VRDP client for Windows?

Monotaur · Post by **Monotaur** » 8. Dec 2008, 06:24

Hello,

I am looking for a VRDP client for Windows so that I can connect to an XP guest (I'm using XP64 as a host) and also share USB. Does such a thing exist? I know the VB manual states that currently there is only a linux client (rdesktop-vrdp), but I also saw a thread here where someone was trying to compile the source using cygwin (but there was an include file problem...), so didn't know if anyone had a Windows client?

Thanks!

xasx · Post by **xasx** » 8. Dec 2008, 12:57

I think the Remote Desktop Connection is such a client, isn't it?

Just run "mstsc" under windows and give the appropriate details. Unfortunately you cannot connect to a VM that runs on the same machine with this client. But therefore you have the standard VBox interface.

Monotaur · Post by **Monotaur** » 8. Dec 2008, 18:33

xasx wrote:I think the Remote Desktop Connection is such a client, isn't it?

Just run "mstsc" under windows and give the appropriate details. Unfortunately you cannot connect to a VM that runs on the same machine with this client. But therefore you have the standard VBox interface.

Remote desktop is a RDP client, and lacks the "virtual" additions that the rdesktop-vrdp client gives (namely, the ability to share USB devices...). Unless I am mistaken?

I have been able to remote desktop into a VM from the host (but without authentication), so that seems to work, at least somewhat.

Thanks.

Post by **The MAZZTer** » 9. Dec 2008, 01:56

MSTSC can make LOCAL USB devices available to REMOTE computers, I'm not sure about the other way around.

However MS actually MADE RDP, so I'd assume their client would have all the features RDP offers. On the other hand, they bought two of their famous software products, DOS and the IE, not to mention others, from other companies and built their products on top of them so who knows RDP might once have been someone's pet project before MS came by and took it and stuck the rest of us with VNC.