System Requirements


Important:

  • Royal TS needs the .NET Framework 4 Full Profile (Download Link).
  • Royal TS will not work with the .NET Framework 4 Client Profile!
  • If you are experiencing crashes on Windows XP when you log out of a session, download and install Remote Desktop Connection 7.0.

 

Operating System Version
and Service Pack Level
Remarks
Windows XP Service Pack 2 Only supported on 32 bit platform (x86) with Remote Desktop Connection 6.1 or later installed.
Windows XP Service Pack 3 Only supported on 32 bit platform (x86).
Remote Desktop Connection 6.1 is shipped with Service Pack 3.
Remote Desktop Connection 7.0 can be installed and is supported.
Note: There's no Service Pack 3 for the 64 bit platform (x64).
Microsoft does not support Remote Desktop Connection 6.1 or later on Windows XP 64 bit.
Windows Vista RTM Supported on 32 bit (x86) and 64 bit (x64) platform.
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 or later Supported on 32 bit (x86) and 64 bit (x64) platform.
Remote Desktop Connection 7.0 can be installed and is supported.
Windows 7 Supported on 32 bit (x86) and 64 bit (x64) platform.
Windows 2003 Service Pack 2 Microsoft does not officially support Remote Desktop Connection 6.1 or later on Windows 2003.

Remote Desktop Connection 6.1 can be tricked to install on 32 bit (x86) Windows 2003 Service Pack 2 after setting the compatibility mode to XP (using right-click, Properties).
Please be aware that this is NOT supported by Microsoft!
Windows 2008 Supported on 32 bit (x86) and 64 bit (x64) platform.
Windows 2008 R2 Supported on 32 bit (x86) and 64 bit (x64) platform.

Software Requirements

Royal TS requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 (Attention: Royal TS will not run with the Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile!)
Windows Installer 3.1 or later is needed to install the MSI package. If your system is patched regularly, this is likely already installed on your system.

Known Issues

There's a memory leak in the WTS API which Royal TS is using to retrieve the remote session information. Microsoft has issued a patch which can be downloaded here.

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