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3.3. Remote Desktop

The graphical console for Windows can be either a standard console via emulated graphics card, or an RDP connection.

For Windows VMs, there is a Switch to Remote Desktop button on the Console tab. Clicking it disables the standard graphical console, and switches to using Remote Desktop instead.

The button will be greyed out if you do not have Remote Desktop enabled in the VM, and the paravirtualized drivers must be installed.

To enable Remote Desktop on a Windows VM

  1. From the Start menu, select Control Panel.

  2. From the Control Panel window, select System.

  3. In the System Properties dialog box, select the Remote tab.

  4. In the Remote Desktop section of this dialog box, check the checkbox labeled Allow users to connect remotely to this computer (Windows XP) or Enable Remote Desktop on this computer (Windows 2003 Server).

  5. If you want to select any non-administrator users that can connect to this Windows VM, click the Select Remote Users... button and provide the usernames. (Users with Administrator privileges on the Windows domain can connect by default.)