Remote Desktop Connection Logon

[Guest]

I am setting up desktops as "dumb terminals" to a Windows 2000 Terminal
Services server. What can I do to have a user log on directly to the Remote
Desktop Connection log on screen, instead of going through the desktop
operating system log on first?
Any help would be deeply appreciated.
Thank you.
Al

 

[mark.mays]

1. Make sure that the operating system of the "dumb terminal" does not
have any logon necesarry (the OS boots directly to the desktop).
2. Setup your RDP connection as you normally would, with all options
set. Then save that RDP connection to the desktop. Now make a shorcut
from the start menu-->programs--->startup folder that points to the
saved RDP connection.

Make sure you do not put in the user name and password in the RDP
connection before you save it, otherwise anybody who boots that
computer would be able to get directly into your terminal server
without logging on.

-Mark

 

[Guest]

Mark, Thank you for your response. The desktop has been a member of a
domain; how would I remove the initial logon screen?
Al

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

Create a dummy *local* user account, be sure to give it minimal
user rights on the local client and none on the domain resources
(printers, network shares, etc). Then configure autologon, as
explained here:

How To Enable Automatic Logon in Windows 2000 Professional
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=234562

I assume that you understand the security implications of this
setup. Anyone booting the device will have access to local files
and folders. If a legitimate user starts an rdp session and ticks
the box "Save password", any subsequent user will be using the
previous users saved credentials.

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[Guest]

And if i want that a user can login to a domain and where he "click" on
something he can login automatically toa TS session with rights
username/password?

I have a lot of user, they have to login on startup and to login again to TS
I want to "pass" the correct login/password to TS, can i do this?????

In this way every user can login on the TS server with only one login....

 

[Korstiaan]

Hi
What reason do you have to have users login to a domain and also
connect via a TS ?
Seems to me you would be better of using a Citrix Server and setup
published applications.
That way you can have users run remote applications as if they are on
their local PC.
Korstiaan

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

What you describe is called "pass-through" authentication. It is
not a native feature of Windows Terminal Services. You'll need
Citrix for this.

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MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
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