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Windows 7 - Got the RDC Blues? Not Anymore!

// May 29th, 2009 // OS, Software

As many of you know, the newest version of RDC (Remote Desktop Connection) included in the 7100 build of Windows 7 RC has some major issues with being incredibly sluggish. This seems to only persist when connecting to Windows 2000 / 2003 machines, which unfortunately just so happens to be the operating system(s) in use by a great majority of servers. In addition, it seems that this issue was not present in the 7000 build of Windows 7 Beta, nor was it in the 7050 build either.

There is relief, however! I’ve stumbled upon this little workaround that will allow you to run a previous version of Windows RDC in Windows 7 RC (7100). So, until Microsoft has fixed the issue officially, let this serve as a band-aid for your RDC blues.

Step 1: Download 7zip (available at 7-Zip )
Step 2: Download an old version of Remote Desktop Here: RDC Download
Step 3: Using 7zip, extract msrdpcli.exe to any folder.
Step 4: Using 7zip, extract msrdpcli.msi to any folder.
Step 5: Using 7zip, extract data.cab to any folder.
Step 6: Rename F1059_mstscax.dll to mstscax.dll .
Step 7: Rename F1060_mstsc.exe to mstsc.exe .
Step 8: Rename F1061_mstsc.chm to mstsc.chm .

You can now place those last 3 files wherever you want, and run mstsc.exe to launch the old RDC client.