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Can you match the video resolution of the Windows 10 machine with the video resolution of Server 2003. I use RDP with Windows 10 to Server 2012 and 2008 and that works. All the old Server 2003 machines are gone.
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Can you match the video resolution of the Windows 10 machine with the video resolution of Server 2003. I use RDP with Windows 10 to Server 2012 and 2008 and that works. All the old Server 2003 machines are gone.

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If your older terminal servers are set a lower color depth than 16 bit, the graphics will be garbled when you connect to it from the windows 10 rdp client. &nbsp;Changing the the default color depth to at least 16 bit will solve the problem.
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If your older terminal servers are set a lower color depth than 16 bit, the graphics will be garbled when you connect to it from the windows 10 rdp client.  Changing the the default color depth to at least 16 bit will solve the problem.

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I have a few users who connect to a server 2003 terminal server and the ones who are using windows 7 can connect fine with no issue like they have for years. Now windows 10 users with the same settings are getting garbled graphics and screens that are difficult to read. I've also tried the remote desktop preview app to connect to the 2003 server, but there's obviously a compatibility issue because the screen is just blank.<br />
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Has anybody heard of this issue, and are there any clues you can give me on how to fix this?
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I have a few users who connect to a server 2003 terminal server and the ones who are using windows 7 can connect fine with no issue like they have for years. Now windows 10 users with the same settings are getting garbled graphics and screens that are difficult to read. I've also tried the remote desktop preview app to connect to the 2003 server, but there's obviously a compatibility issue because the screen is just blank.

Has anybody heard of this issue, and are there any clues you can give me on how to fix this?

Remote desktop connection from windows 10 to a terminal server windows 2003 graphics garbled

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

Windows 10 is a personal computer operating system featuring the "universal application architecture" (UAP); apps can be designed to run across multiple devices with nearly identical code, including PCs, tablets, smartphones, embedded systems, Xbox One, Surface Hub and HoloLens. Windows 10 also includes a virtual desktop system, a window and desktop management feature called Task View, the Microsoft Edge web browser, support for fingerprint and face recognition login, voice-based search (Cortana), new security features for enterprise environments, and DirectX 12 and WDDM 2.0 to improve the operating system's graphics capabilities for games.

Windows 10

Remote access may refer to the connection to a data-processing system from a remote location, for example through a virtual private network remote desktop software, terminal emulation, or the activation of features of a business telephone system from outside the business's premises.