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Windows Terminal Services

In reviewing Windows Server 2003 last month, I reminded you that Windows Terminal Services was first introduced with Windows NT 4 and was based on work done by Citrix. New Moon Systems wrote the book on WTS. Well, to be honest, it sponsored the book - "Windows 2000 Terminal Services" by Greyson Mitchem, published by realtimepublishers.com.

You can get it free at http://www.newmoon.com/products/ebook/

Terminal Services is to the Personal Computer what a X terminal is for Unix.  It allows a PC to run a Windows 2000 desktop and Windows applications on a server, while viewing them at the PC.  Most of the processing and resources are used on the server, and very little client resources are necessary.  You can think of it as a computer (the server) that has multiple keyboards and monitors plugged into it -- one for each user.  But to each user, it looks as though he is the only one using the computer.

Each session on the Windows Terminal Services server will use a minimum of approximately 20 MB of RAM for that session just to log on. Add to this any RAM required to run the programs that each session launches. A typical user running Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel while connecting to the Internet will use approximately 40 MB of RAM, or approximately 20 MB beyond what the session itself requires. However, a power user can easily use twice that amount, while developers or other extreme users can go even farther.

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Terminal Services Community Center

Remote Desktop Connection Software Download

This software package will install the client portion of Remote Desktop on any of the following operating systems: Windows 95, Windows 98 and 98 Second Edition, Windows Me, Windows NT® 4.0, or Windows 2000. (This is the same version of the client software as in Windows XP Service Pack 1.) When run, this software allows older Windows platforms to remotely connect to a computer running Windows XP Professional with Remote Desktop enabled.

This package provides flexible deployment options of the full Terminal Services Client, including auto–repair through Windows Installer technology and application publishing via IntelliMirror™ management technologies or Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS).

Note   The Remote Desktop Connection software is pre-installed with Windows XP. To run it, click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, click Communications, and then click Remote Desktop Connection. This software package can also be found on the Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home Edition product CDs and can be installed on any supported Windows platform. To install from the CD, insert the disc into the target machine's CD-ROM drive, select Perform Additional Tasks, and then click Install Remote Desktop Connection.

 

Remote Desktop Connection Web Connection Software Download