Thursday, March 4, 2010

Connectivity

Connectivity

Windows 2008 specific info

One of the new features of Windows 2008 Terminal Services is the TS Gateway role service. It enables remote users to connect securely to the corporate servers from the Internet, without the need for a VPN. Read all about it here:

General info, How-To's

  • 186572 - Terminal Server Walkthrough: Startup, Connection, and Application
  • 186566 - Connection Configuration in Terminal Server
  • 885187 - Remote Desktop Protocol settings in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows XP
  • 270897 - How Terminal Server Advanced Client connects to a Terminal Server computer
  • 323258 - Description of the Automatic Reconnection Feature in Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP SP1
  • Automatically Connecting the User to their Disconnected Session

  • 314537 - HOW TO: Use a Handheld PC or a Pocket PC as a Mobile Terminal
  • 187623 - How to Change Terminal Server's Listening Port
  • 306759 - How to change the listening port for Remote Desktop
  • 304304 - How to configure the Remote Desktop client to connect to a specific port when you use Windows XP
  • 326945 - How to change the listening port in the Windows Terminal Server Web Client
  • 275210 - How to Allow Access to Terminal Services on ISA from the External Interface
  • 294720 - How to Server Publish a Terminal Server with ISA While also Running Terminal Services on the ISA Server

General network / connectivity issues

  • 186645 - Troubleshooting RDP Client connection problems
  • 187628 - Using Telnet to Test Port 3389 Functionality
  • 314825 - How to Troubleshoot Black Hole Router Issues
  • 925280 - Changes in PMTU black hole router detection in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows Vista
  • 951037 - Information about the TCP Chimney Offload feature in Windows Server 2008
  • 936594 - You may experience network-related problems after you install Windows Server 2003 SP2 or the Scalable Networking Pack
  • How to make your intermittent or flaky terminal services connection a little more stable


  • 274805 - Error message when you try to connect to a Windows server-based computer that is running Terminal Services: "Terminal Server has ended the connection"
  • 931656 - FIX: You cannot use the Remote Desktop Connection feature or the Remote Desktop MMC to connect to a remote Windows Server 2003-based server (post SP2 hotfix)
  • 282128 - VBScript Error Message Occurs When You Use Terminal Services Advanced Client
  • 886209 - Users cannot connect to remote desktops by using the Windows Small Business Server 2003 Remote Web Workplace
  • 928055 - After you apply a Windows XP service pack, the remote desktop session fails
  • 901023 - A TCP/IP session that is inactive for more than one minute may be disconnected when you connect to a terminal server from a Windows Server 2003 SP1-based computer (with ISA 2000)
  • 272142 - Users Are Automatically Logged Off When Attempting to Log on to Terminal Services
  • 216783 - You cannot completely disconnect a Terminal Server connection
  • 302904 - You May Be Unable to Connect to Terminal Services Computer When Its Language Is Different from the Client
  • 840689 - You cannot log on to a domain controller from a Windows 2000 Terminal server in a WINS environment
  • 951607 - You cannot connect to a remote computer or start a remote application when you use Terminal Services Web Access or Remote Web Workspace on a Windows XP SP3-based computer

Vista specific connectivity issues

  • 947773 - A Windows Server 2003-based computer responds slowly to RDP connections or to SMB connections that are made from a Windows Vista-based computer
  • 934430 - Network connectivity may fail when you try to use Windows Vista behind a firewall device
  • Remote Desktop Freezes When Connecting Through Windows Vista
  • 929709 - A Remote Desktop session disconnects even after you press a key when you receive the "Idle timer expired" message in Windows Vista

Citrix specific connectivity issues

  • CTX104998 - Configuring Microsoft ISA Server to Allow Outbound ICA Connections
  • 329700 - Event ID 1004 and "Network or Dialup Problems Are Preventing Communications with Citrix Server" Error Message When Clients Try to Connect to Terminal Server
  • CTX952065 - Tips and Techniques for Using the ICA Async Transport to Connect to a Citrix Server
  • CTX708444 - Configuring TCP KeepAlive Values to Improve WAN links and ICA KeepAlives to place ICA Session in a Disconnected State
  • 922732 - Error message when an ASP program tries to connect to a Citrix MetaFrame installation: "An error occurred while attempting to connect to the MetaFrame servers" (W2K)
  • CTX112347 - Users Cannot Connect to ICA Sessions after Installing Version 6.0 of the RDP Client

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