RDP suddenly painfully slow

[Lisa Liel]

I've been using RDP on WinXP for several years, day in and day out,
all day. Suddenly, about 2 weeks ago, my RDP connection started
choking. I'd be typing, and suddenly, either the buffer would slow
down to the point that it took about a second and a half to display
each character, or it would freeze entirely.

To make things worse, whenever I have the RDP session open, all my
other connections (browsing, etc) are slowed down tremendously. As I
said, this only started about 2 weeks ago.

I'm terminalling into a Win2003 SP2 box, and presumably nothing has
changed there. I installed SP3 on my XP Pro box at home, and it seems
to have helped a little bit. I have it tuned down so that other than
the clipboard and (when it's full screen) alt-tab, nothing but the
simple view shows through the connection.

I've Googled this and come up with absolutely nothing.

I've tried terminalling to a different computer in a different
location, and I have the same problem. I've tried bypassing my router
and connecting directly to my cable modem (I'm on Comcast -- pity
me). I've tried turning off the other computers on my home network
and shutting down all other apps running on my machine. Nothing seems
to make any difference.

Does anyone know what could be causing this, and how I might go about
fixing it? Comcast claims they aren't blocking port 3389, btw. I
asked them.

Thanks,
Lisa

 

[AsK]

I've been using RDP on WinXP for several years, day in and day out,
all day.  Suddenly, about 2 weeks ago, my RDP connection started
choking.  I'd be typing, and suddenly, either the buffer would slow
down to the point that it took about a second and a half to display
each character, or it would freeze entirely.

To make things worse, whenever I have the RDP session open, all my
other connections (browsing, etc) are slowed down tremendously.  As I
said, this only started about 2 weeks ago.

I'm terminalling into a Win2003 SP2 box, and presumably nothing has
changed there.  I installed SP3 on my XP Pro box at home, and it seems
to have helped a little bit.  I have it tuned down so that other than
the clipboard and (when it's full screen) alt-tab, nothing but the
simple view shows through the connection.

I've Googled this and come up with absolutely nothing.

I've tried terminalling to a different computer in a different
location, and I have the same problem.  I've tried bypassing my router
and connecting directly to my cable modem (I'm on Comcast -- pity
me).  I've tried turning off the other computers on my home network
and shutting down all other apps running on my machine.  Nothing seems
to make any difference.

Does anyone know what could be causing this, and how I might go about
fixing it?  Comcast claims they aren't blocking port 3389, btw.  I
asked them.

Thanks,
Lisa

Lisa....is it here? Acronyms are not a lot of help, lass. :-( Help
us out.
RDP Ribosomal Database Project
RDP Reconstruction and Development Programme (RSA)
RDP Reliable Data Protocol
RDP Radar Data Processing
RDP Rapid Deployment Program
RDP Rural Development Plan (EU)
RDP Reliable Datagram Protocol
RDP Remote Display Protocol (Microsoft)
RDP Rivière des Prairies (Montréal, Canada)
RDP Resort Data Processing, Inc (Vail, Colorado)
RDP Registered Domestic Partner
RDP Rassemblement pour la Démocratie et le Progrès (French: Gathering
for Democracy and Progress)
RDP Recreational Dive Planner (scuba diving)
RDP Rádiodifusão Portuguesa (Portuguese national radio station)
RDP Rural Development Program
RDP Radar Data Processing (FAA)
RDP Ring Deutscher Pfadfinderinnenverbände (German Girl-Scout
Organization)
RDP Rapid-onset Dystonia-Parkinsonism
RDP Registered Design Professional (architect or engineer)
RDP Regional Development Planning
RDP Radar Data Processor
RDP Democratic Rally of the People-Jama'a (Niger)
RDP Relative Delay Penalty
RDP Roll of Distinguished Philatelists
RDP Reverse Dragon Punch (gaming)
RDP Recursive Dyadic Partition
RDP Rental Dwelling Policy (insurance)
RDP Reality Display Processor
RDP Registered Disabled Person (UK)
RDP Range-Deflection Protractor (field artillery plotting instrument)
RDP Range Deflection Protractor (to compute field artillery range and
deflection)
RDP Rapid Deployment Patrol
RDP Run Down Period (RAF)
RDP Rubidium Di-Hydrogen Phosphate
RDP Refugee Determination Program (Canada)
RDP Requirements Definition Program
RDP Rate-Distortion Performance
RDP Retirement Disposal Instruction
RDP Radiation Distribution Plot
RDP Range Deception Protection
RDP Report Document Page
RDP Ray Doyle Promotions Pty Ltd
RDP Rapid Deployment Planning
RDP Ration Distributing Point
RDP Remote Desktop Protocol
RDP Requirements Development Package
RDP Residence Demarcation Point (telephony)
RDP Rated Discharge Pressure
RDP Running Design Pressure
RDP Resource Defense Polygyny