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Can I convert existing PCs to thin clients?: Date - Mar 10, 2005; Rating - 4.4; Author - William Henderson; Yes you can. There is no need to have to buy thin client devices, you can simply convert old (or new) PC's to thin clients. The advantage of doing this is that you will significantly reduce management of these PC's. There are several solutions to convert PC's to thin clients:
Disabling Printer Mapping Terminal Services: Date - Apr 01, 2008; Rating - 2.7; Author - Chris Sanders; Terminal Services allows to ability to map printers from remotely connected clients into terminal sessions. Although this has its place, it may cause some problems. Here is how to stop it.
Enable Viewing of All Processes for Non-Administrative Users on a Terminal Server: Date - Feb 07, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Chris Sanders; Terminal Servers typically only displays the processes for all users logged on to it to administrators. You can change that with a simple registry hack.
Enabling Remote Desktop on a Remote Machine: Date - Apr 13, 2005; Rating - 4.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; What if you want to use Remote Desktop on a server that's already off-site? Here's how to do it.
How Do You Change The RDP Port No?: Date - Dec 17, 2008; Rating - 4.5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This articles explains a registry entry you can modify to change the default RDP Port No. for Terminal Services.
How To Disconnect Terminal Server Sessions Using Command Line?: Date - Jul 28, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains a command you can use to disconnect the Terminal Server Sessions for a particular server remotely or on the servers mentioned in a text file.
Keeping Terminal Server Connections Alive: Date - Feb 12, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Chris Sanders; Connections to a Windows Terminal Server have a habit of being flaky when left idle for too long. Here is a quick remedy for that.
Keyboard Shortcuts within Remote Desktop: Date - Jun 29, 2006; Rating - 3.3; Author - Chris Sanders; The various keyboard shortcuts used in Windows change when within a remote desktop window. Here is a list of the more common ones.
Putting the Crunch on Flaky Terminal Connections: Date - Feb 26, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Chris Sanders; Flaky terminal server connections can cause a major headache. This article puts the crunch on that with a quick registry edit.
Saving on administration with Thin Client Computing: Date - Jun 02, 2005; Rating - 2.8; Author - William Henderson; A new tool allowing you to measure the savings incurred by converting PCs to thin clients.
Setting up a VPN on the Go: Date - Jul 06, 2006; Rating - 3.1; Author - Chris Sanders; Setting up a VPN in Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP is something that is fairly easy to do in no time at all. Here is a no fluff guide on how to get it done.
Terminal Services Advertising in Windows Server 2008: Date - Dec 18, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains a registry entry for Terminal Services to disable/enable advertising.
The Remote Desktop Console Option: Date - Mar 13, 2007; Rating - 3.1; Author - Chris Sanders; The Remote Desktop Client gives us the option to log into a terminal services enabled computer via the console. What does that mean to us?
Using the Remote Desktop Client from the Command Prompt: Date - Feb 13, 2006; Rating - 4.2; Author - Chris Sanders; Running the remote desktop client from the command prompt can be very useful in the right situation. Here is how to do it…