Terminals

FYI, there's a tool released from Microsoft that comes with Windows Server that does this.
Not sure if it's in the Reskit or in the vanilla install.
This is great as it'll give that functionality to everyone. Maybe you can get MS to give you a hand on this one...
Good onya.

If I'm not wrong the tool you are talking about does actually everything an administrator needs (manage active directory users, computers...). I'm happy with this tool we've created that does the only thing it needs to do...

Very nice tool! (Although there's something very similar from Microsoft, but this one's better :-)).
May I suggest two features: Import Connections and Export Connections

Excellent tool. Portable as well! All it needs is a minimize to tray option...

Thanks!

-Rob

http://cdot.senecac.on.ca/projects/vncsharp/

Need I say more?

Very nice program. I love the tabbed RDP's. This makes logging into a server farm very easy. I love that I can select a group of servers to log into them all at the same time. A feature I would like to see, would be to log out of a group of servers. It's too easy for me to open up 6 termainals, only to have opened the development environment and not the test environment. This will make my life alot easier. Awesome program. Kudos!!

Great tool - I would like to see a way to change environment variables (no desktop background etc...) so it may save a little more bandwidth. Nice work!

Another suggestion might be to manage user accounts. I recently had to change my network password, and it took a long time to edit each favorite and change the password. It would be nice to see a list of all the users and change the passwords.

Good works guys! Just what I was looking for. What's missing. I run all my client sessions full screen so use the drop down menu top right a lot and I think you should split it into 3 buttons: a switch session button and standard minimise and restore buttons. Connect would be nice as well, save having to go back to 'restore' then select it.

Very Nice! Much faster and more productive than mstsc. Now if you could do the same for all my VMs.

This is a great app! One extremely annoying thing about it though is the window size. It doesn't remember the window size you used at last run. Also, I think if you have specifically set a resolution of, say, 1024x768, there should be a checkbox in the options that makes the window resize to fit the currently selected connection.

Of course it'd be even better for the "Fit to window" option if when you resized the window of Terminals it would resize the actual connection as well instead of banging scrollbars on the window.

Very nice tool. As someone who does 90% of my job from home via Remote Desktop and Terminal Services, I have been waiting for something like this for a long time! Can we get an Execute after disconnect?

Are you going to include compatibility for RDP plugins like WTSFTP or TriCerat Simplify Printing?

I really like this application, far better than the Remote Desktops MMC snapin. One minor request: can the configuration file be saved into the user's profile rather than in the application directory?

One other minor thing. Is there a way that you could add a variable delay to the "Execute Before Connect"? I am trying to use it to launch my VPN tunnel, however it does not give the VPN enough time to connect. If I choose the wait for Exit, the VPN client has to be closed (and thus ended) before the Terminal session begins. Another option would be to extend the amount of time before the Terminal session gives up on making a connection. Right now it seems like it gives up almost immediately if the network is not there yet.

I love this concept but have one issue: I cant see the backgrounds of the servers I connect to? It seems that this option has been universally switched off? Most of the time I agree with this, however I run bginfo.exe (sysinternals) which updates the background with stats etc. I cannot see the background and connect change the functionality? is there a switch or something I can use?

to triadx1: just use a batchfile that calls the RASDAIL command. then you can dial your VPN and the batchfile ends when you are connected. The VPN connection then connects. However, a variable 'wait' function would be nice as sometimes the RDP wants to connect to soon after the VPN is connected (by a second or 2). Batchfiles arent great to add wait style commands into. this process really only applies if you are using microsoft VPN's too.

Quick request, I need to logout instead of just disconnect, is there a way to add that to the toolbar?

Regarding comment: "the "Fit to window" option if when you resized the window of Terminals it would resize the actual connection as well instead of banging scrollbars on the window."

I would only agree if there were an option to switch this on/off. I would hate to waste my CPU cycles every time I changed the window size; especially if I was just trying to look at something underneath that window for a second. It would be annoying.

Awesome tool! :-) I use it almost every day. A couple suggestions:
* If it's possible, it would be nice to be able to have the remote desktop window grab certain system hotkeys when it's active, but not others. I like to be able to use Alt+Tab and the Start Menu key on the remote computer, but I use the media keys (volume, play, next track) on the local computer.
*As for the Fit to Window thing, why not have a button that will update the screen resolution when you click it, so that you can quickly manually update it when you choose to?

*As for the Fit to Window thing, why not have a button that will update the screen resolution when you click it, so that you can quickly manually update it when you choose to?

Answer: I tried to do just that. It appears that once the MS Rdp Client control is connected you cant set the width and height. It always throws a generic COM Exception error for me. Sorry!

* If it's possible, it would be nice to be able to have the remote desktop window grab certain system hotkeys when it's active, but not others. I like to be able to use Alt+Tab and the Start Menu key on the remote computer, but I use the media keys (volume, play, next track) on the local computer.


Answer: Cant see it being possible. :/

Great tool.

On the issue of screen resolution, some VNC clients try and get around this by scaling the output on the client side. This requires more CPU on the client side and looks ugly if the difference in resolution is too great.. however it can be very handy.

Wow, I've been looking for something like this for AGES.
So nice to see that it incorporates ssh, however it would be great if it could mimick putty's behaviour more closely, EVERYBODY loves putty and I can't do without it.
Also if tunneling could be included to make the ssh componant more complete, and would it be too much to ask for X forwarding... :) Xming is a great open source X server that maybe you could incorporate, This may make it too bulky but at least an option to forward X and I can run Xming seperatly. oh yeah and what about sftp?
Under your network tools (Great addition) how about and option for a continuous traceroute ala winmtr?
Well done on a great app, can't wait for the next version.

This program is great. Thanks for the great work!
Now only if it had a hyperterminal replacement connecting via com ports to switches i would never have to leave the app.

I have RDP connection sessions saved that "EXECUTE" a plink (from PuTTY) command to open an SSH tunnel and then launch the RDP session through the tunnel.
This works great! However it opens a CMD.EXE terminal window on my desktop. Is there anyway that Terminals could hide that window for me?
Or is there a way that you can specify a command line option that will run the command without opening it in a CMD.EXE window?

BTW, if anyone is interested, on the EXECUTE tab, check the box for Execute before connect, then set Command: c:\Path-to-Putty\plink.exe
Then set Arguments: -L 6689:remote-windows-rdp-server:3389 -l username -N -i c:\PATH-TO-SSH-KEY\ssh-key.ppk remote.ssh.host
Then set Initial Directory: c:\Path-to-Putty
You configure your RDP session to connect to localhost port 6689, this port is port-nat'd and tunnelled through the SSH encrypted session
to the remote host on the other end.

Chek the plink command to verify it works from the command line.

This app is great, but it's been a while since the last release and I'd like to see a few bugs fixed before I start using it on a daily basis. When can we expect a new release?

v1.6f user here - might be nice to have popup descriptive tips on the extending settings and elswhere to have a brief blurb of what each does

v1.6 user here - it'd also be nice if the favorites toolbar displayed the computer name instead of the description. the description is nice for the dropdown menu but it fills the screen if I describe something. for instance: I'll have a server name with a description of what application(s) it hosts. Fills the toolbar

ugh... on telnet sessions when it prompts for a user name it says 'please provider your username' should say 'please provide your username'

... and to round off this great tool an option to open http:// sessions. Useful for configuring web servers, print servers... anything with a web gui.

... and a way to have subfolders- i.e. to create folders for servers, workstations, routers, print servers... etc. You are making a great tool here btw

... tags solved the subfolder thing. skip that one

would be nice if groups, tags, favorite aliases, usersMRUList, servers MRUList, domainsMRUList all sorted 1-9,a-z and favorites sort by name

v1.6 is great! I've been using v1.0 since Feb 07 & did not realize that so much had changed!

How about a "Check for updates?" Perhaps, weekly or monthly? (Even if it only just brought the user to the "Releases" page)
I have a feeling that, like myself, most of the people who use this type of program don't have the time to manually check for updates weekly.

jawz101 - the message "please provider your..." has been fixed. will be the next build AFTER the 1.6g release

Problems I've found:
- On a VNC connection, if I select an URL in the address bar of Internet Explorer, right-click and select 'copy', Terminals crashes
- Can't make an SSH connection (though putty works)
- It would be really good if VNC handled UltraVNC display scaling

Would also love to see a place to provide a default username for all new connections, but that's pretty minor

Nice tool. I would like to see an RDP product that would allow the password to be changed 1 time for a particular login. And any connections that use that specific login would be updated. It is painful when you have 80-90 connections and have to make a password change.

No doubt, a great tool. Any support for radmin planned?

How can i import servers, passwords etc. from Excel?

very useful for me as i always have rdp consoled open!

Would it not be possible to add a ConnectToAdministerServer in addition to the ConnectToServerConsole switch as the /admin command from my updated clients RDC client seems to work fine to connect to the console of my Windows 2003 Servers.

I agree with dtrombley...when will this feature be added?

1. For VNC connections, the option to install VNC service before connecting a la ChrisControl ( http://www.chall.plus.com/winpe/ ):

When remotely installing VNC, the program works by copying files using the default C$ share, and using the NT service controller (sc.exe) to install and start a service. It then starts a local client to connect to the service. When you close the vncviewer window, the process is reversed - the remote service is stopped, removed, and files and registry settings are cleaned up.

2. An option to start the program maximized (though just as I wrote this I realized I can change this in the shortcut properties...duh!) - the reason is if "fit to window" is default and I connect or autoconnect and haven't maximized the window I get tiny terminals. #1 above though would be really nice - no more need for ChrisControl for me after that!

The "source code" to ChrisControl is on his site in my previous comment - it is an AutoIT 3 script.

Have we any updates on console support for the new implmentation of the "/admin" flag?

I took a hint from a colleague and installed Terminals. Wow, it is saving hours of my time from now on. Great tool - thanks a lot!!!

I like the possibilities with the program. However I do not think it is currently in a useable state. Every action with the program itself... changing options, accessing the favorites, etc. causes a huge processing chunk and long delay before the application responds again. I have the same results on Vista or XP. Dual Core CPU and 4GB ram. Also I am on a company LAN with 400+/- devices. I have tried with the program loaded with bookmarks and without. Please tighten the coding.

otis: Main Form Startup delay has been corrected.

The options dialog does have allot to save, so I can see it taking a few seconds. First load: 2 seconds to show the form, 2 seconds to hide the form.

If you dont mind, please log specific defects with reproducable steps that you are seeing with the application. It would really help the project out. Subjective and broad statements are usually never productive.

AWESOME!! I was just starting to code just this sort of thing when I came accross Terminals - one single request; is it possible to have the connections database driven so that we can share the RDP configuration with all of our support staff?

What version is adding support for TS Gateways? Thanks.

I'm loving Terminals, but I do have a few small suggestions:

1) Minimise to tray / maximise from tray: bring main window to the fore when maximising from the tray (and when running in single-instance mode, and launching again). Both of these would make the app play better as a "single instance" application
2) Register protocol handlers for rdp:// and vnc:// (and others -- preferably configurable from an options tab; eg chackbox for each protocol) to make launching a bit easier from links or stert->run usage
3) Have a "Close minimises" option for when "minimise to tray" is enabled.

It's really a nice tool. But I'd like to access remote computers cross the Internet and different domains. Then I found NeoRouter (www.neorouter.com). It helps me to build a VPN tunnel, then I can use Terminal to manage all my computers at home and office. Just one question, does it support RemoteApp, as I'm using Windows 2008 to share applications with customers.

I really llike Terminals...
Until now, I am