the quality is still inferior - what

>> else can be done?

[Guest Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: How can I improve the display of Word in Terminal Server?

 

Set the server settings in Terminal Services Configuration to

Client Compatible (which means use the highest setting that the

client can support). The default setting for XP cients is 16 bit.

 

I assume that the server setting is not fixed and greyed out, is

it? If it is, that would mean that you have a GPO with the setting:

 

Computer Configuration - Administrative templates - Windows

Components - Terminal Services

"Limit maximum color depth"

_________________________________________________________

Vera Noest

MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

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"Jane Parker" <jane.parker@tiscali.com> wrote on 22 feb 2008 in

microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> Server OS: Windows Server 2003 Release 2

> Client OS: Windows XP SP 2

> RDP version 5.1.2600.2180 (Shell version 5.1 build number 2600)

> Display Settings on the client are 1280x1024, Colour Quality -

> Highest (32 bit)

> Display Settings on the server are 1280x1024 colour quality

> medium (16 bit bit)

>

> Do you need anything else?

>

> The server settings are the highest they will go. I understand

> the server Terminal Server settings say limit to 24 bit (which

> is the highest), but with all the checkboxes checked for my rdp

> client I can't get it any higher than 16 bit.

>

> thanks

>

> "Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.noest@remove-this.hem.utfors.se> wrote

> in message

> news:Xns9A44DF56422F0veranoesthemutforsse@207.46.248.16...

>> What is the OS on the server and the client, what are the

>> display settings and rdp client version, and what are the

>> settings on the server?

>>

>> _________________________________________________________

>> Vera Noest

>> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

>> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

>> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

>>

>> "Jane Parker" <jane.parker@tiscali.com> wrote on 14 feb 2008 in

>> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

>>

>>> I have Word open on my local PC, I have Word open in my

>>> Terminal Server session, and placing them side-by-side you can

>>> clearly see the Terminal Server display is far inferior to my

>>> local PC instance of Word.

>>>

>>> I have set all the display settings as high as possible for

>>> the Terminal Server session and the quality is still inferior

>>> - what else can be done?