Article:		Windows Server Hacks: Remotely Enable Remote Desktop
Subject:		key problem with Remote Desktop Connection
Date:		2006-12-05 12:02:41
From:		LifeOfReilly
After successfully making a remote desktop connection (using XP) I sometimes find that the Shift and Ctrl keys no longer work. If I goof around a bit with the Ctrl key on another screen the use of the Shift and Ctrl keys returns. Then after a while they stop working again. This happens quite often and really becomes a nuisance. Any thoughts? Thanks

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• key problem with Remote Desktop Connection
  2007-03-14 09:27:48  ernestdcook [Reply | View]
  
  
  Thank you for your post. I am experiancing a simular issue but I am using Vista to connect to to SBS network over remote desktop. ACK, I can't get anything done this way since even an e-mail needs the shift key to get the @...
  
  Anybody that knows of a fix for this, please help!
• key problem with Remote Desktop Connection
  2007-04-12 14:27:33  Bleachy [Reply | View]
  
  
  I'm using Vista and have the same problem when connecting to my work XP Pro machine. I think it's to do with Remote Desktop 6.
  
  I've solved it like this...
  
  If you've got access to a Windows XP machine, copy the files for Remote Desktop 5.1.2600.2180 - mstsc.exe and mstscax.dll (and the help file if you want) onto your (Vista) machine (I've put them in a different directory). Then run this mstsc.exe and you should find your problem is solved. If you've upgraded the XP machine to version 6 of remote desktop (like me) the 5.1 files should still be on there just search for them under C:\Windows.
  
  Hope this helps,
  
  Andy