Remote Desktop Session Black after Minimize

Solution 1:

Solved the problem of RDP not coming back from the minimised position. It is because when minimised RDP may not redraw the gui.

The following registry change seems to have resolved the issue (XP SP3 32k).

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client\ Created a new DWORD value and named it RemoteDesktop_SuppressWhenMinimized. Specified 2 as the value data.

Solution 2:

Just change the Color depth of the remote session to 24bit or less. ( You can find "color depth" setting on Display tab of the Remote Desktop Connection properties)

good luck.

Solution 3:

I would try updating the video driver on the Win2000 box. From this MS article - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa383015%28VS.85%29.aspx

"On the server, RDP uses its own video driver to render display output by constructing the rendering information into network packets by using RDP protocol and sending them over the network to the client."