{"id":253,"date":"2016-11-10T07:39:03","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T07:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.busted.dk\/blog\/?p=253"},"modified":"2025-03-11T13:29:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T11:29:13","slug":"black-boxes-using-remote-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.busted.dk\/blog\/black-boxes-using-remote-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"Black boxes when using remote desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have several times seen black boxes on the screen when remoting a server.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-254\" src=\"https:\/\/www.busted.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/RDS.jpg\" alt=\"rds\" width=\"723\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.busted.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/RDS.jpg 993w, https:\/\/www.busted.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/RDS-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.busted.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/RDS-768x531.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are two ways to solve this.<\/p>\n<p>If you are using the remote Desktop\u00a0Desktop Connection programme (mstsc.exe)\u00a0click on the experience tap and uncheck &#8220;Persistent bitmap caching&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-255\" src=\"https:\/\/www.busted.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/RemoteDesktopConnection.jpg\" alt=\"remotedesktopconnection\" width=\"420\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.busted.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/RemoteDesktopConnection.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.busted.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/RemoteDesktopConnection-264x300.jpg 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you are using\u00a0the Remote Desktop Connection Mannager then\u00a0delete all the files from the cache folder.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">C:\\Users\\&lt;username&gt;\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\Terminal Server Client\\Cache<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Make sure the Remote Desktop Connection Manager programme is closed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.busted.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/logo-Remote-Desktop-Connection-Manager-720x340-720x340-300x142.png\" alt=\"logo-remote-desktop-connection-manager-720x340-720x340\" width=\"300\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.busted.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/logo-Remote-Desktop-Connection-Manager-720x340-720x340-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/www.busted.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/logo-Remote-Desktop-Connection-Manager-720x340-720x340.png 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have several times seen black boxes on the screen when remoting a server. There are two ways to solve this. If you are using the remote Desktop\u00a0Desktop Connection programme (mstsc.exe)\u00a0click on the experience tap and uncheck &#8220;Persistent bitmap caching&#8221;. If you are using\u00a0the Remote Desktop Connection Mannager then\u00a0delete all the files from the cache &#8230; <a title=\"Black boxes when using remote desktop\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.busted.dk\/blog\/black-boxes-using-remote-desktop\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Black boxes when using remote desktop\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Black boxes when using remote desktop - Peter Busted<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.busted.dk\/blog\/black-boxes-using-remote-desktop\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Peter\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.busted.dk\\\/blog\\\/black-boxes-using-remote-desktop\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.busted.dk\\\/blog\\\/black-boxes-using-remote-desktop\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Peter\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.busted.dk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6f1b95dddb508da8b018577701c33c9d\"},\"headline\":\"Black boxes when using remote desktop\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-11-10T07:39:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-11T11:29:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.busted.dk\\\/blog\\\/black-boxes-using-remote-desktop\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":89,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.busted.dk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6f1b95dddb508da8b018577701c33c9d\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.busted.dk\\\/blog\\\/black-boxes-using-remote-desktop\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.busted.dk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/RDS.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.busted.dk\\\/blog\\\/black-boxes-using-remote-desktop\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.busted.dk\\\/blog\\\/black-boxes-using-remote-desktop\\\/\",\"name\":\"Black boxes when using remote desktop - 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