Windows 10: Compressed RDP files

As a systems admin, I have a folder of RDP short cuts that I use to remote into my systems. I just received a new Win11 box. I compressed my RDP folder to email it from my laptop to my new Win11 box. When I look at the compressed files, all of my shortcuts are there. When I extract them, the folder is empty. Theories? Ideas? Criticisms?

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Files in C: drive automatically compressing?

As you may already know, if this feature is on, every new folder/file you add starts off automatically compressed. If you would like to turn it off for the whole drive, kindly follow these steps:

• Start File Explorer . In the left pane, right-click on the drive that you would not want to be compressed.
• Click Properties.
• Make sure that the Compress this drive to save disk space box is unchecked.
• Click OK then Apply.

Let us know if you need further assistance.

 

Compress files??

It all depends on the contents. Back in the early days of DVD games, they had plenty of space compared to CD's. So they left stuff uncompressed on the DVD itself. Compressing such ISO image would result in very high compression ratio. But these days, even DVD discs are becoming small and game companies are already using data compression to fit more data on the same DVD. And since you cannot compress already compressed data, you're seeing more and more of the 99% compresion ratio moments.

Good examples of such scenarios is when you want to compres uncompressed WAV file and a MP3 file. WAV is not compressed and you can decrease its size significantly. You might gain few kilobytes when trying to compress already compressed MP3. The same is with images. You can compress BMP images rather well but when compressing JPG images, you won't really gain anything as its already compressed.

There are few very specialized algorithms that may gain some more compression out of already compressed data, but the gains are usually very small and usually not worth the extra compression time needed to perform the compression itself. Plus you can only use them to compress very specific data files.

 

RDP: If I save .rdp files with different users for the same target, it will log in with the previous user's credentials

Hello,

This can occur if the RDP client is configured to use cached credentials or if there's a misconfiguration in the RDP file itself.

Here are some steps you can take to troubleshoot and resolve the issue:

1. Check the RDP File: Ensure that the .rdp file does not contain any saved credentials that might be overriding the inputted username. You can do this by opening the .rdp file with a text editor and looking for lines starting with username:s: and prompt for credentials:i:. If prompt for credentials:i: is set to 0, it will not prompt for credentials and will use the saved ones instead. Change it to 1 to prompt for credentials.
   
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2. Clear Cached Credentials: On the client machine, you can clear saved RDP credentials by going to the Windows Credential Manager and removing any stored credentials related to the remote desktop.
   
3. Update RDP Client: Ensure that you are using the latest version of the RDP client, as updates often include fixes for known issues.
   
4. Group Policy Settings: If you're in an enterprise environment, check the Group Policy settings to ensure that they are not configured to use the last logged-on user's credentials for RDP sessions.
   
5. RDP Client Settings: Within the RDP client, check the settings to ensure that it's not set to use the credentials of the last user. This can typically be found under the 'Options' or 'Advanced' settings within the RDP connection window.
   

Regards,

Karlie