Remote desktop client timeout at connection time

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I have windows XP SP2 with the last remote desktop client
I would like to launch the remote desktop client and make him wait until the
server is up.
I mean I have a server that starts after I have lounched the remote desktop
client so the client has to wait until the server is up.

or if it is possible, make the server call the clent when he is ready (as
some VNC programs do)

Thanks
Giuseppe
 
Re: Remote desktop client timeout at connection time

This is not a built-in feature of the rdp client.
You could write a small wrapper application around mstsc.exe, which
in a loop checks if the server listens on port 3389 before starting
the connection.
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=?Utf-8?B?R2l1c2VwcGU=?= <Giuseppe@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote on 17 jan 2008 in
microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> I have windows XP SP2 with the last remote desktop client
> I would like to launch the remote desktop client and make him
> wait until the server is up.
> I mean I have a server that starts after I have lounched the
> remote desktop client so the client has to wait until the server
> is up.
>
> or if it is possible, make the server call the clent when he is
> ready (as some VNC programs do)
>
> Thanks
> Giuseppe
 
Re: Remote desktop client timeout at connection time

Unluckly I am not able to wright such an application but for what I have to
do maybe I can use a batch that launches the sleep command for a couple of
minutes and then launches the rdp client.
Thanks for your answer (it inspired me)

Bye
Giuseppe

"Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:

> This is not a built-in feature of the rdp client.
> You could write a small wrapper application around mstsc.exe, which
> in a loop checks if the server listens on port 3389 before starting
> the connection.
> _________________________________________________________
> Vera Noest
> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___
>
> =?Utf-8?B?R2l1c2VwcGU=?= <Giuseppe@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote on 17 jan 2008 in
> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:
>
> > I have windows XP SP2 with the last remote desktop client
> > I would like to launch the remote desktop client and make him
> > wait until the server is up.
> > I mean I have a server that starts after I have lounched the
> > remote desktop client so the client has to wait until the server
> > is up.
> >
> > or if it is possible, make the server call the clent when he is
> > ready (as some VNC programs do)
> >
> > Thanks
> > Giuseppe
>
 
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