RDP Connection to Windows 7 stays really slow

Posted by Pavlo on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Pavlo
Published on 2010-01-26T14:57:58Z Indexed on 2012/11/04 17:04 UTC
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I have an Issue with connecting to Windows 7 via RDP. I can open an RDP Session, but regardless of any settings, the responce times are really long. This in particulary is the case when opening a web page in a browser. I've tried IE, Firefox and Google Chrome.

I also use RDP connection to a Windows 2008 Server from the same client machine, and the speed is very normal with all features turned on. We have Gigabit Ethernet here. So I think it can not be the client's fault.

What concerns Windows 7 Machine, I've tried shutting all the sraphic features off and turning the color levels to 256 colors. Result - the same.

If I work locally on the machine - I can not see any lags.

What else have I tried:

  • Using old RDP 5 Client from Microsoft
  • Setting network autotuninglevel as seen here

Do You have some ideas?

Thanks in advance!

Update the problem seems to be with rendering window contents. All the window borders and pannes are rendered pretty quickly, but the content shows up very slowly. Also mouse movements are recognised by the Win 7 box only after some period.

Are there some hidden settings in the RDP, where one could turn some advanced features off or turn some caching on? I use Bitmap Caching, but this apparently doesn't help.

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