terminal service doesn't recongnize device

[77zxmax]

i have terminal service on windows 2000 . clients can't connect their local disk nor their local printer when they login to TS,

i don't see any error message in the event log, i have all driver installed on the server with no luck

its seems that a service is not runing or something,

any ideas ??

thanks

 

[markdmac]

Are your clients using the RDP5 client? If they are using the client that shipped with 2000 then local disk redirection won't happen. XP has RDP5 built in. You can download it from here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...21-d48d-426e-96c2-08aa2bd23a49&DisplayLang=en

Regarding the printers, what kind of printers are they? If they are USB or network printers then your users will need to do a registry change once (per user) on their local machine prior to connecting to TS. I've written a script that does it for you:

'==========================================================================
'
' NAME: TSPrintFix.vbs
'
' AUTHOR: Mark D. MacLachlan , The Spider's Parlor
' URL: [URL unfurl="true"]http://www.thespidersparlor.com[/URL]
' (c) 2003 All Rights Reserved
' DATE  : 12/22/2003
'
' COMMENT: Fixes printing via terminal services to allow DOT4 printers
'
'==========================================================================
myPrompt = MsgBox("This script will set up your printers for use with Terminal Services",vbOKCancel,"Setup Printers for Terminal Services?")
If myPrompt = 1 Then 
	Set WshShell=WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
	keypath ="HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client\Default\AddIns\RDPDR\FilterQueueType"
	WshShell.RegWrite keypath, -1, "REG_DWORD"
	If WshShell.RegRead(keypath) = "-1" Then
		MsgBox "Setup was successful",,"Success"
	Else
		MsgBox "Sorry A Problem Was Encountered" & vbCrLf & "Make sure you have permission to write to the registry.",,"Something went wrong"
	End If	
End If
WScript.Quit

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

 

[77zxmax]

Thanks alot Mark
i'll try the script

My clients are using the client software that was shipped with Xp .. and still no luck

the pritner is not usb, its parallel

the funny thing is, i don't see any errors in the event log telling me any errors, (about drivers or such)

no mattter what i do , its doesn't connect to my local drives nor local printer

any other ideas ?

thanks again

 

[markdmac]

Verify that they have actually clicked the box to allow local redirection.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

 

[77zxmax]

yes its checked .. any other ideas ?

 

[markdmac]

Do the XP workstations have the Windows Firewall turned on? Does it work with that off? Do the clients have Fiel and Print Sharing enabled?

The only other thing I can tell you is that the drivers that are installed at both the client and the server need to be the same version. Beyond that I am afraid I don't have any more suggestions.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark