RDP (Terminal Services Client) configuration

[JasonAkkerman]

My work laptop was recently upgraded from Win 7 32bit to Win 7 64bit to support 8GB of ram. Something has changed with my terminal services client.

Previously when I connected to my Windows 8 machine at home it draw the screen very quickly with what looked to be some digital compression (like a low bit rate mpeg) and then would fill in the details after. Usually taking only a second or two to draw a full 1920x1080 screen update(Like the background image changing, or opening up the start screen).

Now, after the laptop upgrade, the way the terminal services client draws the screen is similar to the way it has in the past: Block by Block scanning left to right, top to bottom. Depending on the complexity of image it is trying to draw it can take several seconds to draw the entire screen.

I thought that the new way or drawing the screen was an effect of connecting to a Windows 8 machine. Nothing on my Windows 8 machine has changed, so I'm left wondering how I get back to the new way of updating the screen.

Has anyone else experienced this?

My terminal services client is version 6.1.7601, and support 7.1 RDP.

Edit:
I have tried changing all the options on the Experience tab of the Remote Dekstop Connection configuration.

 

[jgutz2006]

are you using 32bit colors? you could try to reduce that. also what local devices/resources are you using in remote sessions? are you connecting through the WAN or on a local LAN connection to this machine?

 

[rgd1101]

I think is the
Control Panel
Programs and Features
Turn Windows Features on or off
Remote Differential Compression

 

[jgutz2006]

or "optionalfeatures.exe" from a run prompt

 

[JasonAkkerman]

I am connecting to my home internet connect (12 down/ 1.5 up) through my work connection (30+ up and down). None of that has changed however.

Remote Differential Compression is enable, but I don't think it applies to terminal services client.

 

[ronintexas]

The 32-bit RDP vs. 64-bit RDP have differences - try forcing 32-bit mode....there are instructions here:

http://www.davidmoore.info/2009/12/02/running-32-bit-remote-desktop-connection-on-windows-64-bit/

 

[JasonAkkerman]

According to some stuff I have read on the Microsoft website, changing the color depth will only reduce bandwidth a small amount. But, a more direct answer to your question about reducing color depth is, Yes I have tried it. It was part of changing all options in an attempt to get it working again.

Really what I'm a talking about here is a fundamental change in how the client draws the screen. I'm lost as to how to get it back.

 

[JasonAkkerman]

I followed the instructions in the thread about making sure that the 32bit version is running, and I checked the results with process explorer and indeed the 32bit version was running, but It did not have the effect that I was looking for.

 

[JasonAkkerman]

Okay, I got it figured out. I need to make sure that my Terminal Services Client support RDP 8.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rds/archive/2012/10/23/rdp-8-0-update-for-windows-7-sp1-released-to-web.aspx

 

[ronintexas]

Thank you for the update Jason - let me know if that solves the problem.