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Note The Remote Desktop Connection software is pre-installed with Windows XP, Vista and Server
2003/2008. For earlier Windows PCs, you need to download the RDP client:
Go to the Microsoft Download Center site
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=80111F21-D48D-426E-96C2-
08AA2BD23A49&displaylang=en and click the Download button
This software package will install the client portion of Remote Desktop on Windows 95, Windows
98 and 98 Second Edition, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 2000. When run, this
software allows these older Windows platforms to remotely connect to a computer running current
Windows.
B. On a Linux or UNIX client PC:
Launch the open source rdesktop client:
rdesktop -u windows-user-id -p windows-password -g 1200x950 ms-windows-terminal-
server-host-name
option
description
-a
Color depth: 8, 16, 24
-r
Device redirection. ( Redirect sound on remote machine to local device. -0 -r sound
(MS/Windows 2003)
-g
Geometry: widthxheight or 70% screen percentage.
-p
Use -p - to receive password prompt.
You can use GUI front end tools like the GNOME Terminal Services Client tsclient to configure
and launch the rdesktop client. (Using tsclient also enables you to store multiple configurations
of rdesktop for connection to many servers)
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