RDC 6.1 client for XP SP2 released

For those of you still running Windows XP SP2 (*NOT* upgraded to SP3) MSFT has released a Remote Desktop 6.1 client for x86 clients. More information at the Terminal Services Team blog...

http://blogs.msdn.com/ts/archive/2008/06/25/remote-desktop-connection-terminal-services-client-6-1-for-windows-xp-sp2-x86-platforms.aspx

The KB article...

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952155

Note this new client does include support for Network Level Authentication [NLA]. See the "Server Authentication" section of the KB article.

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