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Is it possible to use a USB Credit Card swiper in HID mode over an RDP terminal services connection in Windows 2003 or 2008 server?<br />
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I've got the device running fine on my local workstation, but when I connect to an RDP connection it never appears in the &quot;Human Interface Device&quot; list under device manager.
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Is it possible to use a USB Credit Card swiper in HID mode over an RDP terminal services connection in Windows 2003 or 2008 server?

I've got the device running fine on my local workstation, but when I connect to an RDP connection it never appears in the "Human Interface Device" list under device manager.

USB HID Credit Card Swiper over RDP?

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