[windows2000] Re: New RDP Client, again

  • From: "Sorin Srbu" <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 08:42:03 +0100

Jim Kenzig ThinHelp.com <> wrote on Thursday, March 01, 2007 5:33 PM:

Looks nice with the transparancies, even with WinXP x64, but I'm not quite
sure I get the point with it. It opens a regular RDP connection box and you
can control whether to open a console or full screen in a rather nice way, but
is that all? The credential thingie  still sucks, as Ray pointed out earlier.
8-)


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> Jim
> 
> On 3/1/07, Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>       Ray Costanzo <> wrote on Thursday, March 01, 2007 4:44 PM:
> 
>       I have had my issues with the new client as well. Musch along the same
>       lines as you do. Sometimes I'm able to logon w/o any problem with the
>       credentials I want and sometimes now. I don't see it being consistent
at
>       all. It's seems it's all or nothing, ie either you use one credential
for
>       all, or none, at which point you have to enter it every time. Security
>       wise it's good I guess, but it's as you point out a great PITA as
well.
> 
>       Well, maybe next release will be better. 8*)
> 
> 
>       > Hi list,
>       >
>       >
>       >
>       > I'd like to share an opinion.  THE NEW RDP CLIENT SUCKS!
>       >
>       >
>       >
>       > Here are my issues:
>       >
>       >
>       >
>       > .         The way that it saves logon credentials is very
frustrating. 
>       For > one, it takes about 15 steps to get the credentials setup, and
as
>       far as I > can tell, I can't setup RDP files with saved credentials
>       without actually > connecting to the remote machine.
>       >
>       > .         Secondly, it seems that the logon credentials are not
stored in
>       > the RDP file.  This is infuriating.  I have a bunch of RDP files,
many of
>       > which connect to the same machine.  But, they are meant to have
different
>       > logon credentials.  But, this seems to no longer be possible, since
the
>       > credentials are saved on a per-host basis.  I'm going to have to
fall
>       back > to setting up unique host names in my HOSTS file to get around
this.
>       >
>       > .         What the hell is the point in making me enter logon
credentials
>       > in the RDP client instead of just entering them in the Windows logon
>       dialog > box if I've chosen not to specify credentials yet?  It seems
as
>       though the > reasoning behind this has something to do with security.
I
>       guess this > kinda makes sense, although it's only applicable when
>       connecting to another > Vista machine (and the new server OS, I'll
>       assume).  I also find this to be > a bit of a PITA, and I hope it's a
>       configurable option on the host machine > whether or not to allow
ad-hoc
>       connections to the logon screen. >
>       > .         The logon credentials dialog box requires too many clicks,
but
>       > this seems to be the theme in Vista.
>       >
>       > .         I can understand (but don't like) why I can't paste the
>       password > textbox in the user credentials dialog, but why can't I
paste
>       into the > username area?  Basic functionality.
>       >
>       >
>       >
>       > Thanks for letting me bitch.
>       >
>       >
>       >
>       > Ray at work
> 
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