Talk:Remote Desktop Protocol
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[edit] Back Orifice peer review
We are having a peer review for remote administration tool Back Orifice. We're hoping that you could join the discussion and give us some ideas, how to improve the article further. --Easyas12c 19:54, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Difference?
Apart from the lack of Remote Desktop, what other differences are there in Home and Professional editions? --Tenryuu 21:26, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Disadvantages(?!)
I fail to see how RDP not being in Windows XP Home is a "disadvantage" of the RDP protocol itself? Therefore I renamed "Disadvantages" to "Supported Operating Systems". It also might be interesting to note the differences between RDP and ICA... or even VNC. Urbanriot 18:32, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
- Actually XP Home does contain an RDP server but it can only be accessed via the Remote Assistance feature. Windows 2000 Server also contains an RDP server, of course, but the Terminal Services client is not installed by default. Windows 2000 Professional does not provide an RDP client. --80.175.250.218 09:52, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
- But Windows 2000 pro can run an RDP client, and has an unlimited client license for using it. Crocodealer 06:40, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
wouldn't it be useful to have a clear definition of exactly what we mean by client and what we mean with server - perhaps even with a little diagram? In fact, the proper terminology in this network mamagement context is "manager" and "agent". I think that any description of the feature that says that is available on windows 2000 or xp home without making it clear that it can only be a *manager* and not an *agent* is perhaps guilty of being disingenuous. I suspect that's where the adjective "disadvantage" may have inadvertently popped up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.7.195.250 (talk • contribs) 15:33, 23 March 2007
- Client and server are pretty standard terms. In this case the client (aka "manager") is an application that allows you to connect to remote RDP servers and if authenticated, to get a desktop. Note that with Windows 2000 and 2003 you are getting a new desktop and not viewing/controlling the server's physical console desktop. Thus multiple clients can RDP into a single server and they don't see each other. As far as I know, there are no license restrictions on the clients. The RDP server component supports inbound connections from clients. These are licensed meaning that by default Windows is a single user machine and with licensed RDP sessions you can then have more than one user logged into the server at once.
- As noted before, Windows XP has a remote access server ("agent") but it's part of the Remote Assistance feature. I've never used this but have the impression that if someone starts the Remote Assistance feature that they can see on the physical console what the logged in client ("manager") is doing.
- As for Windows 2000 Professional - It does not come with a terminal services client but it looks like it's available for download from Microsoft [1] or [2] Marc Kupper (talk) (contribs) 17:32, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] style
Could someone please change all occurances of 'to remote' into 'to access remotely'? It hurts. Guenthert
- Real pedants wouldn't stand the verb 'access', either, but it's easier than thinking. 'Abstracted' might be a suitable word, if it weren't so heavily overloaded in the industry. Superficially that may have similar status to access, but I'm not so sure. --ToobMug 11:10, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] supported operating systems
It should be mentioned that there is an open source implementation of the RDP server (for Linux and Unix/Unix like OS): xrdp. Guenthert
More clear would be that there is an open source implementation of the RDP manager (for ....
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This paragraph is misleading:
Work [...]. There are other products which provide RDP server functionality for LINUX using non RDP protocols such as VNC, NX and X Window System. These are however not compatible with the Windows RDP client.
Instead, it should be listed under "related work", "similar solutions" or in a category "Remote Desktop Protocols" or something AND linked to the appropriate pages. maxberger
[edit] general observation about definitions
Like a lot of technical definitions, this one does not really tell a user who knows very little what this protocol really does. I.e., what is the end user use case, how do RDP and MS Term Services help them do something? I have not used MTS so I can't answer this myself. I also don't mean this as a gripe, Wikipedia is an unbelievably positive accomplishment. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.107.248.220 (talk • contribs) 11:44, November 27, 2006
- Well, the first sentence of the definition is actually a tautology :/ 82.229.207.75 14:02, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Seamless Windows ?
The page says RDP 6.0 has the following new feature : "Seamless Windows: Remote applications can run on a client machine that are served by a Remote Desktop" connection. But older versions also can run remote apps on a client machine. Or does it mean, that the actual program is transferred and executed on the client ? Please clarify.
xerces8 --85.10.2.6 11:06, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
The phrase "Seamless Windows" comes from Citrix, it means that the application program that is physically running on the remote processor has it's windows displayed directly on the local display the user cannot see the remote desktop. This is an alien concept to X where all remote applications use "Seamless windows" except for special programs like VNC and Xnest but it is an upgrade to the "Remote desktop" hack. 86.17.213.200 07:20, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Article needs to be updated for version 6
Version 6.0 supports 32-bit color, yet under features it only says 24-bit color. Also, is a section really needed for the new features in 6.0?
128.2.33.147 07:08, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
- Agreed. I updated the article to reflect 32-bit color support. I also took out the "features new to 6.0" section; in its place I provided a link to MS's official new features page in the "version history" section. — EagleOne\Talk 02:55, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] RDP server functionality for LINUX
Work has started on an open source implementation of the RDP server available for Unix-like operating systems [3]. There are other products which provide RDP server functionality for LINUX using non RDP protocols such as VNC, NX and X Window System. These are however not compatible with the Windows RDP client. I think this line is now defunct, with the following first project, and another thread after -the XRDP software at least allows windows rdp clients to connect.
XRDP Linux RDP server, and an Ubuntu forum thread. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.68.110.116 (talk) 21:15, 21 March 2007 (UTC).
- There is also a commercial RDP Server for Linux from Thinstuff. It is called LX Server and comes with a web based admin GUI. LX Server - Linux RDP server —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mgibson99 (talk • contribs) 13:31, November 21, 2007
[edit] RemoteApp
RemoteApp info: [3] --soum talk 13:40, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
