Free Computer Consultant ………. Daily Insights

I hate Remote Desktop 6.0, but love Remote Desktop’s earlier version with XP.

Primarily:

• Annoying security prompt (which you have to disable on each connection)
• Clipboard transfers not working
• mstsc /console command not working (just gives an ordinary desktop, not console)
• The way it saves passwords

If you have gotten the new version with update KB925876, just go to the control panel, make sure “show updates” is checked, and uninstall the update.

But since my PC was just reloaded with XP and I decided to use SP3 instead of cluttering everything up with individual updates, Remote Desktop version 6 cannot be uninstalled that way.

Fortunately, it’s easy to revert. Do a search for mstsc and you should see something like the screen shot below:

The files marked with the .new extension are the version 6 files of mstsc that I don’t want so I renamed them. You can then either expand the old files from C:\i386 (or your CD) into the locations of the similarly named newer versions. What I did was just copy the files from the $NTServicePackUninstall$ directory (.chm to the Windows Help directory, the other two to System32.

Seems to work fine. If I find any other steps are needed or any gotcha’s, I’ll update the post.

What do you think about the new Remote Desktop? Please feel free to leave a comment.