RDP session is slow

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SharpCode picture SharpCode · May 17, 2016 · Viewed 68.7k times · Source

So I am connecting to my work computer from home and the Remote Desktop Connection app is annoyingly slow.

I pinged my work pc from my computer and it returned at a reasonable time of 50ms~ with 0 loss. I then attempted to ping my home IP from the RDP session and it timed out every time. Not sure if this might help anyone come to a conclusion but hopefully it does. Note I am also using it in conjunction with Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client if that helps at all. Work is Windows 7 and Home is Windows 8

I attempted switching off my home pc's firewall but that did nothing.

Any assistance would be great, surely a setting in the RDP file might make it run a little smoother.

I'll edit this post with further attempts at fixes below

Answer

Mr. B picture Mr. B · Jul 21, 2017

Did three things and now RDP is running screaming fast:

  1. Change RDP settings:

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  1. Run the RDP session and connect to the remote machine

  2. Find mstcsc.exe in the Task Manager and and set priority to Realtime

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