Remote Desktop Connection:mac (BETA) 2 console connection

first thing i tried. i've been using the older RDC for a long time
and knew about that. i was saying that the other product i linked to
apparently has a way of forcing the /console switch even with the new
RDC Beta 2 client. that developer hasn't responded to my e-mail
though as to how it works, and his software costs money. sorry for
the lack of clarity on that part.

if it's not in this version of the software, could the devs (who i
hope read these groups) put that back in, even as a command line
switch or a manual entry in a config file. i understand the need to
not have it for new 2008 servers, but honestly the old servers that DO
support console connections are going to be around for a while, and
not having this functionality sucks.
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kirt wrote:
> first thing i tried. i've been using the older RDC for a long time
> and knew about that. i was saying that the other product i linked to
> apparently has a way of forcing the /console switch even with the new
> RDC Beta 2 client. that developer hasn't responded to my e-mail
> though as to how it works, and his software costs money. sorry for
> the lack of clarity on that part.
>
> if it's not in this version of the software, could the devs (who i
> hope read these groups) put that back in, even as a command line
> switch or a manual entry in a config file. i understand the need to
> not have it for new 2008 servers, but honestly the old servers that DO
> support console connections are going to be around for a while, and
> not having this functionality sucks.

RDC 2.0 is currently in beta so now is the perfect time to communicate
your bugs to Microsoft. You can do that on Connect
<https://connect.microsoft.com/macrdc>.

The importance of bugs and feature requests on Connect is partially
determined by how many folks respond and add their "me too" to a Connect
report. I suggest that you copy and paste the URL of your specific bug
report into forums such as this so that others are encouraged to visit
Connect and vote.

Because connecting to the Console is such a basic component of RDC I
would imagine it's probably available in RDC 2.0 but just not
discoverable. Ah, here we go... Have a look at someone else's Connect
report about connecting to the Console
<https://connect.microsoft.com/macrdc/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=289948>.

Hope this helps!

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bill

William M. Smith, Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows
Entourage Help Page <http://entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>
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>>RDC 2.0 is currently in beta so now is the perfect time to communicate
your bugs to Microsoft. You can do that on Connect
https://connect.microsoft.com/macrdc.<&lt <https://connect.microsoft.com/macrdc.<&lt>;

This link gives me a 404 error.

I am seeing big black boxes show up on my RDC 2.0b2 windows over time. The only way to fix this is to close the window and reopen the connection. Right now I'm looking at a window which is almost 50% blacked out.
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synthetic88 DeleteThis @officeformac.com wrote:

>> <https://connect.microsoft.com/macrdc>
>
> This link gives me a 404 error.

Try again. Still works for me.

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bill

William M. Smith, Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows
Entourage Help Page <http://entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>
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Just use "hostname /console" and you're connecting to the console.
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April Fools! The Mac Remote Desktop Client beta 2 expired yesterday and there is not a newer version available for download... Oops!
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