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Thursday, July 07, 2005

Royal TS is an alternative for the standard Terminal Services Snap-In

Royal TS is an alternative for the standard Terminal Services Snap-In that adds additional features, including connection specific display settings, stored login credentials and more. It allows you to connect to any server which supports RDP protocol, and the connections can be organized in custom categories for quick access. Additional features include console connections (Windows XP/2003 or later), custom RDP target port, display smart sizing, port redirection and more.

Royal TS 1.3

Features:
  • Organize multiple connections in one file
  • Organize connections in different categories
  • Custom sorting. Change the order of the categories and connections
  • Move connection to other category
  • Set default values for new connections
  • Set autostart document
  • Start a connection via command line
    /connect:"Connection Name" (works with and without autostart document)
  • Default values and autostart document is stored in app.config file. Royal TS checks for write permission and disables the config menu for users who aren't allowed to change the config file
  • Embedded Mode (like the one in Terminal Services Snap-In)
  • External Window Mode
  • Smart Size Mode
  • Set different connection settings for each connection like Redirection, Color Depth, Window Size, Window Mode, ...
  • Change target RDP Port (this KB Article contains information how to change the listening port)
  • Passwords can be stored with user credentials (encrypted)
  • Connect to interactive console (only for supported platforms) Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP are supporting this feature at this time. Other platforms ignore the flag.
  • Session information display. See who is how connected.