RDP - Issue

plumberg

This is the first time I have encountered this weird behavior...

I have a VPS where I setup a fresh copy of WinServer Standard 2k22.

From the get-go, I have encountered freezing/ non-responsiveness after connecting via RDP.

There is absolutely nothing else setup on this box.

If I try to access the same over novnc from the control panel, it works flawlessly. Infact, when I connect to this from my Android phone via Microsoft's official RDP app, it works seamlessly

Only when I am connecting via Windows RDP, it seems to go crazy.

I have tried:

Expand Computer Configuration > Administration Templates > Windows Components > Remote Desktop Services > Remote Desktop Connection Client. Double click the setting “Turn Off UDP On Client”. Choose Enabled option to enable this setting. Click Apply to apply the change.

I have also tried:

Use GPO to force use of XDDM rather than WDDM. On the affected machine, in Group Policy Editor, under Remote Desktop Session Host -> Remote Session Environment ... set the policy “Use WDDM graphics display driver for Remote Desktop Connections” to DISABLED.

I am running out of ideas... I have tried re-installing windows from ISO/ template - the same issue persists...

Any suggestions/ ideas?

Thanks

FractionFrank

Is RDP locked down to specific IPs for access? Might be worth trying to change what port its running on..?

kalimov622

@plumberg, any chance you're running Windows 10 and this fixes it? https://superuser.com/questions/1481191/remote-desktop-intermittently-freezing/1532607

I had the same thing quite some time ago and this fixed it for me. It's an alternative to the group policy editor setting that you've mentioned but worth a try.

Do you get the same thing if you use a different software like mRemoteNG too?

plumberg

@FractionFrank said:
Is RDP locked down to specific IPs for access? Might be worth trying to change what port its running on..?

No. It's open access. Will try a different port. Thank you

plumberg

@kalimov622 said:
@plumberg, any chance you're running Windows 10 and this fixes it? https://superuser.com/questions/1481191/remote-desktop-intermittently-freezing/1532607

Interesting client side options. Will check

I had the same thing quite some time ago and this fixed it for me. It's an alternative to the group policy editor setting that you've mentioned but worth a try.

Do you get the same thing if you use a different software like mRemoteNG too?

I will try mRemoteNG and see what's new. Thank you