Use of wide screens with Remote Desktop Web Connection ActiveX ont

[Guest]

We use Remote Desktop Web Connection ActiveX control to access our terminal
servers.
This is Microsoft RDP client (redist) version 5,2,3790,0

Users have problems on wide screen monitors (greater than 1600 x 1200).

Found that the Windows equivalent of this control, Remote Desktop Connection
client, has been recently released as new version 6. (see KB925876). This
enables the system to work properly on wide screen monitors.

However we need to use the ActiveX client rather than the above.

My question is: Has Microsoft released RDP Client control (active X control)
version 6 that is equivalent to the new Windows version 6 and will thus solve
our users problems with wide screens?

 

[Sooner Al [MVP]]

We use Remote Desktop Web Connection ActiveX control to access our
terminal
servers.
This is Microsoft RDP client (redist) version 5,2,3790,0

Users have problems on wide screen monitors (greater than 1600 x 1200).

Found that the Windows equivalent of this control, Remote Desktop
Connection
client, has been recently released as new version 6. (see KB925876). This
enables the system to work properly on wide screen monitors.

However we need to use the ActiveX client rather than the above.

My question is: Has Microsoft released RDP Client control (active X
control)
version 6 that is equivalent to the new Windows version 6 and will thus
solve
our users problems with wide screens?

I don't use the web method at all so I may be steering you wrong, but have
you tried simply modifying the default.htm file on the host/server computer
to add the higher resolution? You can download a modified advanced
default.htm file, created by Jeffrey Randow (a former MS-MVP). Here is an
example snippet from the file...

*****************************
case "6"
resWidth = "1600"

resHeight = "1200"

end select

MsRdpClient.DesktopWidth = resWidth

MsRdpClient.DesktopHeight = resHeight

*****************************

http://www.schinning.net/Portals/0/Downloads/RDPwebadvanced51xpsp2.zip

If that link does not work go to this site and look in the "Clients"
section.

http://www.schinning.net/FreeTools/tabid/54/Default.aspx

Beyond that you might post this question to the
microsoft.public.windows.vista.network_sharing or the
microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services news groups.

Good luck...

--

Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)

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[Guest]

Thanks for the information. The main problem is that we request Full
Screen but there appears to be an inbuilt limit of 1600 x1200 and when it
encounters any resolution with 1 of the dimensions larger than those, it
fails to go full screen and stays at the default. So we are looking to raise
the limit rather than allow a specific resolution.

 

[Sooner Al [MVP]]

Thanks for the information. The main problem is that we request Full
Screen but there appears to be an inbuilt limit of 1600 x1200 and when it
encounters any resolution with 1 of the dimensions larger than those, it
fails to go full screen and stays at the default. So we are looking to
raise
the limit rather than allow a specific resolution.

Have you searched (or posted to) the TechNet forums? Doing a quick scan I
have seen some posts there that imply the new RDP 6.0 client includes a new
ActiveX client/component...

http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=580&SiteID=17

There is also the Terminal Services Team blog that may have answers...

http://blogs.msdn.com/ts/

Good luck...

--

Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)

Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the
mutual benefit of all of us...
The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights...

 

[Guest]

Thanks very much for your help.
From the technet forums I found an post saying that they have combined the
ActiveX control with the new RDP 6.0 client. So once thatis installed we have
the ActiveX control installed for the web.

 

[Sooner Al [MVP]]

Thanks very much for your help.
From the technet forums I found an post saying that they have combined the
ActiveX control with the new RDP 6.0 client. So once thatis installed we
have
the ActiveX control installed for the web.

Great...

That is good to know. Thanks for the feedback...

--

Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)

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mutual benefit of all of us...
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rights...