Windows Server Essentials Remote Desktop Services

Windows Server Essentials Remote Desktop Services Windows 7
Windows Server Remote Desktop Service

How to enable Remote Desktop on Windows Server

Requirements:

You have a Dedibox dedicated server
It is installed with Windows Server 2012 from the management console

The security update provided by Microsoft causes, in a large number of cases, a disabling of RDP.

In Windows 2012, the usual Remote Desktop window is not easily visible. To launch the Remote Desktop window, two methods are available: Command Line and Graphical User Interface.

Command Line

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1. Move your mouse to the right corner at the bottom of the screen and you will see a search bar.

2. Click on the search button, the one with magnifying glass. See the screenshot below:

3. Enter CMD in the Apps search text box:

4. Click on CMD on the left, to launch the command prompt:

5. In the command prompt window type SystemPropertiesRemote and press Enter

6. The command above will launch the System Properties window.

7. Select the appropriate option under Remote Desktop and click OK.

Graphical Interface

1. Move your mouse to the right corner at the bottom of the screen and you will see a search bar.

2. Click on the Settings button,

3. Click on Server Info under Desktop

4. The Server Info launches the System Control Panel page. “Click Advance System Settings” on the right. This will launch the System Properties page.

5. Select the appropriate option under Remote Desktop and click OK.

In some cases, when connecting to remote computers/RDS server via RDP, users may encounter an “An internal error has occurred” error. This error may appear due to various reasons related to both the settings of the RDP/RDS server and the client (Windows settings, or settings in the Remote Desktop Connection window).

The error “An internal error has occurred” usually appears after user credentials is entered in the mstsc.exe window or immediately after clicking the Connect button.

Since there may be several causes for this RDP error, try to use the following tips one by one until you find a solution that helps you.

The easiest way to fix the problem is to reboot the remote RDP/RDS server and your computer from which you are establishing RDP connection. If you cannot restart the server right now, you should try to restart the Remote Desktop Service. You can do this with the following commands running in the elevated cmd.exe:

Or you can restart Remote Desktop Services from the services.msc console.

Open the properties of your RDP connection in Remote Desktop Connection windows and make sure the ‘Reconnect if the connection is dropped‘ option is enabled on the Experience tab

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Next, try to recreate the RDP certificate:

Open local computer certificates MMC snap-in, by running the certlm.msc command;
Go to the following certificate section: Remote Desktop > Certificates;
Right click your self-signed certificate RDP cert and delete it (if there are several RDP certs, remove them all);
Restart the Remote Desktop Services as described above.

You can try to change the maximum outstanding connections limit on your RDP server via the registry. Set the following registry value via regedit.exe:

Or with PowerShell:

Check the current MTU size oy your Windows with the command:

If the current MTU size for your network interface is equal or more than 1500 (default Windows value), reduce it by using the command:

Try to change some Group Policy setting using the Local GPO editor (gpedit.msc) or domain Group Policy Management Console (gpmc.msc).

Disable UDP protocol for RDP connection on clent side: Computer configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Remote Desktop Services > Remote Desktop Connection Client > Turn Off UDP on Client = Enabled;
Enable FIPS compliant algorithms: Computer configuration > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options > System cryptography: Use FIPS compliant algorithms for encryption, hashing, and signing = Enabled;
Disable the hardware encoding and enforced AVC:444 mode on the RDP server side: Computer configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Remote Desktop Services > Remote Desktop Session Host > Remote Session Environment > Prioritize H.264/AVC 444 Graphics mode for Remote Desktop Connection = Disabled;
Try to change the RDP security level to RDP mode (use the policy ‘Require use of specific security layer for remote connections’ according to the

After changing the policy settings, you need to apply them on the client and server using the

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Now check that your RDP client connects without errors.

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