Removing IP entries history from Remote Desktop Connection application:
Sometimes we have to use public computer to access our RDP/VPS. The RDP/VPS IP remains there even if we do not save the RDP IP. Sometimes your RDP IP might fall into the hands of adversaries and hamper your Remote Desktop experience. Thus, it is better to clear/remove the IP from the Remote Desktop Application after using it on a public or unsafe computer. You may just want to remove the Old IP addresses to avoid confusion.

This is a step-by-step tutorial to help you remove the RDP/VPS IP from the Remote Desktop Application:

Step 1: Press Windows key ( )+R and enter “regedit.exe”. Then hit “enter” button.

It will open the Registry Editor:

Step 2: Click on the “HKEY_CURRENT_USER” and find the “Software” option.

Step 3: Collapse the “Software” folder and go to the “Microsoft” folder.

Step 4: Under the “Microsoft” folder, find the “Terminal Server Client”.

Step 5: Under the “Terminal Server Client”, click the “Default” folder.

Step 6: You will see the IP addresses you used with the “Remote Desktop Connection application”. You can “delete” the “IP Addresses” from there and it will be “removed” from the “Remote Desktop Connection Application” as well.

Before deleting the IP:

After deleting the IP:

It has disappeared from the Remote Desktop Application as well.

You can remove any IP address from the “Remote Desktop Application” like this.

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Sometimes you want to use the microphone from the RDP for audio calls or meetings, but it is not possible due to the restrictions placed in shared RDP or non-admin RDPs. However, you can enable the Microphone and use it for audio calls/meetings in Admin RDP.
You can enable the Microphone yourself in the Admin RDP. You just need to follow some simple steps. You need to change some settings in the “Group Policy” of both the main system and the Admin RDP.

Search for “Edit Group Policy” in your main system first and open it.

Go to the “Administrative Templates” under “Computer Configuration”.

Navigate to “Windows Components”.

From there go to “Remote Desktop Services”.

Find the “Remote Desktop Session Host”.

Go to the “Device and Resource Redirection” option.

You will see several options all showing “Not configured”.

You need to set “Allow audio and video playback redirection” and “Allow audio recording redirection” to enabled.
Double click on the “Allow audio and video playback redirection” to open the settings. Then set it to enable. Click apply and then Ok to close the window.

Double click on the “Allow audio recording redirection” to open the settings. Then set it to enable. Click apply and then Ok to close the window.

You also need to set “Do not allow supported Plug and Play device redirection” to disabled.

Double click on the “Do not allow supported Plug and Play device redirection” to open the settings. Then set it to disabled. Click apply and then Ok to close the window.

Now follow the same steps to enable and disable these options in the RDP too.
Once you are done with is, open the “Server Manager” and go to “Add roles and features”.

Now click “Next” to continue.

Select “Role-based or feature-based installation” and click “Next”.

Select the “Select a server from the server pool” option and click next to continue.

Now find and tick the “Remote Desktop Services”. Then click next to continue to the next step.

Again click next without altering any settings.

Click next to continue to installing/enabling the “Remote Desktop Services”.

Now tick the “Remote Desktop Session Host” and click next.

Now you can tick the “Restart the destination server automatically if required” option or leave it be and click the “Install” option. You need to restart the RDP manually later once the feature installation is completed.

Once the server is back online, right click on the “volume” option and go to the “Recording sevices” option.

Now you will see a “recording device” there which was previously not shown.

Now go to your main PC again. Open the Remote Desktop Application. Enter IP address and username.

Go to “Local Resources” Tab and click the “settings” option for the “Remote Audio”. By default it will “Do not record” will be selected.


Now select the “Record from this computer” option and click Ok to close the window.

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Sometimes you need to use the local printer from an RDP, but you are not able to do that because you are using a shared RDP or non-admin RDP. But if you are using an Admin RDP, you can easily do that by simply enabling or disabling some options in both RDP and the main system. If you want to print your documents from your RDP with the printer connected with your local device, then you need to follow a few simple steps.

Firstly, a printer needs to be connected to your local laptop/desktop and the printer drivers should be installed.
Then search and open “Edit group policy”.

Go to the “Administrative Templates” under “Computer Configuration”.

Navigate to “Windows Components”.

From there go to “Remote Desktop Services”.

Find the “Remote Desktop Session Host”.

Go to the “Printer Redirection” option.

You will see several options all showing “Not configured”.

Double click on the “Use Remote Desktop Easy Print printer driver first” to open the settings. Then set it to enable. Click apply and then Ok to close the window.

You need follow the same steps in the RDP too. Once done, you need to close the RDP connection and setup the Remote Desktop Application.
Now open the Remote Desktop Application. Enter the IP Address and Username.

Go to “Local Resources” tab and check if “Printers” option is ticked.

Now click the More option and tick the “Ports” and “Other supported Plug and Play devices”.

Then click Ok to close the window.
Now you can connect to the RDP and try open a document for printing. The printer from your local Laptop/Desktop will show up while printing the document.

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