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Remote Desktop Web Connection

Remote Desktop Web Connection is a Web application consisting of a COM component and a sample connection page. When you deploy Remote Desktop Web Connection on a Web server, you can provide client connectivity to Remote Desktop Session Host (RD Session Host) servers and other computers using Internet Explorer and TCP/IP.

The reference material for Remote Desktop Web Connection is included in the Remote Desktop Web Connection Reference section.

See the following topics for additional information:

Installing Remote Desktop Web Connection

The following steps install the Remote Desktop ActiveX control and sample Web page to the %systemroot%\Web\Tsweb directory. They share the Web page in the \Tsweb directory on your server, for example, at http://myserver/tsweb. The control (Msrdp.ocx) and the Remote Desktop Web Connection code are located in Msrdp.cab.

Aa383019.wedge(en-us,VS.85).gifTo install Remote Desktop Web Connection

  1. In the Add/Remove Programs item in Control Panel, under Add/Remove Windows Components, install Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS).
  2. Install the World Wide Web Service subcomponent of IIS.
  3. Install the Remote Desktop Web Connection subcomponent of World Wide Web Service.

For a description of the Web page that is included with the installation of Remote Desktop Web Connection, see Sample Web Page Included with the Remote Desktop ActiveX Control.

Release History

ReleaseDescription
Windows Server 2003

Includes an updated Remote Desktop Web Connection that supports RDP 5.2 and is backward compatible with RDP 5.1 and 5.0.

Windows XP

Includes Remote Desktop Web Connection, which is an updated version of the Remote Desktop Services Advanced Client (TSAC). Remote Desktop Web Connection supports RDP 5.1 and is backward compatible with RDP 5.0.

Windows 2000

The release of the TSAC as a ValueAdd component on Microsoft Windows 2000 Server with Service Pack 1 (SP1), extends Terminal Services technology to the Web. The client application only needs Microsoft Internet Explorer, a connection to the World Wide Web, and appropriate rights to view Microsoft ActiveX controls. The TSAC supports Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) 5.0.

 

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I have set up a remote desktop on computer, I was able to log in when all said and done, but after I installed all the windows update, I can't log in anymore. I have tried to update the IIS settings but they are all grayed out. I now have SP3 installed into my computer, can someone tell me when I did wrong to make the connection stop working??
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