Comments on: Enable Remote Desktop with Aero http://www.win2008r2workstation.com/win2008r2/enable-remote-desktop-with-aero Windows Server 2008 R2 to Workstation Manual Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:38:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Aero and Audio over RDP for Win 2K8 R2 | Sreeram's space http://www.win2008r2workstation.com/win2008r2/enable-remote-desktop-with-aero/comment-page-1#comment-931 Aero and Audio over RDP for Win 2K8 R2 | Sreeram's space Wed, 11 May 2011 23:47:59 +0000 http://www.win2008r2workstation.com/?p=436#comment-931 [...] To enable aero, check this out: http://www.win2008r2workstation.com/win2008r2/enable-remote-desktop-with-aero [...] [...] To enable aero, check this out: http://www.win2008r2workstation.com/win2008r2/enable-remote-desktop-with-aero [...]

]]> By: JfromK http://www.win2008r2workstation.com/win2008r2/enable-remote-desktop-with-aero/comment-page-1#comment-912 JfromK Mon, 09 May 2011 03:57:51 +0000 http://www.win2008r2workstation.com/?p=436#comment-912 In 2008 R2, After installing Remote Desktop Session Host and configuring Remote Desktop Server with my RDS Licences etc. (from Action Pack Subscription). I found that the graphical login was gone, no more clicking on your name and entering your password. Once Terminal Services is installed you are back to the plain old entering username and password like it was on a Domain Controller. I wanted graphical login because this server was also doing double duty as the HTPC for the house, after spending a few hours searching for some way to enable graphical logins or rather the normal workgroup style welcome screen and finding out that by design Terminal Services server disables it. I didn't care *that* much about transparency and knew I could at least get Windows 7 Basic (Aero without glass) to work. BUT!, to my joy after uninstalling the Remote Desktop Session Host role, not only did I get graphical logins back but I was also able to retain Aero with Glass via normal RDP connections! Yay! <strong>Arris:</strong> Thanks for your comment! :) It could have been that somehow the "Interactive Logon: Do not display last user name" option in Start -> Run -> secpol.msc -> Local Policies -> Security Options was set to Enabled. Anyway, I'm glad everything works nice now! ;) In 2008 R2, After installing Remote Desktop Session Host and configuring Remote Desktop Server with my RDS Licences etc. (from Action Pack Subscription). I found that the graphical login was gone, no more clicking on your name and entering your password. Once Terminal Services is installed you are back to the plain old entering username and password like it was on a Domain Controller.

I wanted graphical login because this server was also doing double duty as the HTPC for the house, after spending a few hours searching for some way to enable graphical logins or rather the normal workgroup style welcome screen and finding out that by design Terminal Services server disables it. I didn’t care *that* much about transparency and knew I could at least get Windows 7 Basic (Aero without glass) to work.

BUT!, to my joy after uninstalling the Remote Desktop Session Host role, not only did I get graphical logins back but I was also able to retain Aero with Glass via normal RDP connections! Yay!

Arris: Thanks for your comment! :) It could have been that somehow the “Interactive Logon: Do not display last user name” option in Start -> Run -> secpol.msc -> Local Policies -> Security Options was set to Enabled. Anyway, I’m glad everything works nice now! ;)

]]> By: TetraIB http://www.win2008r2workstation.com/win2008r2/enable-remote-desktop-with-aero/comment-page-1#comment-392 TetraIB Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:55:03 +0000 http://www.win2008r2workstation.com/?p=436#comment-392 It actually needed to install the Remote Desktop Session Host role in order to make it work for me on a standard Win2008 R2 server. It actually needed to install the Remote Desktop Session Host role in order to make it work for me on a standard Win2008 R2 server.

]]> By: natocccp http://www.win2008r2workstation.com/win2008r2/enable-remote-desktop-with-aero/comment-page-1#comment-361 natocccp Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:46:30 +0000 http://www.win2008r2workstation.com/?p=436#comment-361 If your client is modded Windows Server 2008 R2 and aero doesen't work over RDP, try to force host settings to 32 bit. This helped in my case for two servers. HTH If your client is modded Windows Server 2008 R2 and aero doesen’t work over RDP, try to force host settings to 32 bit. This helped in my case for two servers.

HTH

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