[windows2000] Re: New RDP Client, again

  • From: "Sorin Srbu" <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 17:30:05 +0100

Ray Costanzo <> wrote on Thursday, March 01, 2007 5:12 PM:

Oh, hold on. I misunderstood. Try using "remote desktops.msc"; it's builtin in
windows XP x86/x64 and 2k3 server. This ones better than the standalone client
IMO, and you can set the login credentials separately.

HTH.


> I hadn't heard of that.  I located it at http://www.rdesktop.org/, but
> what's with all the "download the source" links.  Do I just use any C
> compiler to compile it?  I understand why such things exist and get the
> whole open-source world and all that, but it's also nice just to download a
> setup.exe from time to time.  J    
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks Jim.
> 
> 
> 
> Ray at work
> 
> 
> 
> From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Kenzig
> ThinHelp.com  
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 10:49 AM
> To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [windows2000] Re: New RDP Client, again
> 
> 
> 
> Use Rdesktops Ray it is way better.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> 
> On 3/1/07, Ray Costanzo <rcostanzo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 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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