How to reach any RDS admin command from the keyboard
Press Ctrl+Shift+P, type a few letters, and run any menu or Tools command. This guide shows how the command palette finds, orders, and remembers your commands.
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How to pass your own mstsc parameters when you connect or shadow
Set the mstsc switches once and have every Remote Desktop connection and shadow session use them: /admin, /multimon, and any other switch you need.
How to find locked RDP sessions and log them off
Sessions that sit on the lock screen still hold memory and open programs. This guide shows how to see which sessions are locked across all your servers and clean them up safely.
How to run your own command on a selected session or process
Add a command to the Tools menu that acts on the session or process you right-click, with the user, session ID, and process ID filled in for you.
How to find out why an RDS host is slow when CPU looks fine
Users complain that a terminal server is slow, but CPU is low. This guide shows how to check disk queue, pagefile, and memory headroom on every server at once and find the one that is under pressure.
How to set up summary cards and the levels where they turn amber and red
Choose which figures you see at a glance for your RDS servers and set the levels where a card turns amber and red.
How to see who is behind a slow RDP session
A user reports a slow Remote Desktop session. This guide shows how to see how the session is doing, who the user is, and who their manager is, without leaving one window.
How to open Task Manager in a Remote Desktop session
Ctrl+Alt+Del opens Task Manager on your own computer, not the remote one. Here are the shortcuts that actually work inside a Remote Desktop session, and what Task Manager will not show you.
How to install and update LanSend with winget
LanSend is now in the winget repository. Install it, update it, deploy it silently, and pin a version, with the Windows Server edge cases spelled out.
How to build a computer list for LAN messaging
Get every PC into LanSend without typing names one by one. Add a single machine, paste a whole batch, or pull them from Active Directory or an IP range, then tidy the result.