Aero Glass Remoting in Windows Server 2008 R2

re: Aero Glass Remoting in Windows Server 2008 R2

Dr.Conti — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:59:36 GMT

Good job guys! Thanks for detailed explanation.

Desktop composition is greyed out

onovotny — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:27:42 GMT

I've tried to follow the wizard, but it seems that some other policy in the domain is preventing the desktop composition box from being checked.

I used RSoP for the target server to verify the settings and according to the Default Domain Policy, Limit Max Color Depth is set to Disabled and Allow Desktop Composition is set to enabled.

Despite rebooting several times, and while the Aero theme works on the desktop, the wizard is still not letting me check the box.

What other setting is there?

re: Aero Glass Remoting in Windows Server 2008 R2

Shuba — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:46:29 GMT

Hello,

The Desktop Composition box is grayed out because you have set the Limit Max Color Depth group policy. If you don't set the Color depth policy (leave it as not configured) you would be able to enable desktop composition from this configuration page.

Thanks.

re: Aero Glass Remoting in Windows Server 2008 R2

onovotny — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:03:11 GMT

That would only be true if it was set to enabled and to a depth of less than 32bpp. In any case, I reset it back to not configured and rebooted. Still no dice.

Some other GP setting must be getting in the way.

re: Aero Glass Remoting in Windows Server 2008 R2

onovotny — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:08:46 GMT

Strange update -- after some trial and error with the group policies, it seems that if the "Allow desktop composition for remote desktop sessions" is enabled, then the box is grey. If I set that policy to Not Configured, then it all works -- glass works. This seems to be a bug then as by default it should not work. Is this correct?

re: Aero Glass Remoting in Windows Server 2008 R2

denest — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:49:52 GMT

Regarding this limitation:

3) Aero Glass remoting is currently not supported with the new multimon feature in RDP 7.

Will this be supported when RTM comes out. Or just later, W7 SP1, Win8 wave?

re: Aero Glass Remoting in Windows Server 2008 R2

Rakesh — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:36:10 GMT

" 3) Aero Glass remoting is currently not supported with the new multimon feature in RDP 7."

This is a big limitation.

When will you add this feature?

re: Aero Glass Remoting in Windows Server 2008 R2

Patrick Rouse — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:54:44 GMT

what do see is the use case for requiring aero remoting on RDS in any scenario? If there is a negative impact on server scaling and performance, do you envision that it would still be used? I've typically disabled any non-essential visual effects and virtual channels as they increase bandwidth, cpu and memory requirements. Don't get me wrong, aero is aesthetically pleasing, but i'm not sure what business function it has in most use cases, so i'm looking for feedback on what the use cases are for aero remoting. Thoughts?

re: Aero Glass Remoting in Windows Server 2008 R2

DBuckner — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:14:38 GMT

I know the TS users I manage would expect Areo back to their desktops from their new win 7 laptops.

re: Aero Glass Remoting in Windows Server 2008 R2

doug bennett — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:39:25 GMT

The best use case for aero remoting on RDS is accessibility. The zoom feature doesn't work without aero. And to say you can't have multimonitor just because you have a visual impairment is wrong. Plus if you can't do it, then it proves you have an architectural deficiency.

re: Aero Glass Remoting in Windows Server 2008 R2

Rick Felter — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 07:18:51 GMT

When making a RDP connection from Win 7 client to Win 7 client, during the beta of Ultimate -- the feature worked. After RTM, we have discovered that a Win 7 Ultimate to Win 7 Professional client does not enable Aero Glass. It wasn't until we did an Anytime upgrade from Professional to Ultimate that Aero Glass became enabled on RDP connections. Is this expected behavior?

re: Aero Glass Remoting in Windows Server 2008 R2

Tong Wynn [MSFT] — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:00:31 GMT

In reply to question from Rick Felter:

Yes this is expected behaviour.

Aero glass remoting is supported on the remote desktop host if it is Windows 7 Client Ultimate or Enterprise edition, or Windows 2008 Server R2 Standard, Enterprise or DataCenter edition.

re: Aero Glass Remoting in Windows Server 2008 R2

Matias — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:00:33 GMT

Why can't Vista and Windows 7 intermix? You would think they would be able to since they both support Aero.

Is Aero that tightly coupled with the OS?

re: Aero Glass Remoting in Windows Server 2008 R2

Rick Felter — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:39:59 GMT

Could you please tell me why this feature is limited only to the Ultimate and Enterprise SKUs of Windows 7? I have not seen this documented in any of the comparison guides between versions.

re: Aero Glass Remoting in Windows Server 2008 R2

someone — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:36:11 GMT

Why the hell does Vista+RDP 7.0 client to Windows 7 RDP host not enable Aero glass? And Windows 7 RDP 7 client to Vista host too? Since Aero Glass already worked in Vista Ultimate to Vista Ultimate?

re: Aero Glass Remoting in Windows Server 2008 R2

Jon — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:41:14 GMT

Hi,

I'm using Windows 7 Professional on both the host and the client computers. They both run Aero normally but I can't get Aero over Remote Desktop, even though I have desktop composition turned on.

re: Aero Glass Remoting in Windows Server 2008 R2

Tomasz S — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:26:50 GMT

I managed to remote Aero after I installed nVidia graphics drivers. The default non-plug-and-play VGA adapter wouldn't let me even use a Windows 7 Basic Theme locally! It seems to work fine both locally and remotely now, though the personalization windows still claims some themes are blocked by remote session settings.

However, I'm not sure how safe it is to use Windows 7 drivers on Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V(My virtual Server 2003 has just suffered a IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL BSOD).

re: Aero Glass Remoting in Windows Server 2008 R2

Jamie — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:23:40 GMT

You guys Rock Thanks, no more grey or solid colour windows :)

re: Aero Glass Remoting in Windows Server 2008 R2

Kolossus — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:19:43 GMT

Windows Server 2003 RDP 7.0 Client

Here you could find how to get it running on Windows Server 2003:

http://onadvancetoujours.blogspot.com/2009/12/windows-7-rdp-remote-desktop-protocol.html

Regards