Configuring Mac RDP Client 1.0.3 To Allow Local REsources Access

[jbell94521]

I am connecting to a Microsoft Terminal Server system, that is running on a
Windows 2003 Server Standard Edition machine, (32-bit version). We are using
Microsoft's Remote Desktop Client 1.0.3 for Mac to connect. Most things seem
to work OK, but we are having trouble with a few:

1. We don't know how to enable local resources on the Mac side of the
connection so that the connected user has access to her local machine's disk
drives. (We have no trouble doing that when the client is a Windows XP
machine. The Terminal Services security is set to allow that feature.)

2. Same issue for local printers.

We are used to editing the saved Remote Desktop Client shortcut on Windows
machines to enable the local disk drive and printer access from within the
T.S. sessions, but don't know how to do that on the Mac.

3. When the user needs to execute a right-click of her mouse within the
Terminal Services session, that does not seem to work. She is able to on her
local machine, but not in the T.S. session.

Thanks for any help. If you respond with instructions, please keep in mind
that I am not very Mac-literate, so please don't assume I know anything on
that end. I do know the basics of Terminal Servers. Thanks!

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jbell94521

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: Configuring Mac RDP Client 1.0.3 To Allow Local REsources Access

I've not used a Mac in many years, but this is what I've picked up
from the posts in microsoft.public.mac.rdc over the years:

You can modify the options in the Mac RDC client by twiddling the
disclosure triangle next to "Options".

Note that printers must be PostScript for redirection to work.
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Vera Noest
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<jbell94521@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on 22 jul 2007 in
microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> I am connecting to a Microsoft Terminal Server system, that is
> running on a Windows 2003 Server Standard Edition machine,
> (32-bit version). We are using Microsoft's Remote Desktop
> Client 1.0.3 for Mac to connect. Most things seem to work OK,
> but we are having trouble with a few:
>
> 1. We don't know how to enable local resources on the Mac side
> of the connection so that the connected user has access to her
> local machine's disk drives. (We have no trouble doing that
> when the client is a Windows XP machine. The Terminal Services
> security is set to allow that feature.)
>
> 2. Same issue for local printers.
>
> We are used to editing the saved Remote Desktop Client shortcut
> on Windows machines to enable the local disk drive and printer
> access from within the T.S. sessions, but don't know how to do
> that on the Mac.
>
> 3. When the user needs to execute a right-click of her mouse
> within the Terminal Services session, that does not seem to
> work. She is able to on her local machine, but not in the T.S.
> session.
>
> Thanks for any help. If you respond with instructions, please
> keep in mind that I am not very Mac-literate, so please don't
> assume I know anything on that end. I do know the basics of
> Terminal Servers. Thanks!