Comments on: Comparison of six free RDP client tools

By: DennyHalim.com: Remote Access

DennyHalim.com: Remote Access — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:45:52 +0000

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Using Remote Desktop Protocol with VirtualBox - Alain Fontaine’s Jabberbox — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:08:35 +0000

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By: Remote Desktop and SSH with mRemote, free and open source

Remote Desktop and SSH with mRemote, free and open source — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:45:45 +0000

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By: Parrotlover77

Parrotlover77 — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:55:05 +0000

RD Tabs 2.1 was released today, adding QUITE a few of the features missing in the above chart. Check it out. http://www.avianwaves.com/tech/tools/rdtabs/

By: Rainer

Rainer — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:46:43 +0000

In two week visionapp Remote Desktop 2008
will come – a great new version of our Tool. You can register for the testversion.
http://www.visionapp.com/1276.0.html?#c7992

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:46:20 +0000

Leonardo, sorry for the inconvenience, but that’s a Wordpress “feature”. Thanks for the new ideas. I might include them in my next feature table.

By: Leonardo

Leonardo — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:12:24 +0000

hmm, cleared comment box if no user/pw entered…
Not very nice…

Condensed comment:
Nice.
Would like:
1 – Auto-dial connectoid prior to RDP/etc connection attempt.
2 – Single-application startup, a-la “Programs” in RDP client.

word.

By: skafoelix

skafoelix — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:49:09 +0000

Hey, as mRemote 1.00 is out, could you please update the article!

Thx!

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:55:48 +0000

iShadow2Go – portable version of iShadow Desktop, runs from USB, no install, no admin rights required (http://www.ishadow.com). The app has all three clients built-in: ICA, RDP and VNC.

Unlike the traditional USB approach iShadow2Go is packaged as part of the ISO image on the flash drive which cannot be replaced (!) by an unauthorized user or be damaged by viruses.

A note on the interesting aspect of the built-in screen capture found with iShadow – this is the only screen capture available (including professional screen capture tools) that can capture remote session screens on the client when session is obscured by other applications or have visible scrollbars.

Example: if you look at a thumbnail generation capabilities from VRD or Terminals, neither can create a “clean” snapshot if the screen is not fully visible.

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:34:33 +0000

Does anyone know if it is it possible to run any of these RDP clinets from a USB memory drive?

Thanks for any help.

Phil

By: dennyhalim

dennyhalim — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:46:42 +0000

one thing is important for me.

which of this apps support automatically establish an ssh tunnel before opening other connections (vnc/rdp/ica) ???

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:52:40 +0000

Rob, thanks for the comment. The features you named are certainly interesting. I will consider some of them next time. I just found the Auto Scale feature and corrected my table. Thumbnails are for displaying miniature windows of all your RDP connections. This allows you to switch between them.

By: Rob Chartier

Rob Chartier — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:24:59 +0000

More info about Terminals…

Thumbnails – not sure exactly what this feature is, but if it is doing screen captures and managing them, Terminals does handle this now.

Window resizing – Terminals has a “Auto Scale” mode

You might also want to consider other tools built into the client. Like generic networking and troubleshooting skills (ping, trace route, wmi, nic list, whois, dns, shares, services, time sync, wake on lan, etc..) All of which Terminals has and more!

Also, storing credentials in a secure manner is of importance (you would think); which Terminals does quite nicely.

Starting connections via the command line has been something that was asked about quite allot, which Terminals handles.

Terminal Server Administration (sessions and remote machines)

Tagging and grouping of connections

RAS/VPN Dialup Connection – literally allows you to connect to your VPN sessions within the client itself. Handy when you need to VPN quite allot.

Thanks!

-Rob

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 15:02:22 +0000

skafoelix, thanks for the hints. I corrected the article.

By: skafoelix

skafoelix — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:27:37 +0000

No problem! =)

thx!

By: KoalaBear

KoalaBear — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:11:06 +0000

Hmm, then I was blind when writing me first comment, sorry

Lots of development with mRemote last time.

By: skafoelix

skafoelix — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:02:17 +0000

You missed some things in mRemote.
The task tray was available since one of the very first releases (look in the options)
AD Scan is also possible since 0.0.6.8.

Please update the table.

Thx!

By: KoalaBear

KoalaBear — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:18:34 +0000

/console doesnt need a batch file.

Just place IP / DNS + /console after it, it works here.

By: Hugh

Hugh — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:15:46 +0000

We use a really simply solution (with none of the nice features that the applications provide) but it works. We simply use the Save As to save the .RDP or .VNC file in a network shared folder and have a shortcut to open that folder. For security we do not save passwords.

Advantages – simple, no extra software, easy to move copies about
Disadvantages – no management, no tabs, no SmartSizing, /CONSOLE needs batch file.

Still, will look at some the applications listed.

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:12:22 +0000

Michael,
I never thought about the reasons for omission of SmartScaling before finding your blog. I guess Microsoft was targeting web browser based RDP access where scripting can expose this functionality, otherwise neither MSTSC.exe or Microsoft Remote Desktop MMC snapin made this functionality available to the end user.