Re: REMOTE DESKTOP mmc snapin and non-standard port settings

From: Jeffrey Randow (MVP) (jeffreyr-support_at_remotenetworktechnology.com)
Date: 08/31/04


Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 21:32:39 -0500

Per a MS Post in the Term. Services group, this functionality is not
yet included in the MMC version...

Jeffrey Randow (Windows Networking & Smart Display MVP)
jeffreyr-support@remotenetworktechnology.com

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On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 16:45:31 -0400, Information Scavenger
<likeIwantspam@no-way.com> wrote:

>I recently found the REMOTE DESKTOPS icon in my administrative tools
>via control panel after installing Windows 2003 Server Tools (or
>whatever they call it these days). This program seems awesome and for
>the type of work I do and the number of computers I am CONSTANTLY
>connecting to, this is a great program. However, the problem I am
>having is that about half the machines I connect to use non-standard
>port settings...the default port is 3389 and, for example, I want to
>connect to one with port 3390. In the MSTSC (terminal services
>connection that comes by default with all XP machines) if I wanted to
>connect to machine named machinea with a non standard port, I would
>simply type in "machinea:3390" as the destination and it would go.
>When I try to do the same in the REMOTE DESKTOPS it tells me I cannot
>use characters such as space or : or the brackets...and I have dug
>around all the options I can find and cannot find any port settings
>sections.
>
>Any help would be appreciated.
>
>Below is the online microsoft help article giving an overview of the
>program for those not yet familiar with it.
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/windowsserv/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/ts_tscmmc_overview.asp
>
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