Windows Server 2003 Desktop



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Fortunately, Microsoft’s Windows Server 2003 has the Terminal Services installed and built-in. So, our mission is merely to put a tick in Remote Desktop box, which you find in the System Icon, Remote tab. Let us pretend that you wish to add another service such as RRAS or Certificate Server to a Windows Server 2003 machine.

  1. The instructions below apply to machines under Windows Server 2012, 2008 R2, 2008, and 2003. Follow these steps: Connect to your server via Remote Desktop; Click simultaneously on the Windows logo + R to open the “Run” dialog and execute the “cmd” command; Open the registry editor by typing the “regedit” command.
  2. Windows Server 2003 is a server operating system produced by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems and released on April 24, 2003. It is derived from the Windows XP operating system. It is the successor to Windows 2000 Server and the predecessor to Windows Server 2008. An updated version, Windows Server 2003 R2, was.

Summary

This step-by-step article describes how to gain access to local files when you are using a Remote Desktop session to a Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 host computer. For more information about client-side drive redirection with Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server and Windows 2000 Terminal Services, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

272519 How to redirect a client drive in Terminal Services

How to install Remote Desktop Connection software on the client computer

The client portion of Remote Desktop is installed during the Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 installation process. If you are using Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0, or Windows 2000 client computers to connect to a Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 host computer, then download and install the Remote Desktop Connection Software from the following Microsoft Web site:

How to connect to a remote Windows XP-based or Windows Server 2003-based computer

Windows Server 2003 Server Backup

To connect to the remote computer:

  1. Click Start, point to All Programs (or Programs), point toAccessories, point to Communications, and then click Remote Desktop Connection.

  2. Type the name of the Windows XP-based computer that has Remote Desktop enabled, and then click Connect.

  3. Type your user name and password, and then click OK.

How to control the Remote Desktop

After you establish a Remote Desktop connection, your remote desktop is displayed in its own window. You can use the keyboard and mouse of the local host to control the remote computer.

How to gain access to local files

You can gain access to your disk drives on the local computer during a Remote Desktop session. You can redirect the local disk drives, including the hard disk drives, CD-ROM disk drives, floppy disk drives, and mapped network disk drives so that you can transfer files between the local host and the remote computer in the same way that you copy files from a network share. You can use Microsoft Windows Explorer to view the disk drives and files for each redirected disk drive. Alternatively, you can view the files for each redirected disk drive in My Computer. The drives are displayed as 'drive_letter on terminal_server_client_name' in both Windows Explorer and My Computer.
To view the disk drives and files for the redirected disk drive:

Windows Server 2003 Desktop

Remote Desktop Windows Server 2003

  1. Click Start, point to All Programs (or Programs), point to
    Accessories, point to Communications, and then click Remote Desktop Connection.

  2. Click Options, and then click the
    Local Resources tab.

  3. Click Disk Drives, and then click
    Connect.

How to end the Remote Desktop session

Windows Server 2003 Remote Desktop Connection Limit

After you are finished using the Remote Desktop connection:

  1. Click Start in the Remote Desktop Connection window, and then click Shut Down.

  2. Click Log Off, and then click OK.

Windows 2000

References

Windows Server 2003 Enable Remote Desktop

For more information about Remote Desktop and how to install Remote Desktop on versions of Windows other than Windows XP, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Windows Server 2003 Desktop Path

315328 How to use the Remote Desktop feature of Windows XP Professional