Hi Patrick

Your reply below was exactly the information I needed.

Working with Remote Desktop to a Windows 2K Server at the moment it will
only allow 256 colors - this making Sage accounts unusable.

Where can boost the color settings to get it to 16 bit or maybe 24 bit?
If I need to follow your instructions below, what is "MMC"?
PLease excuse my ignorance.

Thanking you in advace for you kind help.

Daniel Gurney

"Patrick Rouse" wrote:

> The default maximum color depth is set to 16 bit for Terminal Server and
> Remote Desktop on Windows XP Professional.
>
> The highest color depth currently supported by the Remote Desktop Protocol
> is 24 bit. The maximum color depth allowed by an RDP Client is set in the
> Terminal Services Configuration, or in Group Policy/Local Policy.
>
> MMC -> Group Policy Object Editor -> Local security policy -> Computer
> Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Terminal
> Services -> Limit Maximum Color Depth
>
> RDP Client does not support increasing color depth or screen resolution on
> the fly.
>
> --
> Patrick Rouse
> Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
> http://www.sessioncomputing.com
>
>
> "Srdjan Kovacevic" wrote:
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I have a laptop with ATI Radeon 7500 graphics card and a 15" display and a
> > desktop comp with ATI Radeon 9600 graphics card and a 17" display. When I do
> > an RC from the desktop to laptop I can never get my color quality more than
> > 16bit.
> >
> > When I adjust RC options, the resolution works fine (1280x1024 works well)
> > and the RC listens to me whenever I choose any color quality equal to or
> > lower than 16bit (i.e. if I put it on 256, 15bit or 16 bit, it is exactly
> > the color quality that the RC will be displayed in when I launch it), but if
> > I choose 24bit, the RC will be launched at 16bit color quality nevertheless.
> >
> > While in RC, when I right-click the desktop, then click Properties >
> > Settings tab, the color quality choices therein are limited only to the one
> > that I have chosen in RC options.
> >
> > Even if I reduce the resolution in RC options (e.g. to 1024x768), the
> > highest color quality I can get in RC is still 16bit (even if I chose
> > 24bit).
> >
> > While I work directly on laptop (i.e. not from desktop via RC), I work on
> > 1024x768 res (it's the max res allowed) and 32bit color quality.
> >
> > Can you help me launch the RC from desktop to laptop in higher color
> > quality?
> >
> > Thanks!!!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >

1. Two ways to acheive color depth greather than 8bit:

a. install Citrix Presentation Server on top of 2000 Terminal Server and
use their ICA Client
b. Upgrade to Server 2003

The limit for 2000 Server RDP Sessions is 8 bit, or 256 colors.

MMM = Microsoft Management Console. Start -> Run -> MMC

--
Patrick Rouse
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
http://www.sessioncomputing.com


"Daniel Gurney" wrote:

> Hi Patrick
>
> Your reply below was exactly the information I needed.
>
> Working with Remote Desktop to a Windows 2K Server at the moment it will
> only allow 256 colors - this making Sage accounts unusable.
>
> Where can boost the color settings to get it to 16 bit or maybe 24 bit?
> If I need to follow your instructions below, what is "MMC"?
> PLease excuse my ignorance.
>
> Thanking you in advace for you kind help.
>
> Daniel Gurney
>
> "Patrick Rouse" wrote:
>
> > The default maximum color depth is set to 16 bit for Terminal Server and
> > Remote Desktop on Windows XP Professional.
> >
> > The highest color depth currently supported by the Remote Desktop Protocol
> > is 24 bit. The maximum color depth allowed by an RDP Client is set in the
> > Terminal Services Configuration, or in Group Policy/Local Policy.
> >
> > MMC -> Group Policy Object Editor -> Local security policy -> Computer
> > Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Terminal
> > Services -> Limit Maximum Color Depth
> >
> > RDP Client does not support increasing color depth or screen resolution on
> > the fly.
> >
> > --
> > Patrick Rouse
> > Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
> > http://www.sessioncomputing.com
> >
> >
> > "Srdjan Kovacevic" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > I have a laptop with ATI Radeon 7500 graphics card and a 15" display and a
> > > desktop comp with ATI Radeon 9600 graphics card and a 17" display. When I do
> > > an RC from the desktop to laptop I can never get my color quality more than
> > > 16bit.
> > >
> > > When I adjust RC options, the resolution works fine (1280x1024 works well)
> > > and the RC listens to me whenever I choose any color quality equal to or
> > > lower than 16bit (i.e. if I put it on 256, 15bit or 16 bit, it is exactly
> > > the color quality that the RC will be displayed in when I launch it), but if
> > > I choose 24bit, the RC will be launched at 16bit color quality nevertheless.
> > >
> > > While in RC, when I right-click the desktop, then click Properties >
> > > Settings tab, the color quality choices therein are limited only to the one
> > > that I have chosen in RC options.
> > >
> > > Even if I reduce the resolution in RC options (e.g. to 1024x768), the
> > > highest color quality I can get in RC is still 16bit (even if I chose
> > > 24bit).
> > >
> > > While I work directly on laptop (i.e. not from desktop via RC), I work on
> > > 1024x768 res (it's the max res allowed) and 32bit color quality.
> > >
> > > Can you help me launch the RC from desktop to laptop in higher color
> > > quality?
> > >
> > > Thanks!!!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >