Remote Desktop Connection (Terminal Services Client 6.0) for Windows XP, 2003

[madmatt]

Remote Desktop Connection (Terminal Services Client 6.0) provides a way to use any new Terminal Services features introduced in Microsoft Windows Vista and Microsoft Windows Server Code Name “Longhorn” from a computer running Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1.

Download: Windows XP
Download: Windows Server 2003
Download: Windows XP/2003 x64

More Information: KB925876

 

[LordOfLA]

MS Pushed this with windows update. My workstation here at work uses it now

 

[madmatt]

That's how I found it too. =)

 

[kop48]

How much better is this vs XP's?

 

[LordOfLA]

Well XP's wont connect to server 2003 machines configured in certain ways and certainly wont connect to vista machines

 

[madmatt]

What he said. And updated appearance (Vista like), support for 32 bit color, otherwise pretty much the same.

 

[Admiral Michael]

I dont like how it handles the username and password.

 

[BouncingSoul]

Am I the only one who works for an organization that swears by VNC?

 

[VenomXt]

I dont like how it handles the username and password.

Neither do I.

 

[LordOfLA]

VNC only has a use when connecting to remote X Windows sessions on linux boxes.

Remote desktop is much faster and much more secure by nature of the fact that it is encrypted and versions after that supplied with xp (meaning the server 2003 edition and now this vista version) can use SSL as well.

If you only connect to windows boxen, its crazy to use anything else

 

[LordOfLA]

I dont like how it handles the username and password.

Neither do I.

What does it matter? Its encypted

 

[GEN3RIC]

sweet, I like it. Finally I can sit on my XP laptop and remote to my Vista-only desktop.. it doesn't allow Aero but no surprise there

 

[Electronic Punk]

Yeah, all the Aero stuff in a Vista session is done by the machine you TS from.

You can get Aero by TSing to a machine incapable of doing Aero the same way.

 

[kcnychief]

Very nice, 'tis a shame I don't use XP anymore

 

[ming]

can it be used for connecting xp pro to xp home machines? my friend is looking for something to allow him to access xp home remotely.

 

[kcnychief]

This is just the client, which you would download to connect to machines that support RDP, which XP Home does not. The client can be downloaded to XP Home, but that would only allow him to go out, and connect to a machine that has Remote Desktop configured.

Probably have to try Remote Assistance, or something like PCAnwyhere, VNC or something similar.

 

[Admiral Michael]

What does it matter? Its encypted

Well

A) I save the config files and just double click em to connect and the old way is much better.
B) I don't really need encryption as I mostly use RDP inside my LAN.
C) I'm very fussy with things

 

[Mastershakes]

It sucks, I can't turn off that pre-authentication which does nothing anyways.... I still have to authenticate when I get to the remote logon screen.

Anyway to turn that off?

 

[kcnychief]

From what I know about it so far, no way to turn that off.

Would be good to know how though - has been labeled all over the internet as "broken"

 

[Mastershakes]

It sure is. In the meantime, I put a . in both fields and hit enter. There is a setting in the options that says 'connect anyway' if the authentication fails.