The Issue – When using Windows Remote Desktop client the remote screen turns black right after login and you have no control. The issue can affect workstations and servers, laptops or desktops and happens in Windows 7 through Windows 10 with most any version of Windows server. The apparent cause is Screen Caching and accessing a system with different display resolution or RDP window sizes.
Remote Desktop Shortcut On Desktop
The Solution(s) – Try each bullet below
- Task Manager – While logged in and stuck on the black screen of death
- Press CTRL+ALT+END or on laptops CTRL+ALT+FN+END. This calls Task Manager and in most cases you'll immediately see the Desktop
- If only Task Manager but no Desktop appears try running Explorer from Task Manager: File > New Task > Explorer.exe
- Display Resolution – Connect at same resolution as the remote host
- Click Show Options on main Remote Desktop screen
- Display tab > Display Configuration > adjust Display size (to the size of your remote hosts display)
- Cache – Delete & disable the RDP bitmap cache:
- Delete your local RDP Cache: C:Users%UserName%AppDataLocalMicrosoftTerminal Server ClientCache
- Disable Persistent Bitmap Caching on the Experience tab
- RDP Service – Access the remote computers Computer Management or Services MMC and cycle the Remote Desktop Services service.
- Launch your Services MMC using an account with admin level access on the remote machine
- Right click Services at top left > choose Connect to Another Computer
- Right click Remote Desktop Services, choose Restart
Prevention
- Confirm your account has full administrative rights on the remote system (member of local administrators group)
- Disable bitmap caching for your RDP connections
- Access the remote computer using consistent resolution – Full screen may help
- Confirm both systems video drivers are up to date
Resources
- To transmit this signal to the remote computer via RDP, you need to use the key combination Ctrl + Alt + End instead. The local computer sends this through the Remote Desktop connection and it is interpreted at the remote computer as a Ctrl + Alt + Del. Once you remember this key sequence, it makes sense.
- Ctrl+Alt+Home: แสดงแถบสถานะการเชื่อมต่อบนหน้าจอ Windows Remote Desktop (เฉพาะเมื่อเปิดเต็มจอ) Alt+Spacebar: แสดง System Menu ของโปรแกรมที่กำลังเปิดใช้งาน: Ctrl+Alt+End.
I have an application where Ctrl + Alt + End is mapped to a command, but when using the machine via Remote Desktop, Ctrl + Alt + End is used by the system as an alternative to Ctrl + Alt + Delete. Stack Exchange Network. Stack Exchange network consists of 176 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow. Press CTRL+ALT+HOME, TAB, TAB, TAB, TAB, TAB, ENTER. This activates the connection bar, and then presses the Restore down button. CTRL+ALT+END: Brings up the Windows Security dialog box for the Remote Desktop Session Host (RD Session Host) (provides the same functionality as pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL on the local computer). I am using remote desktop on Windows XP in a VMWare virtual machine on my MacBook Pro. When the remote computer I'm connecting to times out and locks the screen, I need to send ctrl alt end to get back to the login dialog to unlock the screen (ctrl alt del gets processed by the local windows box and never passed through so ctrl alt end is the.
- Microsoft – Disable Bitmap Caching – Black screen during a Remote Assistance session
- 2012 Hotfix for 'Black screen during a Remote Assistance session in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2008, in Windows 7, or in Windows Server 2008 R2'
Cura monoprice maker select. I'm a fan of Microsoft's Remote Desktop; it's built into Windows and allows me to quickly and easily administer a remote box from the comfort of my own work station.I use it at my house to administer the headless servers on my home network, the Subtext build server, and the co-located VelocIT servers.
Gotta' love that magic!
Today a co-worker asked me how to send the infamous Control + Alt + Delete
keystroke combination to a machine he was working on via RDP.This is a pretty common keystroke to use when trying administer windows… it does have uses other than just killing the box.
With Virtual PC there is menu item to send the keystrokes on to the virtual box.Go to the Action menu and select the Ctrl + Alt + Del
option.
And with Remote Desktop?
Ctrl Alt End On Mac
Well it's not quite as obvious. Actually it's not an obvious solution at all…It might not even be documented!?
For the record, since I already knew the answer I decided to be lazy and didn't bother to search the tubes for any official documentation.
To send the Ctrl + Alt + Del
keystroke combination via RDP you actually need to use…
Ctrl + Alt + End
Remote Desktop Multiple Displays
Hmm… that Macos create disk image. sure is intuitive!