How To Install the Terminal Services Client in Windows 2003 (816590)

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• SUMMARY
  • Share the Client Setup Folder
  • Install the 32-bit Terminal Services Client

SUMMARY

This article describes how to install the Windows Terminal Services, Remote Desktop Connection client from a Windows 2003 Server computer that is running Terminal Services.

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Share the Client Setup Folder

To share the client setup folder, follow these steps:

1. On the Windows 2003 Server computer that is running Terminal Services, open Windows Explorer, and then locate the following folder:

   drive:\systemroot\System32\Clients\Tsclient\Win32
   
   where drive is the drive that Windows is installed on and systemroot is the folder that contains the Windows installation files.

2. Right-click the Win32 folder, and then click Sharing and Security.
3. In the win32 Properties dialog box, click Share this folder, and then click OK.

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Install the 32-Bit Terminal Services Client

To install the 32-bit Terminal Services client, follow these steps:

1. On the client computer, connect to the shared client installation folder on the server that is running Terminal Services:
   1. Click Start, and then click Run.
   2. In the Open, box type \\computername\Win32\Setup.exe, where computername is the computer name of the Windows 2003 Server-based computer with the installation shared folder.
2. Click OK.
3. Follow the instructions on the screen to install the client.

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