Obtaining RDP Details - Launch Remote Desktop From And/or Source IP Address?
Jul 26, 2010
Our company uses Remote Desktop to allow our staff to access their computers remotely. Our staff first VPN's into the office and then from there, they can use Remote Desktop to access their computers.I would like to obtain details about where employees are logging in from. More specifically, the computer name they used to launch Remote Desktop from and/or source IP Address.Is this possible? If so, does anyone have any examples?
1. Can I include a database in an exe file? - I am trying to create a small launcher application which contain 10-20 IP addresses with name, addresses, phone and email for people I help out on a regular basis. I would prefer if I could have the DB containing this info included in my launcher app, so I could carry it around on a USB stick.
2. How do I get mstsc.exe (remote desktop) to launch with an IP address from my DB above?- In my small app I am trying to add a launch button for each person. So if I am helping "person1", then I click the button next to him, and it launches my remote desktop of PC Anywhere to his IP address....
My initial thought was to use an ini file with my exe file, and modify the ini file with data through the app, but I want to be sure that there is no way I can include this information in the exe file.As I want to be able to change the connection information through my app interface I reckon I am forced to use either a SQL DB or some sort of file DB right?
The following VB 2010 code runs, but returns only a black bitmap. I suspect the problem lies with the call to GetCurrentObject but I haven't been able to find good documentation on the arguments for it.[code]
I need to be able to get the current users LAN id using VB.NET and then use this info to pull out the phone number and full name and perhaps other dept info from the address book in outlook. The application I am building is web based in VS 2008, and the users will access the site once they have logged into the companies network. So I need to obtain their LAN ID. They will then be able to send an email using the smtp client. I need the email to send the lan ID of the person as well as include the address book info in the subject. how to use the smtp client.
We have a Windows Forms VB.NET application running on Windows Server 2008. Users access this app using Remote desktop.The app displays information in Excel, but Excel opens on the server.Is there a way for the .NET app to launch Excel on the users local desktop?
I want to do a small application that made the broadcast of images from a PC. The idea is to make an application of remote management but without the management part, only with the viewing of images. Anyone know any code already done or any API that helps in the project?
I need help on how to launch the normal windows desktop. I have a TCP Client/Server application where the client should start before any other application starts. To do this, I replaced explorer.exe with my application file path in the registry. What I want to do is the client minimizes when it receives a command from the server, and start windows as normal.
i am making internet search engine in vb 2010, i have textbox1 and button1,... i had to do webBrowser1.navigate("") but the problem is that i cant add "+" to it... cause we know that + is like &...... how can i override it???
also i want to launch it in default browser not webbrowser1 how can i do it??
how can i get the folder path for the system tray or how can i buid a setup file that install a icon in the system tray using VS 2005.I know how to build setup file with creating icons in desktop and quick launch bar, but wanted to know how to add the icon into system tray after i install it
I want to create a software for remote computer Desktop connection(we can see and operate remote computer in our computer display), can any one give Windows itself has a long procedure to do that(Remote Desktop Web connection), sometime it develops security issue, other options are 3rd party. I want to create it on my own.
Both I and a Friend are working on a Visual Basic Remote Desktop Client, we've got as far as laying it out the way we want it but are unsure of how to code the program. Can anyone shed some light upon what we could use to make our program generate an ID which another user can enter at their site to connect to the computer?
Myself Sandeep Francis I am working with a project tat can monitor the remote pc without knowing the user who uses that pc, the project module goes as below
I have a problem with a large application that consists of windows forms mainly, but some WPF windows and controls (we also use DevExpress controls v9.1). The problem is that the application sometimes hangs when it runs in a remote desktop session, and that session gets locked due to inactivity, and the user comes back and unlocks the session. The hang seems very similar to the hangs you get when accessing GUI controls from a none GUI thread, but I'm pretty sure that's not what causes the problem. (We had a lot of those problems earlier, and have fixed all multithreading problems we were able to find. And the hangs now never occures when the application runs outside the remote desktop environment.)
I've done a lot of research on the problem but I've still not found a clear point to what causes the problem. However, I think there might be a problem related to some combination of remote desktop and .NET framework. The reason for this is posts like this:
I want to be able to view the desktop in almost-realtime from a computer on my lan (its part of my business) As this is a business situation teamviewer is not free, but id rather like to make my own server and client anyway - will be fun! I need to know the best way of sending the desktop fast to the second computer. I know of several ways to do this: take image of screen be it jpeg/bmp or whatever and send it as many times a second as i can (too slow) take an image of the screen and compare it with the previous image and send the bytes that have changed. take multiple images of the screen compare with previous images and send through the bytes that have changed.
Is there anyway, in a program, to detect if a program is being run from inside a remote desktop session or if the program is being run normal in .NET 2.0? What I'm trying to do is, I create a timeclock application which will clock a person in and out and keep track. But this particular person, I suspect, is remoting into their computer at work, from home, and clocking in and out.
I am trying to overcome a problem I am having with remote desktop.Basically I have 2 machines running in different locations. I use remote desktop to access one of them (the "Remote Machine") from the other.("My PC")The "Remote Machine" is performing automated tasks that require the screen to be active, not the user login screen.
When I do so the Remote Machine logs off and presents the normal windows login screen.When I am finished reviewing the remote machine I log off and then I need to log back into the "remote" machine. It has no monitior but I can log in by pressing the enter key which sends a keypress to log into the user account( there is only one). In fact I do this the other way around. I press the enter key on the "Remote Machine" and this logs the user back in - terminating the remote session on "MyPC".
The problem is I have to physically go to the Remote Machine to press this enter key.This is a hassle - One solution is to remotely re-boot the remote pc but the lead time involved is too great.I am unable to fix this problem by tweaking setting or registry hacks so I guess the solution must be to cause the remote user to log back in programatically.I am an experienced VB user but I have never worked outside the windows environment. Ideally I would like to programmtically send a keystroke "{enter}" to the login screen but this doesn't work.
How do I check the connectivity to Remote Desktop through Visual Basic (if possible). I would like to run a program checking if servers is up running normally. In some cases servers will respond to ping, without being able to connect to RDP. It would be great to a program being able to detect loss of RDP-connectivity almost as soon as any problems appear.
How do I use the sendkeys command to send keys to a remote desktop. I tried using send keys with a delay set by a timer and then simply to put my mouse cursor on a notepad in the remote desktop but it didn't work.
I created an application that opens certain Microsoft Windows built in functions depending on what button you use. I have Text Fields setup for certain things like IP/URL, Username, Password, Port, Service. Depending on what function you want it pulls data from these fields.
When someone clicks on Remote Desktop I would like it to pull from the IP/URL, Username and Passwords fields. Right now it pulls only from the IP/URL field. How can I have it populate the Remote Desktop login, pulling the data from my Username and Password fields?
I have found a Login DLL that someone wrote and also found a Remote Desktop DLL but I do not know how to tie these into my program. I somewhat know the process of using a DLL in a VB project but I don't know how to tie these in.
FYI, I would like to be able to make my application a single executable instead of having multiple files that are installed by an Setup program.
Another feature of my program is being able to stop and start a service. I can use Taskkill and have it pull the username and password just because Taskkill has this built in with switches. This is ok for ending tasks but when I try to use SC to start the tasks, it only works locally because the remote server has a different username and password. SC does not have a switch for username and password.
Also another FYI, I do not want to use a 3rd party software that may not be on the remote computer/server. i.e. PSKill, PSExec, VNC or another program..... unless these can be imported into my single executable program and not have to be on the computer. As I mentioned, I do not like having to rely on 3rd party applications.
procedure or program codes in creating a remote desktop application using visual studio, vb.net with the tool Winsock. I've heard in blogs and forums that Winsock can be a good tool in creating a remote desktop.
I am building a program that passes a string of text to a program on a remote desktop connection. I tried using SendKeys on a timer, so I could press a button on my program set the text box on remote desktop focus and then have my software 'send' the string. This doesn't seem to work, however, it does work locally if I send the text to an empty Notepad.[code]...
Lately, ive been using winsock quite a lot. I made a chat application, and now i want to make a remote desktop program. I dont want a half asses one, where u can press buttons that send info to the server, but i want to have a client server relationship where you see the screen, have control to the keyboard, and the mouse. Any tips on how i can go about this?
I woudl like to use a the RDP control in my form. However, when I add the Active-X object and open the form during runtime with frm.show() the app fails.
There are several apps available who do excatly the same. How can I get this running?
