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terminal services client screen size a %

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by jlhiowa

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Hi. How do I change the windows terminal services client screen size to a percent?
Right now the only choices are set sizes such as 800x600 and 1024x768 or full screen. The set size windows don't work because many users have wide Excel spreadsheets they need to see. Full screen isn't good because some users have programs installed locally they need to use and so then they have to keep flipping back to their local desktop. Right now we are just keeping some of the users on Citrix because it does allow a screen size percentage.

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by jlhiowa

I tried Screen Sizer and Size-O-Matic from download.com but neither have any affect on Terminal Services windows, only regular windows.

by jwilczyn

You can?t do it with MS Terminal Services, as it is possible with the Citrix client.
Try this:
1. Increase resolution on your Win2000 TS server and on client?s desktops up to 1600X1200.
2. Create connection ? Terminal Services Client.
3. In Properties ? Connection Options set resolution to 1280X1024.
4. Open the session.
5. Reseize the open window ? you can?t make it bigger only smaller. This resolution should enable you to see wide Excel spreadsheets.

by vladimir b. kropotov

If you want to understand how it works - go to rdesktop.org. You can define resolution then initiate sesstion, and if your RDP client allow only 800x600 and 1024x768 resolution, try another client.

regards,
Vladimir B. Kropotov

by sativocomputerservices

The only other option is to launch from a command line. The syntax can be found by entering mstsc.exe /? From there you can specify the window in which the terminal service sessions launches. It will not allow percentages mearly pixel height and width (ex. 560x210) With a little bit of programming you can query the screen size and perform a percentage calculation to populate the arguments for the command line. Other than that you will be left with something like this:

mstsc -w:56- -h:210 /v:servername

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