Re: Remote Desktop Connection and Terminal Services...

From: Vera Noest [MVP] (vera.noest_at_remove-this.hem.utfors.se)
Date: 01/25/05 

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:03:31 -0800

RDC is just a fancy name for a Terminal Server connection.
Redirection of local drives is supported on Windows 2003 Terminal
Services, but not on W2K TS.

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Vera Noest
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"Faustino Dina" <ffdina@matusa.com.mx> wrote on 25 jan 2005 in
microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> Hi all,
>
> We have a W2K terminal server serving a remote office through an
> internet connection. Our clients wants to access their local
> drives while they are in a terminal server session. The article
> KB272519 clearly says it is not possible in W2K when using
> internet. But the article KB313292 says you can use a new
> feature called "Remote Desktop Connection" when connecting to
> 2003 server and XP and access local drives when connecting
> through the internet. But which is the relationship between
> "Remote Desktop Connection" (RDC) and the terminal server? Does
> the RDC blocks the 2003 server computer from another users as
> other remote access programs do? Can I have various terminal
> server sessions using simultaneously RDC? And how about XP? Can
> I have many simultaneous RDC sessions in a XP Proffessional box?
> My suspicion is why local drive access is not a Terminal
> Services feature instead of Remote Desktop Connection feature...
>
> Thanks in advance
> Faustino

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