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Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client 2.0 (Beta)

Windows XP Media Center

For anyone who hasn't noticed, you can use Remote Desktop Connection to connect to a computer using Windows XP MCE. But you can't connect to XP home.
Most versions of windows include the Remote Desktop server to connect to(XP MCE, XP pro, Vista Business, Vista Ultimate, maybe XP tablet, and probably all server versions of windows.)
 
no keyboard entry on MBP w/ Remote Desktop

Lollypop said:
Dont like that it needs in installer...

Doesn't want to work with any of our Win2003 servers, it connects, shows login window, but then credentials dont get accepted... might be keyboard mapping or something.... :mad:
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Did you ever get this to work? I just got a brand new MBP today, downloaded the Remote Desktop beta client - and get the login credentials screen but can't enter anything. It is like my MBP keyboard is not being recognized or something. I even tried switching to the character palette and entering letters that way - but nothing...
 
No Keyboard with RDC 2.0

askywalker said:
Did you ever get this to work? I just got a brand new MBP today, downloaded the Remote Desktop beta client - and get the login credentials screen but can't enter anything. It is like my MBP keyboard is not being recognized or something. I even tried switching to the character palette and entering letters that way - but nothing...
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I'm using an old TiBook and I've got the same problem. No input except the mouse. Would you please let me know if anyone figures this out.

thanks
 
robomac said:
I'm using an old TiBook and I've got the same problem. No input except the mouse. Would you please let me know if anyone figures this out.

thanks
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I got this to work by changing the keyboard language. I have no idea why, but if my keyboard is on US-English or Japanese I would not be able to enter anything. If I switched the keyboard to 'Canadian', then connect, I could enter my username and password.

Crazy. Hope it works for you too!
 
NiteWaves77 said:
No drag-n-drop, but you can map a local Mac drive to the Windows machine -- automagically -- at connect time. Same goes for printers. That's been a feature since the previous version, but it was often flakey.

Copy/Paste was available in the previous version. It remains.

Response time is very comfortable. Pretty damn close to sitting in front of the PC. CoRD claims to be faster, but not in my personal experience.
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I tried copy-paste file from pc to mac and it did not work.
Am I doing something wrong?
Can I right-click 'copy' file to pc, and right-click paste them to mac os x?


Also I tried to drag files from pc to mac and it didnt work at all.

I need this file transfer. How I can do it?
 
nigrunze said:
For anyone who hasn't noticed, you can use Remote Desktop Connection to connect to a computer using Windows XP MCE. But you can't connect to XP home.
Most versions of windows include the Remote Desktop server to connect to(XP MCE, XP pro, Vista Business, Vista Ultimate, maybe XP tablet, and probably all server versions of windows.)
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MCE is based on Windows XP Pro, that is why it works.
 
Please, somebody to tell me how to do copy paste.
I make 'copy' to windows (through remote desktop client), then I go to mac, right click, no paste option!
 
cool11 said:
Please, somebody to tell me how to do copy paste.
I make 'copy' to windows (through remote desktop client), then I go to mac, right click, no paste option!
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It might be worth your while making a shared directory for copying files.
 
TBi said:
It might be worth your while making a shared directory for copying files.
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I have already set the whole c directory of pc to be shared, I did it through properties tab in c: , in windows explorer.
But this does dot mean that I see it in mac finder!

Shared directory is ok in windows.
How can I use it on mac os x finder?
 
I find the initial delay on connection very irritating. It used to be near instant with the old version. Also, the way you create a machine profile now is horrible! It should be done within the app window, not burried in prefs on the menu bar.

I just tried CoRD after someone mentioned it on here and it's so much more Mac-like. Connects instantly too and handles multiple machines in a far more logical way. I'll be using it now instead. :)
 
cool11 said:
Anybody to help me with shared folder and copy paste?
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You must be doing something wrong or there is something wrong with your setup. It works well for me and other people on this board.

I have never used file transfers through RDC. I usually just use SMB for something like that.
 
elcid said:
You must be doing something wrong or there is something wrong with your setup. It works well for me and other people on this board.
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Wait, let me make sure I understand... what it sounds like the previous poster was asking for is to be able to view the host computer's folders on the client computer. Remote Desktop Connection, as far as I know, only allows you to view the client computer's files on the host. I don't know of a workaround for that. It's a two way read/write, though, so you can still transfer files in either direction, but you have to do it from inside the host computer's interface (i.e. in Windows).

For copy/paste... what exactly are you trying to copy, from where, and to where are you trying to paste it? Be SPECIFIC (and please use comprehensible grammar). Make sure you're using the appropriate key shortcuts both on the Mac and the Windows sides....
 
I really dislike Microsoft's RDC client - Cord is far better.

Microsoft RDC is very unstable; if you shut down/disconnect from the remote computer while in an RDC session, the client will pretty much always freeze and you have to kill the process. That coupled with the fact that it looks and feels like a Windows app means that I have no compelling reason to use it.
 
seanneko said:
I really dislike Microsoft's RDC client - Cord is far better.

Microsoft RDC is very unstable; if you shut down/disconnect from the remote computer while in an RDC session, the client will pretty much always freeze and you have to kill the process. That coupled with the fact that it looks and feels like a Windows app means that I have no compelling reason to use it.
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Could the fact that it looks and feels like a real windows app be because you are booting into Windows? Seriously I see one box and all it asks for is the IP. Then it instantly pulls into windows. There is no real interface with the application for me.
 
seanneko said:
Microsoft RDC is very unstable; if you shut down/disconnect from the remote computer while in an RDC session, the client will pretty much always freeze and you have to kill the process.
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Oh my god... are you serious? A Beta version of software is unstable? Say it ain't so!
 
TBi said:
Oh my god... are you serious? A Beta version of software is unstable? Say it ain't so!
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Uhh, what's your point? I said that the program is unstable therefore I don't use it. I have no idea where your remark came from :confused:
 
Greetings!
Currently using Remote Desktop Connections in my mixed Mac/Win networks a lot, including the Mac RDC client.
BUT, I still have a few Windows 2000 on the networks (running proprietary apps) and I wonder HOW and if it is possible to use RDC (Win or Mac client versions) to access a Win 2000 machine. Info on various sites is a bit confusing in that regard (including on MS sites - even though I do know that there is NOT a Remote control selection readily available in Win 2000 menus).
Help / info / pointers will be appreciated!

- Roger T
 
Omikronz said:
Wonder if this is ever going to be finished...
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Yup. Almost done, in fact. :) My boss posted an update to Mac Mojo (our team blog) about what we're working on these days: Office 2008 update. He talks about the 12.0.1 update that came out yesterday, as well as the rest of what we're working on.

To spare you an extra click, RDC v2 will go final this spring. We're putting the final polish on the bits now. :)
 
swiftaw said:
Has anyone noticed that it has a memory leak? I had it running for about 8 hours and it was using up over 1Gb of RAM.
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If you install the 2.1.0 (100709) version of the remote desktop for mac, (its in office 2011 beta 5), maybe it fix the problem?
 
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