Comments on: Microsoft Remote Desktop Client configuration for Console mode on Mac OS X

By: yabbadabbayoda

yabbadabbayoda — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:06:19 +0000

Excellent work guys!. The /console and the pico thing. Saved me lots of frustration you have!

By: Windows Connect X Server

Windows Connect X Server — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:02:40 +0000

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By: dafresha

dafresha — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 07:37:36 +0000

Thanks for the tip on the /console option. Works like a charm and is way easier than the other options.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:47:25 +0000

Another solution is to add “/console” after the connection name or IP address.

By: bleed

bleed — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:31:27 +0000

I found this while searching the Help menu. “You can connect to the Windows console session by holding down the COMMAND (COMMAND key) key when you click Connect. This option is available only when connecting to a computer running Windows Server 2003.”

By: /dev/null

/dev/null — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:53:25 +0000

OS X remote desktop windows console

I was having trouble connecting my Mac’s Remote Desktop Connection to the console of my windows box (not a new terminal services session). Thankfully I ran across this great tip from: tech blog - skaelede online
Just save a connection and edit t…

By: Terry

Terry — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 20:40:09 +0000

SWEET! Thanks this is a great tip.

By: Bálint Kardos

Bálint Kardos — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 10:46:38 +0000

To tell the truth, i rarely start a new connection, i always use console mode to access my Windows machines. The Czech keyboard is not present when I connect in console mode (I have run-only-one type applications) and log in automatically (I’ve saved the domain/username and the password in the RDP client for this connection).

I think the RDP client reads out a setting from the Os X environment, and tries to initialize the connection as a Central European - Hungarian, but somehow it falls back to Czechish from Hungarian (can not find a fitting keyboard mapping?)

By: gaba

gaba — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 10:29:17 +0000

Unfortunately the Czech keyboard is still reinstalled and reselected every time I log in to a Windows computer from my Mac which has Hungarian keyboard. However, this problem does not occur if I reconnect to an existing session. Adding or removing the line “connect to console:i:1″ does not make any difference.

By: gaba

gaba — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:53:26 +0000

Giving the extension .rdp to the file solved my problem, thanks. But the right solution would have been simply using nano.